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Yahoo, Google Say Talked to DOJ About 2-week Test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO) told the Justice Department about a two-week test combining some of their search and advertising business before it happened, the two companies said on Wednesday. "We informed the Justice Department before we launched...
Combating Procurement Fraud
At this critical time when our national defense and homeland security resources are most precious, criminals who cheat the government must be identified, stopped and punished. The sheer size and complexity of procurement operations may embolden some criminals. It is imperative to take action to prevent, deter, and prosecute those...
The Civil Enforcement Initiative : A Chapter 13 Perspective
"This article provides a look at the Program’s civil enforcement activities in the Chapter 13 area and encourages participation and support of public. Several issues have emerged that present new or particularly significant challenges for civil enforcement in Chapter 13. These issues include debtor identification, serial filers, substantial abuse under...
Competition Law Constraints On Pre-Merger Co-Ordination
The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DoJ”) recently announced the settlement of proceedings against Computer Associates International Inc (“Computer Associates”) relating to pre-closing co-ordination activities (“gun jumping”) in its merger with Platinum Technology International Inc. (“Platinum”). The case, and the sizeable civil penalty of US $638,000 paid by Computer...
Antitrust “Market Power” And Intellectual Property: Why FTC And DOJ Action Is Necessary
In 1989 and again in 1995, the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives considered legislation that would have prohibited courts in antitrust cases from drawing a presumption of a relevant market, or of the existence of market power, based merely on the possession of a patent or copyright.1 In...
Keep on Truckin': DOJ Says Andersen Destroyed Tons of Evidence
The article asserts that neither Enron nor any of its employees have been brought up on criminal charges. The indictment alleges that, at the firm's direction, Andersen personnel engaged in the wholesale destruction of tons of paperwork and attempted to purge huge volumes of electronic data or information. Dozens of...
Conglomerate Mergers And Range Effects: It’s A Long Way From Chicago To Brussels
In the 1960s, the United States experienced a wave of conglomerate mergers, driven in part by overly restrictive antitrust policies toward horizontal and vertical mergers. In response, the U.S. antitrust agencies and courts developed a number of theories of competitive harm with colorful names like deep pockets, reciprocal dealing, and...
DoJ Broadens Music Probe
This article summarizes about the music licensing on the internet. The US Department of Justice is digging deeper into the alleged anti-competitive licensing practices of the recording industry trade group, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which led the legal crusade against music-swapping service, Napster. The antitrust division is...
What are the ADA Direct Access Rules
The purpose of this article is to assist 9-1-1 organizations in complying with the TDD/TTY Direct Access mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The primary source of the information for this article being Department of Justice (DOJ) Settlement Agreements entered into by DOJ and individual 9-1-1 organizations. Additional...
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Rx drug distributor agrees to pay penalties
One of the nation's largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the law when it failed to report suspicious drug sales to the DEA out of several distribution facilities, including one in Utah. McKesson Corp. has agreed to pay $13.25 million...
Grand jury indicts man in kidnapping
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a man accused of kidnapping a Salt Lake City nurse whose body was later found stuffed in a plastic storage container. On Wednesday, the grand jury indicted Michael J. Doyel on one count of kidnapping in the abduction...
CREW Asks for House Ethics Comm. Investigation into Members' Illegal Use of Official Resources for Campaign Purposes
WASHINGTON -- Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, more commonly known as the Ethics Committee, asking the Committee to take immediate action in the face of the developing crisis of members illegally using official...
UBS executive held by US authorities in tax evasion probe
ZURICH (AFP) — UBS bank said on Wednesday that one of its senior executives had been detained by United States authorities, with the status of a witness, in relation to a tax evasion investigation. "We are cooperating with the authorities, but it is too early to say what...
Rocky Flats statements won't be made public
DENVER (AP) -- A judge has refused to make public some sworn statements by former grand jurors alleging that prosecutors committed misconduct during an investigation into possible environmental crimes at the old Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch released several documents and motions...
Countrywide admits errors
WASHINGTON -- Mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., which is under investigation for inflating certain borrowers' fees, acknowledged Tuesday that it has made errors and pledged to take steps to improve its operations. Steve Bailey, chief executive for loan administration at Countrywide, told a Senate panel that the...
Reports show disparity in drug arrests in Baltimore
Baltimore had the most drug arrests per 100,000 residents -- as well as drug arrests of blacks per 100,000 black residents -- among 43 American cities in 2003, while Maryland had the fourth-highest rate of black drug offenders imprisoned for every white drug offender the same year, according to two...
US unveils terror charges against Russian arms dealer
NEW YORK (AFP) — US officials on Tuesday announced they had charged alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on four counts of terrorism for seeking to sell millions of dollars of weapons to Colombia's FARC rebels. The Department of Justice officially unsealed the indictment against Bout, who has...
Many DEA analysts lack security clearances
WASHINGTON -- Twelve percent of the DEA's intelligence analysts last year did not have the security clearances necessary or were otherwise unauthorized to do their jobs, a new Justice Department audit concludes. The audit released Monday says the Drug Enforcement Administration was slow to complete and share...
Herley Chairman Announces Organizational Changes
LANCASTER, Pa., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Herley Industries, Inc. Chairman and CEO, Myron Levy, released the following statement today: "As we have previously announced, Herley Industries, Inc. and our former Chairman, Lee Blatt, have both settled our long-running dispute with the Justice Department within the last...
Emtec Federal Strengthens Team with the Appointment of Three Industry Veterans to Key Management and Sales Positions
CHANTILLY, Va. -- Emtec Federal (OCTCBB:ETEC), an information technology systems and services company, today announced the expansion of its management and sales team with the addition of three industry veterans. Emtec Federal appointed Larry Hopkins as Director of Civilian Team I, Jeff Posey as Director of Federal Enterprise Sales and...
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