Antitrust officials in the United States are examining whether or not the country’s four biggest airlines formed a sort of airline cartel, in which they worked together in order to keep airfares high. It is […]
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Airlines Face Investigation Over Plans To Lower Capacity And Increase Prices Across The Country
While airline services and ticket prices have largely remained stagnant at major hubs over recent years, the same cannot be said for smaller airports. An analysis of industry and government data shows that carriers have […]
Justice Department Claims It Will Now Jail Crooked Wall Street CEOs But Will It Actually?
The U.S Justice Department has outlined back breaking guidelines on the prosecution of corporate executives in criminal matters. Long condemned for their lackluster lenience in going after Wall Street executives, the department is now launching […]
Feds Bust Hedge Fund For Stealing Inside Information By Hacking Companies
In a first for the United States government, federal prosecutors have brought a criminal case against defendants alleging a securities fraud scheme involving illegally hacked inside information. Prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York have charged nine […]
AT&T’s Acquisition Of DirecTV Given OK From Department Of Justice
AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV is almost a done deal with The US Department of Justice (DoJ) today giving it its blessing. The proposed $48.5 billion merger has also been given the thumbs up by the […]
DOJ Pilot Project To Give Public Online Access To All Freedom Of Information Documents
The U.S. Department of Justice today announced a trial of a program that will publish documents online that have been successfully requested through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a move that would vastly expand […]
Court Finds Apple Guilty Of Conspiring To Illegally Set E-Book Prices
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that Apple, in a conspiracy with five publishers, tried to rip of customers of e-books by illegally fixing prices. By a 2-1 decision, the Court upheld […]
Nike May Face Criminal Charges In The FIFA Bribery Scandal
Athletic apparel giant Nike is heavily entangled in the massive FIFA bribery scandal according to analysis on the indictment released on Wednesday. Within the release by the Department of Justice there is an unidentified sportswear […]
Justice Department Announces Probe Of Entire Baltimore Police Department
In news that will surely have Chicago’s corrupt police force on edge, the Justice Department announced a wide-ranging federal civil rights probe of the entire police department of Baltimore Newly appointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch […]