Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Unlawfully Maintained Monopoly, Overcharged Concert Fans
A multistate jury verdict holds Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable for antitrust violations, with a remedies phase still ahead.
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DOJ and FTC Seek Public Input on Potential Antitrust Guidance for Competitor Collaborations
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission launched a joint public inquiry regarding potential additional guidance on collaborations among competitors, building on the 2000 guideli...
Sixth Circuit Bars Healthcare Whistleblower's FCA Dialysis-Fraud Claims as Recycled from Earlier Lawsuit
A relator who accused a Kentucky hospital system of billing Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary kidney dialysis and vascular procedures could not escape the False Claims Act's public-disclosure bar, the Sixth Circui...
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Texas Sues Two California Kratom Retailers for Shipping Products With 96% Potent Alkaloid
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against two California-based online retailers, Pure Leaf Kratom, LLC and Outcast Distribution, LLC, for selling kratom products containing dangerously high levels of the alkaloid 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH.
DOJ Sues DC Water Over 200 Million Gallons of Sewage Discharged Into Potomac River
The Justice Department filed a civil complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and the District of Columbia for Clean Water Act violations stemming from the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor, which released more than 200 million...
SEC Wins $1.18M Default Judgment Against Supreme Power Capital for Misleading Form ADV Filings
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final default judgment against Supreme Power Capital Management Ltd., imposing a $1,182,254 civil penalty and permanent injunctions after the investment adviser failed to respond to the...
Texas AG Announces Monopolization Verdict Against Live Nation in New York Federal Court
A multistate coalition led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a verdict in New York federal court holding Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its subsidiary Ticketmaster LLC liable for monopolizing markets in the ticketing and live entertainment in...
Eleventh Circuit Vacates Atlanta Sign Code Ruling, Finding Off-Site Sign Ban Content-Neutral
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a district court's ruling that Atlanta's 1982 sign ordinance was unconstitutional, holding that the provision restricting off-site signs is content-neutral under the First Amendment. The decision vacates a lower court order that...
D.C. Circuit Upholds TSA's Decision to Keep U.S. Citizen on No Fly List
The D.C. Circuit upheld the Transportation Security Administration's decision to maintain Saad bin Khalid on the No Fly List, rejecting his constitutional and statutory challenges to the listing and the agency's redress process.
Sixth Circuit Bars Healthcare Whistleblower's FCA Dialysis-Fraud Claims as Recycled from Earlier Lawsuit
A relator who accused a Kentucky hospital system of billing Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary kidney dialysis and vascular procedures could not escape the False Claims Act's public-disclosure bar, the Sixth Circuit held, because a nearly identical qui t...
CFPB Settles Military Lending Act Suit Against FirstCash for $9 Million
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and FirstCash, Inc. resolved the agency's November 2021 lawsuit alleging the Fort Worth-based pawnshop operator and its nineteen subsidiaries made loans to active-duty servicemembers at rates above the Military Lendi...
Ninth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment in PeaceHealth Physician Retaliation Case
The Ninth Circuit vacated summary judgment for PeaceHealth Inc. in a False Claims Act retaliation suit brought by Dr. Jonathan Adelstein, holding that a physician's internal complaints about a colleague's billing practices could qualify as protected activit...
CFPB Cuts Wise Penalty to $45,000 in Remittance Fee Disclosure Case, Down from $2 Million Fine
The bureau rewrote its January 2025 enforcement action against the UK-based money-transfer company, cutting the civil fine by roughly 98 percent and rescinding related guidance.
CFPB Settles with Pawnshop Giant FirstCash for $9M Over Illegal Loans to Servicemembers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reached a settlement with FirstCash, Inc. and nineteen subsidiaries, resolving a lawsuit alleging the national pawnshop operator charged military borrowers interest rates above the legal cap and buried unlawful terms...
CFPB and DOJ Pull 2023 Fair-Lending Guidance on Immigration Status and Credit Under ECOA
The two agencies say the withdrawn joint statement conflicted with ECOA's express text and created unnecessary compliance burdens for lenders evaluating noncitizen borrowers.
Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Unlawfully Maintained Monopoly, Overcharged Concert Fans
A multistate jury verdict holds Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable for antitrust violations, with a remedies phase still ahead.
Former Air Force Master Sergeant Pleads Guilty to $37 Million IT Bid-Rigging Scheme
Alan Hayward James, a former active-duty Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force, pleaded guilty to a multi-year conspiracy to rig bids and defraud the U.S. government, inflating the cost of information technology contracts for the U.S. Pacific Air Forces by...
DOJ and FTC Seek Public Input on Potential Antitrust Guidance for Competitor Collaborations
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission launched a joint public inquiry regarding potential additional guidance on collaborations among competitors, building on the 2000 guidelines that were withdrawn in December 2024.
Ninth Circuit Revives Doctor's FCA Retaliation Suit, Holds Contract Nonrenewal Can Be Actionable
A federal appeals court ruled that a physician's nonrenewal of contract can constitute False Claims Act retaliation even when the employer had full discretion over renewal.
Federal Supervisor's Harassment Report Was Within Scope of Employment, Shielding Her from Defamation Suit by Contractor Employee
A Maryland federal judge held that a federal veterinarian's complaint about a contractor employee's workplace conduct was within the scope of her employment, substituting the United States as defendant and extinguishing the contractor's defamation and torti...
Supreme Court Wrestles With Whether Cruise Lines Owe Damages for Using Cuba-Seized Docks After Concession Expired
The justices pressed hard on whether a time-limited property interest can sustain a perpetual trafficking claim under the Helms-Burton Act's Title III.
SEC Hits ADM with $40M Penalty Over Inflated Nutrition Segment Results, Bars Former Executive
The SEC has charged grain-trading giant Archer-Daniels-Midland and three former executives with fraudulently inflating the performance of ADM's Nutrition business segment — a unit the company had promoted to investors as a key growth driver.
Federal Reserve Governor Firing Tests Limits of Presidential Removal Power and Judicial Oversight
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in an emergency stay application testing whether President Trump lawfully removed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook — and whether any court can do anything about it if he did not.