By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s justice minister launched a rare and forceful public takedown of auto executive-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn after he blasted the country’s legal system as allowing him “zero chance” of a fair trial as he sought to justify his escape to Beirut. After his dramatic flightRead More →
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to take legal action against Live Nation Entertainment (N:) on allegations the concert promoter has sought to strong-arm concert venues into using its dominant Ticketmaster subsidiary, a source familiar with the planned legal action said on Friday. The department believes the concertRead More →
© Reuters. U.S. Justice Department building is seen in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department said on Tuesday it had created a strike force that will identify and prosecute companies that fix prices or collude to push up the cost of billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. government purchases.Read More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. state attorneys general investigating Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:) for alleged anti-competitive practices met on Monday with officials of the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, NewRead More →
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its new nine-month term with a flurry of activity on Monday, hearing arguments in three cases and rejecting numerous appeals that piled up over the summer. With conservative Justice Clarence Thomas absent due to anRead More →
© Reuters. An American Airlines Airbus A321 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc (O:), the largest U.S. airline, will pay $22.1 million to settle claims it falsely reported the times it transferred possession of U.S. mail to foreignRead More →
© Reuters. A smartphones with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this picture illustration By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:) Inc won U.S. antitrust approval for its $26 billion takeover of rival Sprint Corp, the JusticeRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Huawei’s Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver, British Columbia (Reuters) – Lawyers for Huawei’s chief executive officer Meng Wanzhou, who is being detained in Canada on U.S. fraud charges, on Monday urged Canada’s Minister of Justice to reconsider whether to withdraw theRead More →
© Reuters. A T-Mobile store is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division staff has recommended the agency file a lawsuit to block T-Mobile US Inc’s $26 billion acquisition of smaller rival Sprint Corp, according to two sources familiar withRead More →
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal court last week to put a hold on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against former Theranos Chief Operating Officer Sunny Balwani, arguing that a stay in the case would prioritize their criminal case against him. The Justice Department told the judgeRead More →
© Reuters. Former SeaWorld lawyer pleads guilty to insider trading: U.S. Justice Deptartment WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former attorney for SeaWorld Entertainment Inc pleaded guilty to insider trading, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. As part of the guilty plea, Paul Powers admitted to using non-public information on theRead More →
