Scar tip spurs arrest of Jan. 6 suspect accused of beating cops with pole

newsweek.com A Pennsylvania man was charged with attacking police officers with a wooden pole during the January 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol after being identified by federal law…

The Justice Department wants to cut down on corporate misbehavior by offering leniency to wrongdoers

aol.com The Justice Department is piloting a new program meant to entice employees or other individuals involved in unlawful corporate behavior to report it in exchange for…

The Justice Department wants to cut down on corporate misbehavior by offering wrongdoers leniency

fortune.com The Justice Department is piloting a new program meant to entice employees or other individuals involved in unlawful corporate behavior to report it in exchange for…

Dust off your 2024 election vocab with these 5 terms

fastcompany.com From the 2000 election’s “Nader traders” (ask a Generation X voter) to 2004’s “Swift Boating,” to the 2008 “Obama coalition,” these terms provide a sort of snapshot of the…

Biden might actually do something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets

vox.com Buying concert tickets is a drag, as Taylor Swift fans know all too well. When tickets first went on sale for her highly anticipated Eras Tour in November 2022, fans…

Comparing Apples to MNGOs: Government Actions Against Avi Eisenberg Show How Poorly Digital Assets Are Classified in US

unchainedcrypto.com A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attorney walks into a courtroom in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and asks her colleagues at the Commodity Futures…

Jan. 6 defendant accuses lawyer of "lying" to Supreme Court

newsweek.com A man charged in connection to the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol accused a Department of Justice lawyer of lying to the Supreme Court during arguments in a case…

GOP senator slams Ticketmaster for ‘exorbitantly high prices’ ahead of reported DOJ lawsuit

foxbusiness.com Following reports that the Justice Department is zeroing in on litigation against one of the biggest concert ticket companies for an alleged monopoly, one GOP senator…

Why a failed Boeing would be bad for everyone, even Airbus

fastcompany.com It’s been a rough few months for Boeing. In January, a door-like panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane in mid-air, prompting an FAA investigation that led to the agency…

Justice Department to sue Live Nation over antitrust concerns

morningbrew.com Prepare yourself for a potential influx of lyric-based legal puns. The Department of Justice is planning to sue Live Nation as soon as next month, alleging that the…

Bitcoin halving is likely this week

cnbc.com The bitcoin "halving" is almost upon us. This technical event, written in bitcoin's code, happens every four years. In simple terms, it is when the rewards for bitcoin…

Live Nation and Ticketmaster Could Soon Face Federal Antitrust Lawsuit

rollingstone.com Live Nation and Ticketmaster may finally face a federal antitrust lawsuit after years of criticism from fans and politicians over how the entertainment giant may have abused…

The U.S. is reportedly preparing to sue Ticketmaster over the monopolistic behavior that outraged Swifties last year

aol.com The Department of Justice is reportedly preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, as soon as next month, marking…

UnitedHealth Takes $872 Million Hit From Ransomware Attack

pymnts.com The recent cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit cost the company $872 million. Speaking during an earnings call Tuesday (April 16), CEO Andrew Witty…

Binance’s $4.3 Billion Settlement Faces DOJ Scrutiny Over FTX Ties In Monitorship Decision

bitcoinist.com In recent developments, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has been reevaluating its choice of law firm to oversee the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as an independent…

‘Don’t Mess With The Swifties!’ Jim Acosta Cheers Action Against Ticketmaster-Live Nation

mediaite.com CNN anchor Jim Acosta celebrated news of a Justice Department probe into Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation, and said the moral of the story is “Don’t mess with…

Apple is right not to rush headlong into generative AI

economist.com If you think Tim Cook has always led a charmed life at the helm of Apple, think again. The years straight after the death of Steve Jobs in 2011 were a trial by fire. First…

Midday movers: Morgan Stanley, UnitedHealth rise; Tesla falls By

investing.com Investing.com -- Main U.S. indexes were mixed Tuesday, as investors digested a cocktail of elevated Middle East tensions, rising bond yields and quarterly corporate…

