Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has recently pleaded guilty to aiding rich Americans to evade tax after it had reached a purported agreement with the US Justice Department, The Los Angeles Times reported.
The government of China has reacted strongly to an unsealed indictment by the US Justice Department accusing five Chinese military men of economic espionage, The Los Angeles Times reported.
A proposal made public by the US Justice Department revealed that the law enforcement agency has intentions of easing a law that would require them to conduct hacking on multiple computers without any geographical or other restrictions, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg reported that EBay Inc has agreed to settle a illegal hiring practice complaint with the California state and will be paying $3.75 million as a result of that accord.
A copy of a letter from the US Justice Department that Bloomberg News was able to retrieve indicated that the federal agency has ended its probe on Chesapeake Energy Corp and Encana Corp from claims that both engaged in attempting to monopolize shale drilling auctions.
As part of a deferred-prosecution agreement to settle a five-year probe about its alleged bribery, Avon Products Inc will reportedly pay a total of $135 million to settle the criminal and civic inquiries by the US Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A lawyer for mortgage fraud whistleblower Lynn Szymoniak said it was odd why the US government decided to not pursue the second mortgage fraud case his client has brought up against several lenders considering that the US government's campaign to seek out banks who peddled mortgage-backed securities is still ongoing.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole clarified that the new clemency guidelines introduced by the US Justice Department on Wednesday does not only prefer people with crack cocaine convictions as The Washington Times have reported.
In a video message on Monday, US Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Justice Department has widened its evaluation process that would allow more federal prisoners on drug sentences to get clemency for their crimes, Fox News said.
The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit said in its ruling today that the US Justice Department opinion about the legal basis of targeted drone strikes should be made public considering that the agency's senior administration officials have already made statements about the legality of the killings, The Miami Herald reported.
Attorney General Eric Holder of the US Justice Department had said in a news conference today that Toyota Motor Corp agreed to settle a criminal probe lodged against them for the massive recall of its vehicles in 2009.
The US federal government claimed in a lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court that Sprint Communications Inc overcharged law enforcement agencies by $21 million in wiretapping fees, The Washington Times said.
In its filing with the US Court of Appeals in New York yesterday, Apple Inc claimed that it has no knowledge that the publishers mentioned in the anti-trust lawsuit lodged against them have conspired to manipulate e-book prices.
US banks remained unconvinced providing services to marijuana-related businesses despite a new guidance issued by US Treasury and the Justice Department, a Wall Street Journal report said.
A critic emailed suggestions to presiding judge Laura Taylor Swain regarding her upcoming ruling on the criminal portion of the $1.8 billion settlement between the US government and hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.
The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission would most likely come in the way of the proposed landmark merger between Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable, a Wall Street Journal report said.
Attorney for former US State Department contractor Stephen Kim, Abbe Lowell, said that his client unfortunately made a grave mistake without intention, which was to talk to a reporter just like so many government officials in Washington do. Kim pleaded guilty of divulging classified information and for providing a false statement to the US FBI.
A Businessweek report said federal and state legislators are having difficulty on addressing accounting concerns of businesses dealing legal marijuana. Four US senators recently submitted a proposal for the state to create a dedicated bank that will accept transactions of legal marijuana businesses.
