New DOJ Antitrust Chief Builds Team From Prior Administrations March 13, 2025 By Josh Sisco Gail Slater, the new head of antitrust enforcement at the US Justice Department, plans to hire veterans of previous administrations...
How Will the Antitrust Showdown Launched Under Biden Change Under Trump? November 20, 2024 By Michael Liedtke The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal making throughout President Joe Biden’s administration may...
New Orleans, DOJ Move to End Police Department’s Consent Decree September 30, 2024 By Jack Brook NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to...
Google’s Ad Empire Under Fire With US Antitrust Trial to Begin September 9, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Davey Alba Alphabet Inc.’s Google heads back to court Monday to face US Justice Department allegations that it manipulates the $677 billion...
Justice Deptartment Launches Whistleblower Program Aimed at Corporate Crime August 5, 2024 By Andrew Goudsward The U.S. Justice Department on Aug. 1 debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain...
TikTok Sued by US for Allegedly Breaking Kids’ Privacy Law August 5, 2024 By Leah Nylen TikTok was sued by the US for allegedly collecting data on children in violation of an online privacy act, three...
Kansas School District Was Discriminatory in Discipline: DOJ July 5, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them,...
Justice Department Sues Apple in Antitrust Case Over iPhone March 21, 2024 By Leah Nylen The US Justice Department and 16 attorneys general sued Apple Inc., accusing the iPhone maker of violating antitrust laws by...
False Claims Act Cases Resulted in $2.7B in Fiscal Year 2023: DOJ February 28, 2024 The U.S. Department of Justice said a record 543 settlements and judgements under the False Claims Act resulted in about...
Oregon Judge Refuses to Dismiss 2015 Climate Lawsuit Filed by Youth January 5, 2024 A judge in Oregon rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to dismiss a 2015 lawsuit brought by young people...