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Boeing offered 737 MAX plea deal, lawyer of crash victims' families says The US Justice Department has offered Boeing a plea deal to avoid trial over the two deadly 737 MAX crashes, causing outrage among victims' families. The deal reportedly includes a fine and oversight by an external supervisor. Families, represented ...
01 Jul, 2024, 07.56 AM ISTUS prosecutors meeting with Boeing, crash victims as criminal charging decision looms, sources say U.S. prosecutors are in discussions with Boeing and the families of crash victims ahead of a July 7 deadline to decide on potential criminal charges against the company. This follows Boeing's alleged violation of a 2021 deferred prosecution agreemen...
30 Jun, 2024, 06.45 AM ISTBoeing in talks with US Department of Justice to resolve charges over safety lapses Boeing Co. is in talks with the US Justice Department to resolve potential charges related to the 737 Max crashes. The settlement may include a corporate monitor. DOJ prosecutors seek charges, but it's uncertain if Boeing will plead guilty. Challeng...
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US charges 193 people in USD 2.7 billion healthcare fraud Nearly 200 individuals have been charged in a nationwide operation investigating false health care claims amounting to approximately USD 2.75 billion in losses, according to information from the Department of Justice reported by The Hill on Thursday...
28 Jun, 2024, 09.24 AM ISTUS prosecutors recommend DOJ criminally charge Boeing as deadline looms U.S. prosecutors recommend criminal charges against Boeing for allegedly violating a 2021 settlement related to two fatal 737 MAX crashes. The Justice Department must decide by July 7 whether to prosecute. The 2021 deal, which included a $2.5 billio...
24 Jun, 2024, 06.47 AM ISTJudge rules Google will not face jury trial in US digital ads case Google avoids jury trial by paying $2.3 million to U.S. government for alleged digital advertising dominance, preventing the first-ever civil antitrust case jury trial by the Justice Department and states suing the tech giant.
08 Jun, 2024, 12.02 PM ISTCannabis stocks rally after DOJ proposal to reclassify marijuana Under the proposal, cannabis would be reclassified from a so-called Schedule I drug, which are considered highly additive with no medical benefits, to a Schedule III, signifying it has moderate to low potential for physical and psychological depende...
17 May, 2024, 07.53 AM ISTFTX files amended reorganization plan, expects $14.5 billion-$16.3 billion for distribution FTX said it has anticipated the figure based on monetizing assets, most of which were investments owned by Alameda Research, a crypto-focused hedge fund controlled Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Ventures businesses, and litigation claims.
08 May, 2024, 09.10 AM ISTAfter long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business. Washington had largely r...
14 Apr, 2024, 06.00 PM ISTUS soil being used for terrorist activities against India: Community leaders tell DOJ and FBI Eminent Indian Americans in Silicon Valley met with US officials to discuss terrorist activities against India and hate crimes targeting Hindus. Dissatisfaction was expressed with law enforcement's inaction against threats posed by the Khalistan mov...
14 Mar, 2024, 12.46 PM ISTTikTok divestment bill would give government stronger legal position: US DOJ The Justice Department gave a classified briefing to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday before the panel voted 50-0 on a bill to give ByteDance six months to divest short video app TikTok or face a US ban.
10 Mar, 2024, 08.53 AM ISTApple met with DOJ officials to avoid antitrust lawsuit Antitrust enforcers, probing the company since 2019, allege that Apple has imposed software and hardware limitations on its iPhones and iPads to impede rivals from effectively competing.
28 Feb, 2024, 09.42 AM ISTDOJ, FTC push to investigate Microsoft's OpenAI partnership: report Microsoft's tie-up with the ChatGPT maker has raised antitrust scrutiny after the US software giant committed to invest over $10 billion into OpenAI last year.
20 Jan, 2024, 01.47 PM ISTUS judge signs off on Binance, former chief Changpeng Zhao's plea deals with DOJ In November, Binance agreed to pay over $4.3 billion and pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. Zhao also pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing in February.
07 Dec, 2023, 09.33 AM ISTApple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants The Justice Department in a statement said Apple did not recruit US citizens or permanent residents for jobs that were eligible for a federal program allowing employers to sponsor immigrant workers for green cards, in violation of a federal law that...
10 Nov, 2023, 08.32 AM ISTUS judge will not order DOJ official to stay out of Google antitrust lawsuit In November 2021, Google asked the Justice Department to consider requiring Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust, to recuse himself because of his work for a long list of Google critics.
15 Sep, 2023, 09.46 PM ISTVisa’s pricing of token technology under DOJ probe: report The DOJ's antitrust probe against Visa, which began in early 2021, is investigating if the company uses anticompetitive practices in the debit card market.
16 Aug, 2023, 09.08 PM ISTUS DOJ to crackdown on crypto exchanges, NCET director says The U.S. cryptocurrency enforcement tsar has said that the country was stepping up scrutiny of crypto exchanges to target illicit behavior on the platforms, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
15 May, 2023, 11.51 AM ISTJudge halts Voyager Digital's $1.3 billion sale to Binance.US US District Judge Jennifer Rearden in Manhattan ruled Monday that the sale should be put on hold, overruling Voyager's argument that a delay could cause Binance.US to back out of the deal entirely.
28 Mar, 2023, 10.34 AM ISTGoogle denies destroying 'chat' evidence in US antitrust lawsuit The Justice Department last month alleged Google failed to preserve certain internal corporate "chat" communications.
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