December 19, 2024
CVS Health Corp. pharmacies illegally dispensed controlled substances including opioids, fueling an overdose crisis as short-staffed stores ignored red flags, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed Wednesday. The largest U.S. pharmacy chain deliberately set staffing …
December 13, 2024
McKinsey & Co. has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm’s work advising opioid manufacturer OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma on how to boost sales. McKinsey has entered into a five-year …
November 22, 2024
McKinsey & Co. is in the final stages of negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a U.S. criminal investigation into the consulting firm’s work helping opioid manufacturers boost sales that allegedly contributed to a deadly addiction epidemic, people familiar …
September 24, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Visa for alleged antitrust violations on Tuesday, accusing one of the world’s largest payment networks of suppressing competition by threatening merchants with high fees and paying off potential rivals. Visa processes more than 60% …
March 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Apple, the first major antitrust effort against the iPhone maker by the Biden administration, alleging it monopolized smartphone markets. Apple joins a list of major tech companies sued by U.S. regulators, including …
March 19, 2020
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Federal authorities arrested the operators of a Colorado funeral home accused of selling body parts or entire bodies without the consent of families. Megan Hess, 43, and her mother, 66-year-old Shirley Koch, were arrested Tuesday and …