Iowa Department Of Justice

• The Des Moines Area Community College (Iowa) has received $1.6 million from the Department of Justice to establish an Electronic Crime Institute.

THE DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Iowa) has received $1.6 MILLION from the Department of Justice to establish an Electronic Crime Institute. The ...

• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• October 30, 2008

• Ice and Department of Justice Jointenforcement Action Initiated at Iowa Meatpacking Plant

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-319-363-6333, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, +1-952-250-7133

• U.S. Newswire
• May 12, 2008

• Policy Reversal on Reverse Payments: Why Courts Should Not Follow the New DOJ Position on Reverse-Payment Settlements of Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation

In a recent policy reversal, the Department of Justice has, for the first time, pursued antitrust liability for “reverse payment” settlements. These settlements occur in the pharmaceutical industry when brand-name and generic drug companies settle patent-infringement litigation. In a reverse-payment settlement, the generic drug company agrees not to enter the market for some period of time and the patent holder agrees to give it something of value—often quarterly cash payments. The DOJ claims that such settlements should be analyzed under the rule of reason but in fact seeks an unwarranted presumption that reverse payments are unreasonably anticompetitive. At first glance, reverse-payment settlements do seem bad— they resemble anticompetitive market-division arra...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 96-1, November 2010

• Senate Gop Grills Holder On Mistakes Justice Dept. Walking'

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday acknowledged serious mistakes in an arms trafficking investigation that allowed AK-47 assault rifles and other weapons to get into the black market, but he insisted the Justice Department is taking steps to ensure that never happens again. Under pointed questioning by Republicans, Holder also expressed regret that the Justice Department had denied allegations of "gun walking" in a letter to Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley sent earlier this year.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 09, 2011

• Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement: United States of America, et al. v. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Live Nation, Inc.

... DOCID:fr10fe10-118 . DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Antitrust Division. United States, et ...Street, Chicago, IL 60601;. State of Iowa, Iowa Department of Justice, Hoover Office Buildin...

• FR, February 10, 2010
• Notices
• Antitrust Division

• Sen. Grassley Demands Ouster in Fast and Furious ; 'Past Time for Accountability' of Leaders, He Says

The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday called for the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who heads the Justice Department's Criminal Division, saying accountability in the botched Fast and Furious investigation was overdue. It is past time for accountability at the senior levels of the Justice Department," Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, said during an impassioned speech on the Senate floor. "That accountability needs to start with the head of the Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer. I believe it is time for him to go.

• The Washington Times
• December 08, 2011

• Letter Says

Weapons purchased during the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' controversial "Fast and Furious" undercover investigation, which included the sale to "straw buyers" of hundreds of AK-47 assault rifles, have turned up at a dozen violent crime scenes across the Southwest, the Justice Department told a Senate committee. In a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Justice Department confirmed that the illegally purchased weapons recently were found at the sites of at least 11 violent crimes.

• The Washington Times
• August 18, 2011

• Comrades in Arms: Using the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act to Prosecute Civilian-Contractor Misconduct

This Note proposes that a combined litigation team of Department of Justice attorneys, Department of Defense attorneys, and Judge Advocates General can use the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act to prosecute alleged misconduct of civilian employees of private military firms that occurs abroad. The Supreme Court and lower courts have not always been amenable to the exercise of court-martial jurisdiction over civilians, but a recent statutory change in the Uniform Code of Military Justice makes possible such an exercise. This statutory change responds to the same concern that spurred the enactment of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: misconduct ofcivilian employees of private military firms that occurs abroad. This Note analyz...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 94-1, November 2008

• Jail Within a Jail

By the numbers 16 Percent of the U.S. prison population that suffers from mental illness, compared to 5 percent of the general public. 33 Percent of Iowa's male prison inmates who are mentally ill, as of 2006. 50 Percent of Iowa's female inmates with mental illness. 80 Percent of Dubuque County Jail inmates who have a substance abuse problem. 16.5 Percent of the jail diversion program participants who needed, but hadn't received mental health treatment until enrolling in the program. SOURCES: Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project; Iowa Department of Corrections; Dubuque County Jail News You can use A few years ago, Julie LeClere noticed her son wasn't quite himself. Jay Martin, a blond-haired, blue-eyed teen who had to "eat two years of food in one sitting to gain a pound" wa...

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• September 14, 2008

• Department of Justice and Usda Announce Updated Schedule for Agriculture Workshop On March 12 in Iowa

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: DOJ Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-514-2007, TDD +1- 202-514-1888; Gina Talamona, DOJ, +1-202-514-2007; or Jim Brownlee, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Communications, +1-202-720- 4623

• U.S. Newswire
• March 10, 2010