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McKinsey faces US criminal investigation over opioid industry work: Grand jury set up to hear evidence on consulting for drugmakers tied to addiction epidemic
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Quick Glance: Investigation against McKinsey in the US over involvement in the opioid industry
- A grand jury was established to examine evidence related to consulting for pharmaceutical companies involved in the addiction epidemic.
- McKinsey is under a criminal investigation in the US for its involvement with opioid manufacturers.
- Furthermore, federal prosecutors are looking into whether the company impeded justice through its actions as concerns about its work grew.
- According to a source, the US Department of Justice has been scrutinizing McKinsey's activities for several years, with a grand jury now set up in Virginia to review evidence.
Family Dollar Is Fined $41.7 Million Over Rodent-Infested Warehouse: A federal inspection found living and dead rats at a site in Arkansas in January 2022 ...
nytimes.com/2024/02/27/us/family-dollar-fine-food-safety.html
Quick Glance: Record Fine: Family Dollar Stores Hit with $41M Penalty
- This week, Family Dollar Stores was ordered to pay $41.6 million for using a rodent-infested warehouse to distribute goods to over 400 stores in the South.
- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation found 'live rodents, dead and decaying rodents, rodent feces, urine, and odors' at the company's distribution center in Arkansas.
- As part of the plea agreement, both Family Dollar Stores and Dollar Tree must adhere to 'robust' corporate reporting guidelines for the next three years.
- U.S. Attorney Jonathan D. Ross stated: 'It is incomprehensible that Family Dollar knew about the rodent and pest issues at its distribution center in Arkansas but continued to ship products that were unsafe and insanitary.'
DOJ sues Utah over discrimination of transgender inmate: A 2022 federal ruling found that gender dysphoria is a condition covered under the ADA.
axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/04/05/transgender-inmate-doj-lawsuit-utah-corrections-gender-dysphoria
US judge will not order Justice Dept. official to exit Google advertising case: U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday declined to order a Justice ...
reuters.com/legal/us-judge-will-not-order-doj-official-exit-google-advertising-case-2023-09-15/
Quick Glance: Google Reduces Recruitment Team Staff
- Google confirms layoffs in its global recruitment team this week.
- The company decides to reduce the number of recruiters due to a slowdown in hiring.
- Google continues to invest in engineering and technical talent while slowing down overall hiring.
- Job ads are still being posted despite the reduction in hiring.
Yale to pay $1.5 million to settle ketamine patent claims with US government: Yale University and one of its professors have agreed to settle allegations that ...
reuters.com/legal/litigation/yale-pay-15-mln-settle-ketamine-patent-claims-with-us-government-2023-09-21/
Google can keep law firm Paul Weiss in DOJ case, US judge rules: A federal judge in Virginia on Friday declined to bar the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind ...
reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/google-can-keep-law-firm-paul-weiss-doj-case-us-judge-rules-2023-10-13/
Dollar Tree stores to introduce merchandise with price tags up to $7: Dollar Tree customers will start to see some items carrying $7 price tags on the discount ...
foxbusiness.com/markets/dollar-tree-stores-introduce-merchandise-price-tags-7-dollars
Here are the Ohio stores Family Dollar is closing. Is your neighborhood location affected?
cincinnati.com/story/news/2024/04/19/family-dollar-to-close-35-stores-in-ohio-lay-off-265-employees-dollar-tree/73384191007/
Has Google’s monopoly on the search engine market finally timed out?: The US justice department is belatedly addressing the company’s stranglehold on digital ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/30/google-antitrust-us-department-of-justice-court-case-monopoly
Quick Glance: Google introduces option for publishers to exclude themselves from AI training data
- Google announced a new flag, Google-Extended, for robots.txt to instruct Google's crawlers to include a site in search without using it to train new AI models like Bard.
- Google is giving website publishers the ability to opt out of having their data used to train the company's AI models while still being accessible through Google Search.
- Google-Extended allows publishers to manage whether their sites contribute to improving Bard and Vertex AI generative APIs, and they can use the toggle to control access to a site's content.
- Many websites have already blocked the web crawler that OpenAI uses to scrape data and train ChatGPT, including The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, and Medium.
Google foreshadows its final arguments in search monopoly trial: Closing arguments in the DOJ-Google Search trial are in May following a multi-week trial that ...
theverge.com/2024/2/23/24080493/google-doj-antitrust-search-lawsuit-final-arguments-post-trial-brief-filed
DOJ sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailment in Ohio: The lawsuit could be costly to the railroad, seeking damages for a disaster that prompted ...
washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/31/doj-sues-norfolk-southern-over-toxic-train-derailment-ohio/
Quick Glance: Biden Department of Justice Sues Norfolk Southern for "Unlawfully Polluting the Nation's Waterways"
- The Biden administration took another step on Friday to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the disaster that is still unfolding in East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area, filing a lawsuit against the rail corporation for dumping harmful chemicals into the environment.