Department of Justice to File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation: Report

variety.com The Justice Department is preparing to sue Live Nation for antitrust violations as soon as next month, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, a move that could…

Live Nation Will Soon Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit: Report

billboard.com The U.S. Department of Justice is planning to sue Live Nation over alleged violations of federal antitrust laws, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. A lawsuit…

Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco might have just led to a lawsuit from the DOJ

theverge.com The Department of Justice is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The…

Feds Prep Lawsuit Against Ticketmaster Parent Live Nation

thewrap.com The Justice Department is preparing to sue Ticketmaster parent Live Nation amid continued criticism for the concert promotion and ticketing giant over exhorbitant fees, poor…

Stock market today: Stocks extend declines as earnings roll in

finance.yahoo.com Stocks extended declines in mid-morning trading on Tuesday after markets initially eyed a broader comeback earlier in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)…

Live Nation stock tumbles on report of antitrust probe

aol.com stock fell about 7% early Tuesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against the company as…

U.S. Government Moves $300 Million Worth of Bitcoin Related to Silk Road Seizure

bitcoinnews.com In a series of transactions on July 12, a bitcoin address linked to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) moved around 9,825.25 bitcoin, equivalent to approximately…

DOJ to sue Ticketmaster parent Live Nation for antitrust violations

axios.com The Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to sue Live Nation, one of the largest ticketing and live events companies in the country, on antitrust grounds, a regulatory…

DOJ Pulls Back from Choosing NY Law Firm for Binance Oversight, Citing FTX Connections

cryptonews.com The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly reconsidering selecting a prominent New York law firm to handle a critical assignment related to Binance, due to the firm’s…

Judge James C. Ho's Remarks to the Midland County Bar Association

reason.com [I heard about Judge Ho's speech and thought it relevant to some of the recent discussions on this blog, so I asked him if I could publish it. He kindly obliged.] Midland…

Ari Melber Flames Trump’s ‘Embarrassing’ Immunity Claim: ‘Such a Bad Legal Argument’

mediaite.com MSNBC’s Ari Melber had some uncharacteristically harsh words for one of the legal arguments advanced by attorneys for former President Donald Trump. Trump’s legal team filed…

Crypto miner arrested for skipping on $3.5 million in cloud server bills

bleepingcomputer.com The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest and indictment of Charles O. Parks III, known as "CP3O," for allegedly renting large numbers of cloud servers to…

Democrats can’t let Donald Trump’s lies about his Manhattan trial go unchallenged

msnbc.com We can expect that former president and criminal defendant Donald Trump is going to claim every day — maybe even multiple times a day — that his criminal trial scheduled to…

Fani Willis' office flagged for potentially "high-risk" spending practices

newsweek.com Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office was recently flagged for potentially "high risk" spending practices, according to a new report. Willis, whose office is…

Trump says he stands with Johnson as Greene threatens ouster

axios.com Former President Trump offered much-needed praise Friday for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he faces threats to his gavel from his conference's far-right flank. Why…

Short Seller Behind Globe Life’s 53% Plunge Has Winning Record

finance.yahoo.com The record drop in Globe Life Inc. this week extended a streak of wins for the short-selling group that released a report against the insurance company. • None US Sees…

Nirvana hacker sentenced to 3 years after pleading guilty

blockworks.co Shakeeb Ahmed, the hacker behind the 2022 Nirvana exploit, a flash loan attack, was sentenced to three years on Friday. The Department of Justice announced the sentencing,…

Fani Willis' employees may be turning on her

newsweek.com Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' employees may be turning on her as she faces questions about how her office has used federal grant funds. Willis, whose office…

SEC Puts DeFi in Its Sights With Potential Uniswap Suit

unchainedcrypto.com The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hitting Uniswap with a Wells notice, disclosed Wednesday, marked a departure from the regulator’s tried-and-true practice of…

