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April 14, 2025
Justice Dept. Lands 1st Wage-Fixing Jury Trial Conviction
A Nevada federal jury on Monday convicted a nursing executive on wage-fixing charges, the first antitrust charge to succeed before a jury in a string of U.S. Department of Justice prosecutions targeting antitrust violations in labor markets.
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April 14, 2025
Trump Admin Ordered To Resume Processing Refugees
A Washington federal judge has ordered the federal government to immediately resume processing of certain refugees and also continue funding for agencies that facilitate refugee resettlement, finding that the government has not complied with previous orders.
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April 14, 2025
PAC Treasurer Avoids Prison For $26.4M Fundraising Fraud
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday sentenced the former treasurer of multiple political action committees to 30 months of home detention for a scheme that raised about $26.4 million from small-dollar donors for supporting veterans and other causes, but that saw little of that money go to intended recipients.
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April 14, 2025
DOJ Says Some Asylum Claims Should Be Axed Sans Hearing
The U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review cleared immigration judges to dismiss asylum applications without a hearing when the applications on their face are deemed to be legally insufficient.
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April 14, 2025
Feds Ask 9th Circ. To Stay Legal Funding For Migrant Kids
The Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit on Monday to pause a California federal judge's order barring the government from cutting federal funding for groups providing legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children, while attorneys challenging the funding cuts say the government is still in violation of the order.
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