- "Whatever it takes to make East Palestine whole, Norfolk Southern needs to pay—and it's not enough to take their word for it."
- nnIt's great to see @TheJusticeDepartment following Ohio's lead and holding Norfolk Southern to the full extent of the law.\nhttps://t.co/4x2x0oA1LP\u201d
Google Loses Bid to Move DOJ’s Antitrust Suit to NY From Virginia: A federal judge on Friday said the Justice Department can sue Alphabet Inc ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-10/google-digital-advertising-antitrust-suit-stays-in-virginia-judge-rules
Just Dept. Sues Norfolk Southern Railroad East Palestine Train Fire: The lawsuit, seeking to claw back cleanup costs under the Clean Water Act ...
nytimes.com/2023/03/31/us/politics/east-palestine-chemical-spill-lawsuit.html
Tank deal: Berlin contradicts Washington: Someone is fibbing. The only question is who. Were the Abrams tanks from the USA now condition for the Leopard tanks ...
zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/leopard-abrams-scholz-biden-ukraine-krieg-russland-100.html
Trump campaign officials got subpoena asking new questions about Jan. 6: As grand jury activity increased, according to lawyers, a subpoena received Dec ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/11/trump-subpoena-jan6-campaign-officials/
US Justice Dept's Google advertising case gets fast-paced schedule: A federal judge on Friday set a fast-paced schedule in the U.S. Justice Department's ...
reuters.com/legal/us-justice-depts-google-advertising-case-gets-fast-paced-schedule-2023-03-24/
US judge rules against Google, keeps DOJ advertising case in Virginia: A U.S. federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL ...
reuters.com/legal/us-judge-says-will-order-doj-advertisting-case-against-google-stay-virginia-2023-03-10/
US Sues Google to Break Up Ad Unit in Heated Antitrust Fight: The US Justice Department and eight states sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google, calling for the break up of ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-24/us-sues-google-over-ad-market-in-escalation-of-antitrust-fight
Cigarette companies ordered to display health warning signs at retailers: The Justice Department announced a court order requiring cigarette companies to post ...
cnbc.com/2022/12/07/cigarette-makers-ordered-to-display-warning-signs-at-retailers.html
U.S. Justice Dept opposes Google bid to move advertising antitrust case to New York
reuters.com/technology/us-justice-dept-opposes-google-bid-move-advertising-antitrust-case-new-york-2023-03-06/
Trump Under Investigation For Violating Espionage Act, Search Warrant Shows: Report
huffpost.com/entry/trump-search-warrant-espionage-act_n_62f6a831e4b095e788805b5a
Quick Glance: Trump Under Investigation For Espionage Act Violations, Search Warrant Shows
- According to a list of documents gathered by the FBI from Trump's Florida home, some of the documents were labeled "Various classified/TS/SCI documents," an acronym for "top-secret" and "sensitive compartmented information," indicating one of the highest levels of government classification.
- Twenty boxes were taken in all, with 11 of them labeled with varying degrees of classification.
- The list also included photo binders, a handwritten message, Trump's campaign advisor Roger Stone's executive clemency award, and information about French President Emmanuel Macron.
- There was no additional information on the materials included.
Bill Barr subpoenaed by Dominion in $1.3 billion lawsuit against Fox News: report
salon.com/2022/07/11/bill-barr-subpoenaed-in-against-fox-news-over-false-claims/
Quick Glance: Former Attorney General Bill Barr has been subpoenaed in the Dominion 2020 election lawsuit.
- According to the court docket in the case, former Attorney General William Barr has been subpoenaed as part of an ongoing 2020 election defamation action against Fox News brought by voting machine business Dominion Voting Systems.
- "Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process," Dominion charged in its complaint.
- Dominion has launched a slew of lawsuits against persons it claims helped spread false claims that it rigged the 2020 election, including attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
A man trafficked turtles on Facebook. It’s a ‘huge problem,’ experts say.: Stanlee Fazi pleaded guilty to illegally selling turtles across the U.S ...
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/26/turtle-illegal-trafficking-virginia-crime/
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Pres. Trump pushing baseless conspiracy about Dominion voting machines: "I thought, boy ... Show more
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Quick Glance: Former Minister on Trump: "Er hat den Kontakt zur Realität verloren"
- Former Vize-Justizminister Richard Donoghue also stated that he had repeatedly told the President that there was no evidence of election fraud.
