US Department of Justice

Type: Organization

Name: US Department of Justice

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

US Justice department defends journalist email search

WASHINGTON, May 25 — The US Justice Department said today that Attorney General Eric Holder and other senior officials vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak investigation. ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - 18 hours ago]

Entities: US Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Search Warrant

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 reports

Hobby Lobby

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

DENVER — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has asked a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law.The retailer said Thursday it shouldn’t be required to offer employees health coverage ... [Published San Mateo Daily Journal - May 24 2013]

Entities: Contraception, Religion, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc, Hobby Lobby

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 reports

US Airways Group Inc

Justice Department opposes AMR's $20 million severance for CEO Horton

A plan by American Airlines' parent to exit bankruptcy and merge with US Airways Group is coming under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over nearly $20 million in severance pay earmarked for outgoing boss Tom Horton. ... [Published International Business Times UK - 21 hours ago]

Entities: US Airways Group Inc, Severance Package, American Airlines, US Department of Justice

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

United States Government

Judge in Apple eBook case says U.S. government has evidence to prove pricing conspiracy ahead of trial

Earlier this month we heard that Apple submitted to the courts that it engaged in “contentious negotiations”– and not a pricing conspiracy– at a time when publishers were already considering methods of getting Amazon to increase pricing. According ... [Published 9 to 5 Mac - May 24 2013]

Entities: E-book, Conspiracy, United States Government, Denise Cote

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc

Bausch + Lomb Announces Settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to Resolve and Conclude ISTA Pharmaceuticals Investigation

PR NewswireROCHESTER, N.Y., May 24, 2013 ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company, announced today its subsidiary, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation that it acquired in June 2012, has reached agreement ... [Published Reuters - 23 hours ago]

Entities: ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc, US Department of Justice, Bausch & Lomb Inc

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 4 reports

HSBC could be prosecuted after judge threatens to scrap money laundering deal

A judge is considering rejecting a deal that would open HSBC up to criminal prosecution in court, prison for executives, massive fines and no freedom to operate in the US.The bank was fined £1.2 billion in December over claims that it was laundering money ... [Published Blue & Green Tomorrow - May 24 2013]

Entities: Money Laundering, Global Witness, Rosie Sharpe, prison

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 7 reports

Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd

Indian Billionaire Brothers Prepare To Fight Daiichi Sankyo

A stormy battle is brewing between Japanese pharmaceutical giant Daiichi Sankyo Daiichi SankyoFive years on, Daiichi is accusing the brothers, who have since gone on to build a healthcare and financial services empire with their cash hoard, of taking ... [Published Forbes.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Malvinder Singh, FDA Food & Drug Administration

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

Former Ranbaxy chief refutes Daiichi’s allegations

Former Ranbaxy chief Malvinder Singh has refuted Japan's pharma giant Daiichi Sankyo's allegation that the company's former stakeholders concealed or misrepresented crucial information about the US justice department and the FDA's probe into the company's ... [Published Stockwatch.in - May 24 2013]

Entities: Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, Allegation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Department of Justice asking questions about Accountability Act, says state superintendent

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- State Superintendent Tommy Bice said this morning that the U.S. Department of Justice has contacted state education officials with concerns regarding Alabama's new school choice law."We've been contacted at least twice by the Justice ... [Published al.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: US Department of Justice

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 9 reports

Daiichi accuses Ranbaxy shareholders of hiding info before buyout

Ranbaxy Laboratories' FDA woes may soon be over now that the drugmaker has forked over a $500 million settlement to the federal government. It seems owner Daiichi Sankyo's Ranbaxy woes, however, are anything but. The Japanese company now believes former ... [Published FiercePharma - May 23 2013]

Entities: Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Buyout

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Daiichi Sankyo's allegations false & baseless: Malvinder Singh

NEW DELHI: Former promoters of Ranbaxy today rebutted the current Japanese owner's allegations of hiding information on US probe into drug adulteration, saying they did not misrepresent any facts or falsify any data.Malvinder Mohan Singh, the former promoter ... [Published Economic Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Malvinder Singh, Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, Allegation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 5 reports

Ranbaxy shares slump after Daiichi Sankyo says misled

"Daiichi Sankyo believes that certain former shareholders of Ranbaxy concealed and misrepresented critical information concerning the US DOJ and FDA investigations," the Japanese company said in a statement on its website late on Wednesday, referring ... [Published Moneycontrol.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Stocks, US Department of Justice

Quotes

...of a vehicle's occupants in determining whether they have reasonable suspicion to investigate them for violation of any state immigration laws. "In some instances these policies result in prolonging the traffic stop beyond the time necessary to resolve the issue that initially justified the stop" Snow wrote...

Court - Sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of profiling Mexicans & Latinos [Published NYC Independent Media Center - 3 hours ago]

Those sentiments were echoed by Attorney General Eric Holder when he spoke to the US Senate in March: "I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy. And I think that is a function of the fact that some of these institutions have become too large."

Are US banks untouchable? [Published Al Jazeera - 3 hours ago]

Shipton thinks his son would make a fine senator, "carrying the great traditions established by Don Chipp and senator [John Faulkner"

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