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December 15, 2016
The Department of Justice obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in fiscal year 2016 ending September 30.
December 15, 2016
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said the Justice Department collected more than $15.3 billion in civil and criminal actions in fiscal year (FY) 2016 ending Sept. 30, 2016.
December 14, 2016
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined American Airlines $1.6 million for violating the Department’s rule prohibiting long tarmac delays.
December 14, 2016
Two former senior generic pharmaceutical executives were charged by Information for their roles in conspiracies to fix prices, rig bids and allocate customers for certain generic drugs, the Department of Justice said.
December 14, 2016
The operators of the Toronto-based AshleyMadison.com dating site have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state charges.
December 14, 2016
ConAgra Grocery Products, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods, pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge alleging the shipment of contaminated peanut butter linked to a 2006 through 2007 nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning, the Department of Justice announced.
December 14, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a final consent order with Mars Petcare U.S. settling charges that the company falsely advertised specific health benefits of its Eukanuba brand dog food.
December 12, 2016
The European Commission has fined Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo a total of €166 million.
December 12, 2016
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer's office has sued national retail giants J.C. Penney, Sears, Kohl’s and Macy’s, alleging that to increase sales, each of the companies used “false reference pricing†schemes to mislead customers into believing items were being sold at significant discounts.
December 12, 2016
Brazil’s antitrust body fined five banks with fines worth a combined 183.5 million reais ($54 million) for creating a cartel to manipulate exchange rates, official sources announced.
December 12, 2016
The United States accounting watchdog hit Deloitte's Brazil division with a record $8 million fine for issuing false audits of a U.S.-traded Brazilian airline and then doctoring papers to thwart an investigation.
December 10, 2016
The Federal Court in Australia has found that German construction group holding company Hochtief engaged in insider trading and has ordered it to pay a financial penalty of $400,000, as well as ASIC's legal costs.