- Trump, on the other hand, saw things differently.
- Trump-Lager Wut und Enttäuschung Trump's former campaign manager, Jason Miller, said he had advised the president not to declare victory until he had a better understanding of the numbers.
- Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, responded to the question of whether he had expressed his views on Giuliani to the president: "grundsätzlich nicht der Ansatz, den ich an deiner Stelle verfolgen würde"
William Barr Subpoenaed In Dominion Voting’s Lawsuit Against Fox News: The voting machine company has also recently subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad ...
forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/07/11/william-barr-subpoenaed-in-dominion-votings-lawsuit-against-fox-news/
Gov Glenn Youngkin joined many Republican Party politicians blasting the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
Show moreQuick Glance: Michael Steele: Republicans should "try to be less stupid" in the aftermath of the Mar-a-Lago raid
- "Trump failed to return classified docs requested by the National Archives," Steele wrote in response to Rep.
- "This is not some random FBI move, so you shitforbrains Republicans calling for "defunding the FBI" should try to be less stupid for a change," Steele wrote.
- The former president's son, Eric Trump, told Fox News anchor Sean Hannity that the search was centered on records sought by the National Archives.
- Donald Trump Tags FBI raid on Eric Trump Mar-a-Lago Greene, Marjorie Taylor Steele, Michael Steele, Michael
Lawsuit over covid outbreak at Farmville immigrant detention center settled: As part of the agreement, the once-crowded site will be limited to no more than 180 ...
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/11/covid-outbreak-farmville-lawsuit-settlement/
Leaked Supreme Court Draft Would Overturn Roe v. Wade: A majority of the court privately voted to strike down the landmark abortion rights decision ...
nytimes.com/2022/05/02/us/politics/roe-v-wade-abortion-supreme-court.html
Quick Glance: 5 Things to Know About a Leaked Supreme Court Draft Ruling on Abortion
- Here are five things you should know about the leaked draft, the Mississippi case, and what will happen to abortion access in the United States if Roe is overturned.
- 3. The draft ruling is not the final decision of the Supreme Court.
- States in which abortion is legal
- According to the Guttmacher Institute, there are currently legislation protecting abortion access in 16 states and Washington, D.C.
Justice Department sues Paul Manafort for $3 million, alleging he hid 20 foreign bank accounts
rawstory.com/trump-pardon-manafort/
Quick Glance: Lauren Boebert despises the fact that she is affiliated with Marjorie Taylor Greene: report
- Politico reported on Marjorie Taylor Greene.
- According to a new Politico article on Friday, Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, both far-right freshmen known for generating controversy, are not as close as they appear.Republican lawmakers informed the news source confidentially that Boebert despises being linked with Greene.
- Republicans told Politico that the Colorado representative is also seen as a better team player than her Georgia counterpart.
Here today, gone to Maui: That's your data captured by North Korean ransomware: CISA, FBI, US Treasury warn Kim Jong-un's latest malware has hit healthcare ...
theregister.com/2022/07/06/here_today_gone_to_maui/
5 things to know for Aug. 19: Flooding, FBI search, Ukraine, Apple, Mid-air collision
cnn.com/2022/08/19/us/five-things-august-19-trnd/
How Ukrainians are lobbying DC policymakers and the media: Meet the Ukrainian fighter jet pilots hobnobbing with Washington influencers.
vox.com/23188403/inside-ukraine-foreign-lobbying-blitz-washington-fara-justice
DoJ, FBI recover $500,000 in ransomware payments to Maui gang: Money paid by healthcare facilities to North Korean group traced through blockchain and Chinese ...
theregister.com/2022/07/20/doj-maui-ransomware-payments/
Why the Justice Department Is Unlikely to Investigate the Supreme Court Leak: The internal inquiry led by the court’s marshal has limited tools ...
nytimes.com/2022/05/11/us/politics/supreme-court-leak.html
Supreme Court Leak Inquiry Exposes Gray Area of Press Protections: No law or written code of conduct prescribes how an investigation into the leak of a draft ...
nytimes.com/2022/05/08/business/media/supreme-court-leak-press-protections.html
Google Faces a Huge Legal Threat to its Existence: State and Federal prosecutors team up to tackle search giant’s practices
thestreet.com/technology/google-faces-a-huge-legal-threat-to-its-existence
Former Trump AG Bill Barr subpoenaed in Fox News defamation case: Former AG became highest-ranking Trump official to certify that election wasn’t stolen
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bill-barr-fox-news-defamation-b2120715.html
Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Leak Investigation as Theories Swirl: Not since Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein refused for decades to disclose the identity of ...
