The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether a finding of probable cause defeats a §1983 claim alleging retaliatory arrest where two troopers arrested a man for disorderly conduct after he protested their conduct.

This week, a political consultant and two co-conspirators were sentenced following a May 5th conviction for a bribery scheme involving the redirection of state funds to non-profit entities in exchange for financial kickbacks.  Randell G. Shelton, Jr., a political consultant, was sentenced to 72 months in prison on 12 separate counts and reportedly led the effort. Shelton was also ordered to pay restitution of $660,698 and to forfeit an additional $664,000.

We at Federal Employee Defense Services are excited that the Grand Opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum is less than one month away!

Tune in to FEDtalk on Federal News Radio tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM as host Debra Roth speaks to Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), five-term representative from Virginia’s 11th District and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations.

WAEPA’s Annual Member Meeting this October will include a Plenary Address by Jordan Goodman, America’s Money Answers Man, on a variety of cutting-edge topics surrounding Financial Wellness.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it has recovered one of the famous pairs of ruby slippers worn by actress Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that a former Arkansas State Senator, Jonathan E. Woods, 41, has been sentenced to 220 months in prison “for organizing and leading a bribery scheme in which state funds were directed to non-profit entities in exchange for kickbacks, many of which were funneled through a consultant’s business.” Woods served in the Arkansas State Senate from 2013 through 2017.

Our big day is almost here! Join us on Saturday, October 13, for a fun-filled day as we open the doors to our beautiful new National Law Enforcement Museum.

Tune in this Friday to hear host Tony Vergnetti of Federal Employee Defense Services talk with Dexter Brooks and Timothy Bladek from the EEOC Office of Federal Operations. 

When your children are ready to earn a college education, the subject of college funds will inevitably arise. During that discussion, it’s important that you are able to empower your children to get a good education without going into debt.

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had removed Jakiw Palij, “a former Nazi labor camp guard in German-occupied Poland and a postwar resident of Queens, New York” to Germany. The decision was made “based on an order of removal obtained by the Department of Justice in 2004.”

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released three major announcements pertaining to its efforts to minimize an increase in opioid use and opioid-related deaths in recent years. DOJ simultaneously announced multiple arrests of opioid manufacturers and vendors and what it terms “first-of-its-kind action to reduce opioid over-prescription.”

The California wildfires are wreaking havoc among Californians’ houses, businesses, and schools.

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced this week a massive $4.9 billion settlement with the Royal Bank of Scotland, “resolving federal civil claims that RBS misled investors in the underwriting and issuing of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2008.”

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), one of the federal government’s most secretive research arms, tasked with keeping the United States on top of bleeding-edge technology developments, is reportedly hard-at-work attempting to develop a reliable means of identifying “deepfake” videos.

This summer is turning out to be a hot one and so are the Law Enforcement Nights at Major League Baseball games across the country.

This ground-breaking program marks the first time a museum has facilitated this type of program to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

Once we hit our 40s, we should have a firm handle on our careers, our family relationships, and have built a strong foundation for long-term financial success.

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced “that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale of residential mortgage loans that it knew contained misstated income information and did not meet the quality that Wells Fargo represented.”

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a sweeping new report on the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, providing an initial assessment of the group formed in February 2018 at the direction of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.