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September 7, 2022
Brazil\'s government ordered Apple to stop selling iPhones without a battery charger in the country, claiming that the company provides an incomplete product to consumers.
September 5, 2022
Philips RS North America, formerly known as Respironics, a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay over $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misled federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to DME suppliers.
September 3, 2022
Bayer Corporation, an Indiana corporation and manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, and its related entities, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare and Bayer, have agreed to pay $40 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act in connection with the drugs Trasylol, Avelox and Baycol.
August 31, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul took action to stop illegal and discriminatory housing practices at three Long Island real estate brokerages that were discriminating against Black, Hispanic, and other homebuyers of color.
August 25, 2022
Virginia Attorney General Miyaresannounced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled Virginia and forty-one other States can proceed with their litigation against the makers of Suboxone for antitrust law violations.
August 24, 2022
Essilor International, Essilor of America Inc., Essilor Laboratories of America Inc. and Essilor Instruments USA, have agreed to pay $16.4 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by causing claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid that resulted from violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute.
August 23, 2022
The National Police has carried out two operations against human trafficking for labor exploitation that have resulted in three arrests.
August 23, 2022
Washington, DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced a $2.54 million settlement with Instacart, an online delivery company, resolving a lawsuit alleging that the company misled DC consumers, used tips left for workers to boost the company’s bottom line, and failed to pay required sales taxes.
August 22, 2022
A federal court ordered an Illinois company to stop manufacturing and distributing drugs alleged to be adulterated in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
August 21, 2022
Roskomnadzor decided to apply coercive measures against TikTok Pte. Ltd., Telegram Messenger, Inc., Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Discord, Inc. and Pinterest Inc. in the form of informing search engines of Internet users about violations by companies of the requirements of Russian legislation.
August 19, 2022
The Federal Reserve Board has fined EagleBank, of Bethesda, Maryland, $9.5 million for violation of the Board\'s insider lending regulation.
August 17, 2022
Attorney General Maura Healey has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments, ban promotion of Endo’s opioids, and require Endo to turn over millions of documents related to its role in the opioid crisis for publication in a public online archive.