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JPMorgan Chase to pay $250 million for failings in asset, wealth business

November 25, 2020 JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $250 million for risk management and other control failings in its asset and wealth management business, a U.S. regulator said on Tuesday.

Home Depot reaches $17.5 million settlement over 2014 data breach

November 25, 2020 Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut, along with the attorneys general of 45 other states and the District of Columbia, has obtained a $17.5 million settlement against Georgia-based retailer The Home Depot, resolving a multistate investigation into the 2014 data breach which exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home Depot customers nationwide.

Apple to pay $113 mn to U.S. states over iPhone battery complaints

November 20, 2020 34 states announced a $113 million settlement against Apple.

U.S. Department of Labor and Rolls-Royce North America resolved alleged hiring discrimination

November 20, 2020 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Inc. have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination.

Montana Attorney General Fox announces record settlement with tobacco companies

November 18, 2020 Attorney General Tim Fox announced Montana will recover all funds wrongfully withheld from the state by tobacco companies under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), as well as a premium and protection for Montana’s future MSA payments.

Croatia jails former PM Sanader, ruling party ordered to pay $547,000 and return $2.1 million

November 13, 2020 Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for creating slush funds for his HDZ party by taking money from public companies via a marketing agency.

Indivior sentenced to pay $289m in criminal penalties for unlawful marketing of opioid drug

November 13, 2020 Indivior Solutions was sentenced to pay $289 million in criminal penalties in connection with a previous guilty plea related to the marketing of the opioid-addiction-treatment drug Suboxone, the Department of Justice announced.

British fraud office secures assets linked to Brazilian bribery scandal

November 12, 2020 The SFO has secured £1,198,424.78 from Julio Faerman, the owner of a £4.25m luxury apartment in West London which the SFO suspected to have been partly purchased with the corrupt funds of its owner’s criminal conduct.

Croatian Competition Agency imposes $10,210 fine on Ribola

November 9, 2020 The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened ex officio infringement proceeding within the meaning of the Act on prohibition of unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food supply chain (UTPs Act) with the view to establishing whether the reseller Ribola used its strong bargaining power and imposed unfair trading practices on its supplier in the contract and regarding the implementation of that contract with its supplier.

$450,000 penalty for Appol company for delayed payments to apple growers

November 9, 2020 President of UOKiK Tomasz Chróstny imposed nearly PLN 1.7 million penalty on the entrepreneur.

USDA restricts PACA violators in Illinois, New York, Texas from operating in the produce industry

October 31, 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

ICO fines Marriott International £18.4 million for failing to keep customers’ personal data secur

October 30, 2020 The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure.