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January 8, 2021
The Boeing Company has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) in connection with the FAA AEG’s evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane.
January 7, 2021
Vivint Smart Home Inc. based in Provo, Utah, has agreed to pay the United States $3.2 million to resolve allegations under the FIRREA that Vivint employees made false statements to secure financing for customers’ purchases of Vivint’s home monitoring products, the Justice Department announced.
December 28, 2020
Cytec Canada Inc. was convicted of two violations under the Environmental Protection Act.
December 28, 2020
The Bundeskartellamt has imposed fines totalling approximately 175 million euros on five aluminium forging companies and ten employees responsible for engaging in illegal anti-competitive agreements.
December 28, 2020
The AdC Autoridade da Concorrência imposed a total fine of circa €304 million on six large food retail chains, two beverage suppliers, a board member and a director for price fixing of the suppliers’ products, a practice which seriously harms consumers.
December 24, 2020
Suncor Energy Inc. was convicted of one violation under the Environmental Protection Act and was fined $475,000, plus a victim fine surcharge of $118,750, with 90 days to pay the fine.
December 18, 2020
Pharmaceutical company Biogen, Inc. has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using foundations as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking Biogen’s multiple sclerosis drugs, Avonex and Tysabri, the Justice Department announced.
December 18, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. resolving alleged violations of the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule at home renovations performed by Home Depot’s contractors across the country.
December 15, 2020
ABB announces that ABB South Africa has reached a full and final settlement with Eskom and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in South Africa relating to improper payments and other compliance issues it voluntarily disclosed on the Kusile project.
December 15, 2020
The State\'s data regulator has fined Twitter €450,000 for a bug that made some private tweets public, in the first sanction against a U.S. firm under a new European Union data privacy system.
December 11, 2020
French officials announced fines totaling €135 million ($163.4 million) on tech giants Amazon and Google for breaching data protection laws.
December 10, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that General Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $200 million penalty to settle charges for disclosure failures in its power and insurance businesses.