Reuters: In Tesla Autopilot Probe, US Prosecutors Focus on Securities, Wire Fraud May 13, 2024 By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’...
Boeing Crash Victims’ Families Seek to Share Evidence With DOJ April 24, 2024 By Greg Farrell and Chris Strohm U.S. Justice Department officials will meet Wednesday with families of Boeing Co. 737 Max crash victims even as they investigate...
Justice Department to Offer More Rewards to Corporate Whistleblowers March 11, 2024 By Karen Freifeld and Chris Prentice The U.S. Justice Department is expanding its whistleblower program to coax more tipsters to disclose corporate misconduct by offering monetary...
U.S. Justice Department Backs Extending Ban on Fentanyl Copycats April 15, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has signaled support for legislation to extend by seven months a ban on illegal...
States Oppose Settlement Being Negotiated by Oxycontin Maker Purdue and Justice Dept. October 15, 2020 By Mike Spector A group of 25 state attorneys general oppose a settlement of U.S. opioid probes being negotiated with Purdue Pharma LP...
Pilgrim’s Pride Reaches Plea Deal on Chicken Price-Fixing October 15, 2020 By Dee-Ann Durbin Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has reached a plea agreement with the U.S. government over charges of price-fixing in the chicken industry....
U.S. Charges Seven In Wide-Ranging Chinese Hacking Effort September 21, 2020 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in...
Push by Feds to Investigate Violent Demonstrators Nets 300 Arrests So Far September 18, 2020 By Michael Balsamo, Alanna Durkin Richer And Colleen Long WASHINGTON — In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr’s message was clear: aggressively...
West Virginia Hospital Settles Whistleblower Suit For $50M September 11, 2020 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A financially strapped West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve...
7th Circuit Lays Obstacle For Litigation Funders With False Claims Act Suits August 19, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court dealt a blow against litigation funding companies by ruling that the U.S. Justice Department can dismiss...