Justice Department announces settlement with nation’s largest landlord over rent pricing algorithm
WASHINGTON, DC – The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has reached a proposed settlement with Greystar Management Services LLC, the largest residential landlord in the United States, to resolve claims that it participated…
Superintendent Who Backed Mask Mandates And Equity Policies Scores Nearly $1 Million Settlement
Superintendent Who Backed Mask Mandates And Equity Policies Scores Nearly $1 Million Settlement Reagan Reese on April 17, 2023 A former Colorado superintendent will receive nearly $1 million from a school district…
Malaysia to review $3.9 billion settlement deal with Goldman Sachs – PM Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The Malaysian government is re-evaluating a $3.9 billion settlement deal reached between the previous administration and U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs over the 1MDB financial scandal, state news…
J&J talc unit faces skepticism on bankruptcy settlement support
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A Johnson & Johnson company on Tuesday defended its second attempt to resolve talc lawsuits in bankruptcy, telling a U.S. judge it can quickly build consensus around…
Church Shooting Victims’ Families Win $144.5 Million Proposed Settlement From The DOJ After Long Legal Battle
Church Shooting Victims’ Families Win $144.5 Million Proposed Settlement From The DOJ After Long Legal Battle Trevor Schakohl on April 5, 2023 The families of victims who died in the November 2017…
AMC slumps as lawsuit settlement opens door to capital raise
(Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc’s shares fell 19% on Tuesday and preferred shares rose 14% after a lawsuit settlement brought the company a step closer to its plan to convert APE…
George Floyd protesters to get $9.25 million settlement from Philadelphia
By Brad Brooks PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia will pay $9.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by racial justice protesters who accused police of abusing them at a 2020 rally following…
George Floyd Protesters Cash In On $9.25 Million In Settlement With Major City
George Floyd Protesters Cash In On $9.25 Million In Settlement With Major City Trevor Schakohl on March 20, 2023 Philadelphia officially settled four federal lawsuits Monday, committing to give around 350 people…
Visa, MasterCard $5.6 billion settlement with retailers is upheld
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement with more than 12 million retailers that accused Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc of…
Exclusive-India to discourage foreign trade settlement in Chinese yuan – sources
By Shivangi Acharya, Aftab Ahmed and Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has asked banks and traders to avoid using Chinese yuan to pay for Russian imports, three government officials involved…
Juul reaches settlement with Chicago for nearly $24 million
(Reuters) – The Chicago mayor’s office said on Friday a $23.8 million settlement has been reached with Juul Labs Inc over claims that the e-cigarette maker deceptively marketed its products and for…
NYC Agrees To Multimillion-Dollar Settlement With George Floyd Protesters
Lorenzo Prieto on March 1, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – New York City has agreed to pay more than $20,000 each to hundreds of protesters who participated in the 2020 George Floyd…
European banks, asset managers study halving stocks settlement time
By Huw Jones LONDON, Mar 2 (Reuters) – Banks and asset managers have set up a new task-force to study whether Europe should keep up with Wall Street by halving the time…
Mexico’s Televisa reaches $95 million investor settlement over FIFA bribery role
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Grupo Televisa SAB has reached a $95 million settlement to resolve a U.S. investor lawsuit accusing the Mexican broadcaster of bribing FIFA soccer officials to…
Tennessee meat plant workers reach $1.2 million settlement over 2018 raid
(Reuters) – Latino workers at a Tennessee meat processing plant have reached a $1.2 million settlement in a lawsuit over a 2018 immigration raid in which they were “targeted by federal agents”…
Revlon reaches lender settlement, sends bankruptcy plan to vote
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Revlon Inc on Tuesday announced a deal with a holdout faction of lenders, removing the largest remaining roadblock to a plan that would allow the cosmetics maker…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches Settlement with Ocean County Nail Salon to End Disability Discrimination
NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached settlement with an Ocean County, New Jersey, nail salon to resolve allegations that the salon discriminates against individuals with mobility impairments in violation…
U.S. Attorney Announces $1 Million Settlement Of Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Trading Company For Underpaying Customs Duties On Imported Footwear
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, AnnMarie R. Highsmith, the Executive Assistant Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP”) Office of Trade, Francis J.…
Israeli Political Leaders Rebuke Biden Administration’s Call For End To Settlement Of The West Bank
Israeli Political Leaders Rebuke Biden Administration’s Call For End To Settlement Of The West Bank Kate Anderson on February 7, 2023 Members of the Israeli government indicated they plan to continue the…
U.S. Attorney Announces $1.3 Million Settlement Of Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Apparel Importer For Underreporting Value Of Goods To Avoid Paying Customs Duties
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), AnnMarie R.…
U.S. Attorney Announces Settlement Of Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Former Hunter College Professor And Hunter College For Fraudulently Using Federal Research Funds
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed and settled a civil fraud lawsuit against HUNTER COLLEGE (“HUNTER”) and…
U.S. Attorney Announces $22.8 Million Settlement Of Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Vitamin Importer For Underpaying Customs Duties Owed On Products Imported Into The United States
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, AnnMarie R. Highsmith, Executive Assistant Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP”) Office of Trade, and Francis Russo,…
United States Attorney Implements Groundbreaking Settlement With Meta Platforms, Inc., Formerly Known As Facebook, To Address Discrimination In The Delivery Of Housing Ads
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today that the Justice…
No ‘substantive’ settlement talks between U.S. FTC, Microsoft over Activision -lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There are no “substantive” settlement discussions under way between the Biden administration and Microsoft Corp to resolve a legal dispute over the Xbox maker’s $69 billion bid for games…
Meta Agrees To Record-Breaking Settlement In Data Privacy Lawsuit
Meta Agrees To Record-Breaking Settlement In Data Privacy Lawsuit John Hugh DeMastri on December 23, 2022 Facebook parent Meta signed on to a $725 million settlement to potentially close out a class-action…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches Settlement with New Jersey Transit to Ensure New Jersey Transit’s Paratransit System Complies with Americans with Disabilities Act
NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a comprehensive settlement with New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) to resolve allegations that it violated the civil rights of people with disabilities…
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