nytimes.com/2022/05/04/us/politics/supreme-court-marshal-leak-investigation.html
'They haven't told us anything:' Family of dead Richmond City inmate speaks out: Every day, Stacy Zimmerman waited for her daily phone call from the Richmond ...
richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/they-havent-told-us-anything-family-of-dead-richmond-city-inmate-speaks-out/article_fc8bb994-936a-11ed-872c-635dc3bf37dc.html
Report: Leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggests majority may overturn Roe v. Wade
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/02/abortion-leaked-opinion-court-considering-overturning-roe-v-wade/9623699002/
Quick Glance: According to a leaked document, the United States Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, which means abortion will no longer be a legal right: report
- If Wade is overturned, the United States' reproductive health care map will be dramatically redrawn.
- Such a scenario could mimic the United States before to the Roe decision, when access to abortion varied considerably across the country due to a patchwork of differing regulations in different states.
- "While this is a draft opinion and abortion is still legal, we need to brace for a future where more and more people are punished and criminalized for seeking and providing abortion care," Timmaraju stated in a press release.
DOJ subpoenas election officials; officers honored for defending Capitol; Stax Records co-founder dies | Hot off the Wire podcast
richmond.com/news/national/doj-subpoenas-election-officials-officers-honored-for-defending-capitol-stax-records-co-founder-dies-hot/article_73b72f7d-06aa-53da-8e9d-a78313067045.html
'Be Afraid': Teen Drove to Florida to Kill Detective in Revenge, Police Say: "God has commanded me to kill you. I will end your life," the teen was heard saying ...
newsweek.com/afraid-teen-drove-florida-kill-detective-revenge-police-say-1718956
For a break from City Hall toxicity, try an open mic in Tarzana: For 15 years, Soapbox Sessions Open Mic has offered the same level of respect to those talented ...
latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-27/tarzana-open-mic
FBI nabs Taiwanese man for secret work with Taiwan Navy: Federal employee lied about contacts in Taiwan Navy, used COVID as cover to live in Taiwan
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4699956
Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Mar-A Lago search: The redactions proposed by the department are likely to be extensive, so it’s not clear how ...
dailyprogress.com/news/national/judge-orders-unsealing-of-redacted-affidavit-in-mar-a-lago-search/article_1bf2d877-fcf1-5378-8a12-c0c3c4be7e34.html
Quick Glance: Karl Rove Rejects Fox Host's Interpretation of Unsealed Mar-a-Lago Affidavit
- When it comes to the redacted affidavit used to explain the FBI's search for sensitive papers at former President Donald Trump's residence, Fox News contributor and former Trump campaign adviser Karl Rove wasn't buying what Fox was selling on Friday.
- "One is there is a letter, don't know who it came from, but one of President Trump's lawyers apparently comes in June and says you got all the classified material."
- Smith stated, quoting Fox News legal commentator Jonathan Turley, that "the affidavit did not establish that the Trump people were wholly uncooperative or non-communicative."
Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril: A newly released FBI document helps flesh out a probe into classified documents at Donald Trump's ...
richmond.com/news/national/trump-search-what-may-come-next-in-inquiry-with-legal-peril/article_2e8c905a-1676-52e8-9048-936902591baf.html
Quick Glance: Takeaways from the Affidavit Used to Support Trump's Search
- More materials were provided over by Mr. Trump's advisors in June.
- However, the Justice Department was questioning witnesses in the case and concluded that Mr. Trump was in possession of further classified materials.
- The search yielded a cache of very sensitive documents.
- There were highly classified documents among the materials.
- The affidavit did not reveal the substance of any of the documents or the subject matter they addressed, and the Justice Department has not addressed the risk to national security if any of the records fell into the hands of competing nations.
Review of Trump documents already over, DOJ court filing says: The Justice Department has completed its review of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago and has ...
richmond.com/news/national/review-of-trump-documents-already-over-doj-court-filing-says/article_4d58532f-5ace-5b0b-b0a1-862e9a84293f.html
Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago: Files would "just disappear" if Trump was elected, according to Grisham.
- Former Trump White House press secretary Stephenie Grisham stated official paperwork would "just disappear" when Trump was around.
- Grisham, who worked for Trump from July 2019 to April 2020, claimed Trump often took official paperwork from the White House's working spaces to his private presidential house.
- According to her, "Any documents that made it to the White House residence were these boxes Trump carried around with him."
- "They would get handed off to the residence and just disappear."
