Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the U.S. Department of Justice announced last year the results of its nearly two-year "pattern or practice" investigation, ...

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 city of Minneapolis has agreed to make systemic reforms to its police department after a federal investigation sparked by the 2020 murder of George Floyd found a pattern of civil rights violations ...

In a stunning, if not entirely unexpected development, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) one-to-one consent rule.

Obtaining valid consent is a fundamental part of providing quality care and a key ethical and legal requirement in medicine. Issues around consent can, however, trip up even the most experienced ...