Since 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice has started more than 70 investigations into civil rights violations and discrimination by police, 40 ending with consent decrees or other agreements. The ...

When the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year the results of its nearly two-year "pattern or practice" investigation, they also stated that Louisville Metro and the city's police department ...

The City of Memphis Wednesday told the U.S. Department of Justice that it would not enter into a consent decree following the completion of the DOJ's pattern-or-practice investigation. But what is a ...

The Justice Department announced it will abandon negotiations for court-approved settlements with police departments in two U.S. cities despite previous findings that authorities regularly violated ...

The Anti-Harassment (III.C.1) and Title IX Harassment (III.C.4) policies define incapacitation as: A mental state in which an individual cannot make rational decisions because they lack the capacity ...

Informed consent represents one of the most important ethical aspects of clinical treatments and scientific research involving humans. This article will discuss the key elements of informed consent ...

Providing informed consent is a bedrock of ethical medical practice -- and a physician’s failure to provide proper informed consent is grounds for legal action. But, determining what constitutes ...

Employees told press that their out-of-office emails had been altered with messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown.