Texas A&M Foundation Settles Grant Fraud Claims
The Texas A&M University Research Foundation will pay the federal government $750,000 to resolve fraudulent grant charges brought by two whistleblowers under the False Claims Act.
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$25 Million Settlement
A federal judge approved a $25 million settlement Tuesday against Samsung and Toshiba for indirect purchasers’ class action involving price fixing in optical disc drives.
Read moreVisa and Mastercard Reach $6.2B Deal on Swipe Fees Antitrust Suits
Visa and Mastercard sought the approval Tuesday of a $6.2 billion settlement that would end an antitrust class action that has for 13 years accused them of charging exorbitant swipe fees.
Read moreCargill Class Action
Cargill Meat Solutions will pay $1.5 million to settle charges of discriminating against African and Muslim employees, the EEOC announced Friday.
Read moreCitigroup Whacked
Citigroup Global Markets will pay $12 million in fines and disgorgement for misleading users of a dark pool run by its affiliate, Citi Order Routing and Execution, which will be fined another $1 million, the SEC said Friday.
Read moreDeal Could Allow Separated Families to Revive Asylum Claims
A deal between the Justice Department and families separated under President Donald Trump’s now-abandoned “zero tolerance” immigration policy gives families the chance to again pursue asylum in the United States.
Read moreCalifornia Water
Goose Pond Ag and Farmland Management Services, an affiliate of John Hancock Life Insurance, will perform mitigation and pay $5.3 million for disturbing streams and wetlands in the Sacramento Delta, under a 2-year-old settlement, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.
Read moreForeign Bribery
United Technologies Corp. will pay $14 million to settle charges that it bribed Azerbaijani officials through its Otis Elevator subsidiary to sell elevator equipment for public housing in Baku and as part of a kickback scheme to sell elevators in China, the SEC said Wednesday.
Read moreWe’ll Talk, Stormy Says of Trump Offer to Tear Up Hush Deal
Adult film star Stormy Daniels said in a brief filed Monday she “vigorously opposes” an offer by President Donald Trump and a shell company to tear up a confidentiality agreement concocted during the 2016 presidential campaign to keep the lid on an alleged affair between the two.
Read moreCompany Offers Stormy Daniels to Tear Up Hush Agreement
Essential Consultants, the company set up by President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen, offered to tear up the hush agreement contract between adult film star Stormy Daniels and the president on Friday, a settlement agreement that would require her to pay back $130,000.
Read moreCompany Offers to Drop Stormy Daniels’ Hush-Money Agreement
The company set up by Donald Trump’s former personal attorney offered Friday to rescind Stormy Daniels’ hush-money agreement and drop its planned $20 million lawsuit against the porn actress for allegedly violating the deal.
Read moreChicago Inches Closer to Implementing Police Reforms
Chicago police officers may soon be required to report every time they point a firearm at someone as part of a consent decree that will dictate new police department policies.
Read moreChesapeake Energy Settles Antitrust Case for $7M
A class of landowners in Oklahoma and Kansas announced Thursday the settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy and others for nearly $7 million, ending claims filed a day after indicted former CEO Aubrey McClendon died in a fiery single-car crash.
Read moreCorporate Bribery
Sanofi pharmaceuticals will pay $25 million to settle charges of bribing government officials in Kazakhstan and the Middle East to win contracts, the SEC said Tuesday.
Read moreFraternity Blamed in Penn State Death Settles With Family
The parents of a Penn State University student who died after a night of pledge hazing announced a settlement Tuesday with the national organization for the fraternity Beta Theta Pi.
Read moreWells Fargo Deal OK’d
A federal judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $480 million settlement between Wells Fargo and shareholders peeved over the bank’s recent scandal involving phony accounts.
Read moreDutch Bank Pays Huge Fine in Money-Laundering Case
Dutch bank ING has paid 775 million euros ($897 million) to settle a huge money laundering case in the Netherlands, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read moreJudge Lets Illinois Fight Chicago Over Police Bodycam Rules
A federal judge partially lifted a stay Thursday in a case brought by Illinois aiming to prevent police discrimination and brutality in Chicago, allowing the state and city to litigate the specific issue of whether officers should be required to record every time they point a gun at someone.
Read moreWaste Management Fined $5.5 Million for Immigration Abuse
Waste Management Inc., the nation’s largest garbage company, agreed Wednesday to pay $5.5 million to avoid federal prosecution for hiring undocumented immigrants for 10 years at one of its Houston worksites, the Department of Justice said.
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