Google faced its third major lawsuit in two months on Thursday as 38 U.S. states and territories accused the $1 trillion company of abusing its market power to try to make its search engine as dominant inside cars, TVs and speakers as it is in phones. Full Article
Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. attorney's office for western Michigan said on Thursday. Full Article
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had nothing to do with any potential prosecution of President-elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter, who has disclosed that his taxes are being investigated by a federal prosecutor in Delaware. Full Article
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Decision Diagnostics Corp and its chief executive for allegedly misleading investors by promising the biotechnology company could test for COVID-19 with a finger-prick of blood and provide accurate results in less than one minute.
A former acting chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has told Congress that DHS leaders pressed him to overstate illegal border crossings from Mexico and overplay the role of far left groups in violence during anti-government protests last summer, his lawyer said.
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday alleged Amazon.com Inc illegally fired an employee this year who was raising alarm about workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paddy Power Betfair parent Flutter Entertainment has been hit with an $870 million judgement by the Kentucky Supreme Court, which on Thursday reinstated a ruling against The Stars Group, which merged with Flutter in 2019.
Two members of the wealthy Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP offered apologies on Thursday for the role the prescription painkiller has played in the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic but sought to deflect personal responsibility in response to withering criticism from lawmakers.
Biogen Inc has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it illegally used two charities that help cover Medicare patients' out-of-pocket drug costs as a means to pay them kickbacks to use its multiple sclerosis drugs.
(Reuters) -Google faced its third major lawsuit in two months on Thursday as 38 U.S. states and territories accused the $1 trillion company of abusing its market power to try to make its search engine as dominant inside cars, TVs and speakers as it is in phones.
Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. attorney's office for western Michigan said on Thursday.
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina's top environmental regulator, to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, three sources with knowledge of the discussions said on Thursday.
The Trump administration has finalized a rule rendering individuals ineligible for asylum if they passed through another country en route to the U.S. and did not seek asylum there, after an earlier version was struck down in court. Read more
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It seems Biden will largely fulfill his promise of a cabinet that will "actually look like America." But the contentious nomination process shows that key portions of the Democratic base will continue to scrutinize whether that representational diversity translates into the kinds of change called for by the very same communities being represented. Read more
Google’s antitrust woes mounted considerably this week.
I still remember my first Big Law holiday party 20 years ago. It was a swanky gala at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. thrown by Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells). Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a bid by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to defend its limits on education-related compensation for college basketball and football players. Full Article