US Navy engineer and wife allegedly tried to sell nuclear submarine secrets: A U.S. Navy engineer and his wife were charged with sending restricted naval data ...
abcnews.go.com/US/us-navy-engineer-wife-allegedly-sell-nuclear-submarine/story
Uncovered: A draft Trump executive order to seize voting machines in contested states
nationalpost.com/news/world/uncovered-a-draft-trump-executive-order-to-seize-voting-machines-from-contested-states
Mount Vernon, N.Y., Police Face Federal Civil Rights Investigation: The inquiry will focus on whether the Mount Vernon department engaged in a “pattern or ...
nytimes.com/2021/12/03/nyregion/mount-vernon-police-abuse-misconduct-investigation.html
Nigerians claiming to be Richmond construction firm defrauded VCU of $470,000: A Virginia Commonwealth University employee transferred $470,000 to a group of ...
richmond.com/news/local/education/nigerians-claiming-to-be-richmond-construction-firm-defrauded-vcu-of-470-000/article_470e2b66-1cac-5759-ac8b-2b9e6f4b9973.html
Youngkin: Schools key to Virginia's future, but DOJ was unfair in Loudoun: Asked if he believed the Justice Department had called parents domestic terrorists ...
dailyprogress.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkin-schools-key-to-virginias-future-but-doj-was-unfair-in-loudoun/article_a5403891-6a79-59c8-96e6-0938ef5213c8.html
Abdul Rasak Garuba Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison After Wiring Millions Away From Elderly Singles
thedailybeast.com/abdul-rasak-garuba-sentenced-to-21-months-in-prison-after-wiring-millions-away-from-elderly-singles
Jan. 6 Committee Pushing for Trump's Prosecution Could 'Backfire': Some legal experts believe a criminal referral from the committee could add politics into the ...
newsweek.com/jan-6-committee-trump-prosecution-backfire-1694760
FBI recovers ransomware payments paid out by hospitals: Multiple hospitals paid over $100,000 in exchange for Maui ransomware decryption key.
techradar.com/news/fbi-recovers-ransomware-payments-paid-out-by-hospitals
Former OpenSea Executive Charged With NFT Insider Trading: The Department of Justice pursued an NFT-related insider trading charge for the first time ever.
coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/former-opensea-executive-charged-with-nft-insider-trading
Trump didn't spend 'a single penny' in the first half of 2021 to fulfill two big fundraising promises
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-didnt-spend-single-penny-153926401.html
CISA pledges to share incident reports with FBI after DOJ backlash to bipartisan cybersecurity act
zdnet.com/article/cisa-pledges-to-share-incident-reports-with-fbi-after-doj-backlash/
Matt Gaetz investigated for obstruction of justice: reports: Federal investigators are exploring whether U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz obstructed justice by attempting to ...
orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-matt-gaetz-obstruction-of-justice-investigation-20210603-4yzrhltvmbc4nbqouplzuitdui-story.html
Barr said he would 'f---ing fire' US attorney for talking to Gaetz about DOJ: "If I ever hear of you talking to Gaetz...I am going to f---ing fire your ass ...
businessinsider.com/barr-said-would-fire-us-attorney-talking-gaetz-doj-2021-4
Joel Greenberg tried to get pardon from Trump through Gaetz: report: Greenberg, who is facing 33 federal charges for crimes including sex trafficking of a minor ...
businessinsider.com/joel-greenberg-tried-to-get-trump-pardon-through-gaetz-report-2021-4
The DOJ is investigating a Democratic consulting firm that worked with Burisma Holdings, report says
businessinsider.com/biden-doj-investigating-lobbying-firm-worked-burisma-hunter-biden-politico-2021-6
Matt Gaetz dad confirms statements about FBI extortion probe: report: Matt Gaetz's father told Politico he was cooperating in an FBI investigation into an ...
businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-father-confirms-statements-fbi-extortion-probe-report-2021-3
Barr avoided Matt Gaetz during DOJ sex-trafficking probe: report: The DOJ has since 2020 been investigating whether Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a ...
businessinsider.com/bill-barr-avoided-matt-gaetz-doj-sex-trafficking-investigation-2021-4
Michael Cohen writing second book on Trump administration's Justice Department | TheHill
thehill.com/homenews/media/521125-michael-cohen-writing-second-book-on-trump-administrations-justice-department
Coalition of U.S. states likely to file new antitrust lawsuit against Google: Politico
thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/us-states-likely-to-file-new-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google/article33345046.ece
Will Biden DOJ Pursue Assange Extradition? Outgoing Prosecutor Isn't Sure: Zachary Terwilliger told NPR he isn't sure whether the Justice Department will ...
npr.org/2021/01/05/953280737/will-biden-doj-pursue-assange-extradition-outgoing-prosecutor-isnt-sure
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