Antitrust
A federal judge dismissed without prejudice NSS Labs’ claim that Symantec conspired to suppress competition in the testing of cybersecurity products by adopting a standard to which NSS Labs refused to adhere.
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Epstein Death Shifts Focus to Possible Conspirators
In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, federal prosecutors in New York have shifted their focus to possible charges against anyone who assisted or enabled him in his rampant sexual abuse of underage girls.
Read morePork Prices
Pork purchasers did not sufficiently plead their conspiracy claims against some of the nation’s leading pork producers, a federal court in Minnesota ruled. The plaintiffs claimed producers engaged in a conspiracy to control the price of pork by decreasing the total production of the animal products.
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Trumps Still on the Hook for Promoting Pyramid Scheme
They may not be able to prove racketeering, but victims of a purported multilevel-marketing scheme can sue President Donald Trump for luring them in without disclosing that he was being paid millions to do so.
Read moreGuilty Verdict in Scheme to Send Military Tech to China
A federal jury has found a Los Angeles electrical engineer guilty of conspiring to send computer parts used for missile guidance systems and other military applications to China and funneling the proceeds through a shell entertainment consulting company.
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Trial of Elizabeth Holmes Set for Summer 2020
Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of the blood-testing company Theranos who is facing multiple fraud and conspiracy charges, appeared in court in San Jose on Friday for a hearing in which a federal judge established the date of what figures to be a sprawling three-month trial.
Read moreGuilty Verdict Returned in Corruption Trial of Former Honolulu Police Chief and Prosecutor Wife
Jurors returned a guilty verdict Thursday in a federal corruption trial of former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, stemming from their attempt to frame a family member with theft.
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Unsealed Emails Back Conspiracy Charge in Generic Drug Suit
Scrubbing some redactions from a suit that charged 20 generic drugmakers with a massive price-fixing conspiracy, a federal judge gave the public its first look Monday at evidence of the pharmaceutical executives emailing and texting each other to coordinate prices and placate Congress.
Read moreEgg Conspiracy
Denying summary judgment, a federal judge advanced antitrust claims from purchasers like Kroger and Nestle that Michael Foods, Rose Acre and other companies “conspired to reduce the supply of eggs and thereby increase the price of egg products.”
Read moreJury Deadlocks in Case of Arizonan Who Helped Immigrants
Humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren walked out of court to cheers from supporters today after a jury deadlocked on charges that he helped two undocumented immigrants get into the United States and hid them from border agents.
Read moreMilitias
Led by the Alliance of Christian Leaders of the East Valley, a group of churches that assist refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants after they are released from ICE custody brought a federal civil rights complaint against the Patriot Movement AZ for conspiracy, trespass, and defamation.
Read moreStone Push-Back on Mueller Report Scrutinized by Judge
A day after special counsel Robert Mueller explained for the first time why he did not charge President Donald Trump personally with a crime, attorneys argued Thursday that still-murky details in Mueller’s report invalidate Roger Stone’s indictment.
Read moreAssange Faces 17 New Charges Over Leak of Classified Info
A federal grand jury returned 17 additional charges Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his alleged complicity in former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s leak of classified U.S. military documents, the Justice Department announced.
Read moreButina Appeals 18-Month Stint on Conspiracy Plea
Sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to act as an agent of Russia, Maria Butina filed an appeal Wednesday with the D.C. Circuit.
Read moreStates Accuse Drugmakers of Price-Fixing on Generics
Connecticut and 43 other states filed a 500-page lawsuit Friday accusing Teva Pharmaceuticals and more than a dozen of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers of a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade for more than 100 different generic drugs.
Read moreButina Saw Her Work With NRA as ‘Valuable’ to Russia
A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be “valuable” for Russian officials.
Read moreJury Convicts Basketball Insiders of NCAA Corruption
A federal jury convicted two sports business insiders Wednesday in the second act of the government’s NCAA corruption trial.
Read moreShell Game
In separate federal racketeering complaints, four women claim that Aquawood LLC, Banzai International and others dodged $1.46 million in sexual-harassment judgments by conspiring in an international shell game and money laundering.
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