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Energy Transfer to pay additional $1 million for 2018 gas pipeline blast

July 21, 2021 nergy Transfer has agreed to pay a $1 million fine to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to settle safety violations in relation to the September 2018 pipeline explosion on the Revolution natural gas pipeline in Western Pennsylvania.

Kentucky AG announces settlement with Brothers Market following Colonial Pipeline shutdown

July 21, 2021 Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced a settlement with a Kentucky fuel retailer and convenience store, Brothers Market.

New York AG reaches $1.1 billion agreement with big three distributors to treat and prevent opioid use

July 21, 2021 New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., and Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation — three of the nation’s largest drug distributors — that will deliver up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.

Kentucky joins DOJ, multi-state coalition in $75m settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb for overcharging Medicaid

July 15, 2021 Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and a multi-state coalition of attorneys general in a settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Bristol-Myers) for overcharging state Medicaid programs for drugs.

Diesel Direct settles claims it overcharged state for substandard fuel delivered in violation of contracts

July 15, 2021 A Stoughton fuel delivery company, Diesel Direct, LLC, and its chief executive officer and senior vice president will pay $850,000 to resolve allegations that the company knowingly delivered nonconforming petroleum diesel fuel to state agencies while charging for a higher-priced and more environmentally-friendly biodiesel fuel, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced.

France fines Google $593 million over copyright

July 13, 2021 France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders it had given in a row with the country’s news publishers.

Bank of Mozambique fines Standard Bank of South Africa $4.6 million for engaging in fraudulent activities

July 13, 2021 The Bank of Mozambique announced that, following the on-site inspection of Standard Bank of South Africa, proceedings have been brought against that banking institution.

New York: $4.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma

July 8, 2021 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a $4.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over the company\'s role in falsely marketing its products to get more Americans hooked on opioids.

BMW and Volkswagen Group fined €875m for restricting competition

July 8, 2021 The European Commission said that three German carmakers breached EU competition rules by restricting competition in emission cleaning for new passenger diesel cars.

Fraud scheme of at least EUR 120 million in Italy halted

July 8, 2021 Eurojust has supported the Italian authorities in bringing to a halt a long-running fraud scheme based on a series of fake websites and shell companies to evade tax authorities for an estimated EUR 120 million and cheat thousands of customers.

British Airways settles with 2018 data breach victims

July 7, 2021 As the court-appointed lead solicitors, PGMBM d that litigation with British Airways has been resolved on confidential terms.

UK: Azeri elite agrees to hand over £4 million

July 6, 2021 A politically exposed person has agreed to surrender £4m which was transferred via the Azerbaijan Laundromat money laundering scheme.