Are Regeneron's Legal Troubles — And Six-Week Slide

investors.com Regeneron stock toppled Thursday after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit saying the drugmaker fraudulently inflated the price of its blockbuster eye drug, Eylea. In…

Jim Jordan Investigating Renewed DOJ, FBI Contacts With Big Tech, Amid Concerns Of Censorship Pressure

zerohedge.com Jim Jordan Investigating Renewed DOJ, FBI Contacts With Big Tech, Amid Concerns Of Censorship Pressure Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chairman…

Driving Innovation with Antitrust

promarket.org Giovanna Massarotto writes that antitrust actions against major technology companies like AT&T, IBM, and Microsoft over the past century, though imperfect, have positively…

Shohei Ohtani's Former Interpreter Charged With Stealing More Than $16 Million From Dodgers Star: DOJ Investigation

newsweek.com Just weeks after Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani opened up regarding the illegal gambling controversy surrounding his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, the…

Private equity firms are so terrified of antitrust watchdogs they may have withheld information about deals, DOJ official says

fortune.com The US Justice Department is looking into whether some private equity firms intentionally withheld information from antitrust enforcers during deal reviews to avoid the…

Ohtani translator accused of stealing $16 million from Dodgers star

cnbc.com Shohei Ohtani answers questions and Ippei Mizuhara translates during the Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Dodgers Press Conference at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, December 14, 2023…

Biden's promise to steelworkers could be tough to keep

axios.com President Biden on Wednesday reaffirmed his opposition to Nippon Steel's proposed takeover of U.S. Steel, during a Rose Garden presser with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio…

Two former execs of the company behind the Truth Social merger are caught up in a messy hacking lawsuit

theverge.com Two former executives of the firm that recently purchased Truth Social are embroiled in a lawsuit related to the acquisition of Trump’s social media company, Wired reports.…

Biden DOJ sides with Native American tribe in court filing ripping Canadian pipeline as trespassing

aol.com The Biden administration's Department of Justice sided with a Native American tribe in claiming a massive underground pipeline carrying fuel from Wisconsin to Canada is…

UnitedHealth Chair, Executives Sold $102 Million in Stock Before US Probe Became Public

finance.yahoo.com UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chairman Stephen Hemsley and three senior executives netted a combined $101.5 million from stock sales made over four months leading up to when the…

‘BULLSH*T!’ Trump Rages At Biden With Baseless Crime Accusation, Demands Debate In Series Of Video Rants

mediaite.com Former President Donald Trump raged at President Joe Biden in a series of video rants baselessly accusing him of crime and challenging the president to a debate. Trump is a…

Analyst makes popular Internet stock top pick after shares tumble

thestreet.com Whatever's coming next, Rich Barton believes Zillow (ZG) can handle it. Barton, co-founder and CEO, of the tech real-estate marketplace company, told analysts in February…

Regulators are forcing big tech to rethink its AI strategy

economist.com Trustbusters have big tech in their sights. On March 25th the European Commission opened a probe into Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) and Meta (which is…

Ethereum Whistleblower Sues US Govt For $9.6 Billion In FTCA Case

bitcoinist.com On Tuesday, Steven Nerayoff, a former advisor to the Ethereum network, filed a lawsuit against the US government, seeking $9.6 billion in damages. The lawsuit, filed under…

'Major hurdles': The reality check behind Biden's big abortion promise

nbcnews.com President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that if re-elected, he would reverse the Trump-era actions that transformed abortion rights in America and make Roe v. Wade…

Former Ethereum Network Advisor Steven Nerayoff Files $9.6 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Cover-Up, False Charges

cryptonews.com Former Ethereum advisor Steven Nerayoff is suing the U.S. government for $9.6 billion over personal damages caused by false charges brought against him and its alleged…

Ashley Biden diary thief slammed as "despicable" by judge

newsweek.com A female defendant deemed "despicable" by a judge for stealing Ashley Biden's diary has been sentenced to one month in prison. Aimee Harris was sentenced Tuesday by Judge…