Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.

Source: justice.gov

DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the...

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DOJ Looks To App Makers In Apple Antitrust Probe
DOJ Looks To App Makers In Apple Antitrust Probe
February 04, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

As part of an ongoing probe into Apple, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has contacted app developers to inquire about the company’s behavior and...

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Antitrust Regulators Investigate Proposed Dairy Megamerger
Antitrust Regulators Investigate Proposed Dairy Megamerger
January 27, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Regulators are looking into a possible merger between Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and its potential antitrust implications for the industry, according...

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Top News In Payments: Antitrust Probe For Google Shopping Comparison Tool; Visa Warns Of Rise in Gas Station POS Cyberattacks
Top News In Payments: Antitrust Probe For Google Shopping Comparison Tool; Visa Warns Of Rise...
December 16, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news in payments, the U.S. Department of Justice is expanding its antitrust probe to include Google’s online shopping comparison tool, and Visa...

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US Antitrust Regs Probe Google’s Shopping Comparison Tool
US Antitrust Regs Probe Google’s Shopping Comparison Tool
December 15, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into Google’s online shopping conduct as part of its broader antitrust probe, Bloomberg reported Friday (Dec. 13)....

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DOJ Claims Live Nation Violated Terms Of Ticketmaster Merger
DOJ Claims Live Nation Violated Terms Of Ticketmaster Merger
December 13, 2019  |  Regulation

With claims that the company aimed to coerce music venues into using its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the Justice Department is reportedly gearing up to take legal...

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Apple’s Tim Cook Says Not All Monopolies Are Bad
Apple’s Tim Cook Says Not All Monopolies Are Bad
December 12, 2019  |  News

When is a monopoly not a threat? Maybe when you’re the monopoly. We make that statement a bit tongue in cheek, of course. The jury...

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From Russia, with Malware: US Charges Hacking Group Evil Corp. In $100M Bank Fraud
From Russia, with Malware: US Charges Hacking Group Evil Corp. In $100M Bank Fraud
December 05, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Call it Russian interference of a different sort that netted $100 million from banks and financial institutions (FIs) in more than 40 countries. What would...

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Investigations Of Big Tech Look Set To Multiply Across DOJ, FTC
Investigations Of Big Tech Look Set To Multiply Across DOJ, FTC
November 19, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

For Big Tech: More investigations, and broader ones, too. On a number of fronts. News comes, as reported by The New York Times Monday (Nov....

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