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Judge questions images for cigarette packages
By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge peppered a government lawyer with questions Wednesday expressing doubts about whether the Food and Drug Administration can force tobacco companies to post graphic images on their cigarette packages showing the health effects of smoking. In a two-hour hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon closely […]
Department of Justice settles I-9 discrimination suit
The Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit against Farmland Foods, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc., that alleged the pork producer discriminated against non-U.S. citizens and foreign-born U.S. citizens in establishing their authorization to work.
DOJ asked to monitor voter ID law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin state bar’s civil rights section’s chairwoman wants the U.S. Department of Justice to review the state’s new voter photo identification law and monitor its implementation. In an Aug. 26 letter to Attorney General Eric Holder released Wednesday, Sally Stix said the law could potentially suppress the vote of thousands […]
Government sues to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger
By JOELLE TESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA on grounds that it would raise prices for consumers. The government contends that the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T would reduce competition […]
Minneapolis light-rail builders settle suit, to pay US $4.6M
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says the joint venture that built the Hiawatha light-rail line in Minneapolis has agreed to pay the government $4.6 million. The settlement resolves allegations that Minnesota Transit Constructors Inc. submitted false claims. Minnesota Transit Constructors was the prime contractor on the line linking downtown Minneapolis with the Mall […]
Court approves credit card steering settlement
By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between the Justice Department and MasterCard and Visa that requires the card processing networks to allow retailers to offer discounts or rebates to customers for using a particular kind of card. American Express Co. has refused […]
JPMorgan pays $211M to settle bid-rigging charges
By DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC made at least 93 secret deals with companies that handled the bidding processes […]
Second federal lawsuit filed over collective bargaining law (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two unions representing about 2,700 public workers in Madison and Dane County have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new law restricting collective bargaining rights. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, is the second federal challenge to the law that was […]
Feds announce suit against mortgage insurance firm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it is suing the nation’s largest mortgage insurance company and two of its underwriters alleging discrimination against women on paid maternity leave. Officials said the suit filed Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh alleges that Milwaukee-based Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. required women on paid maternity leave to return […]
Senators concerned by photo ID requirement to vote
By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen Democratic senators want the Justice Department to look into whether voting rights are being jeopardized in states that require photo identification in order for people to vote. The lawmakers wrote Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday to express concern that millions of voters do not have […]
DOJ files motion to consolidate recall cases
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney representing three Democratic state senators targeted for recalls does not support combining their lawsuit against the Government Accountability Board with lawsuits filed by six Republican senators. A motion was filed Tuesday by the state Justice Department on behalf of the GAB seeking consolidation of the cases currently pending in […]
New lawsuit filed against collective bargaining law
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said Wednesday as a coalition of unions filed a new lawsuit against the GOP-supported plan that strips away collective bargaining rights from most public workers. The announcement […]
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