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

Two Obama Officials Are Frontrunners For Biden’s Top Antitrust Job

Two Obama Officials Are Frontrunners For Biden’s Top Antitrust Job
Two Obama Officials Are Frontrunners For Biden’s Top Antitrust Job
January 17, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

President-elect Joe Biden is looking at two ex-President Barack Obama officials to run the top antitrust job at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Reuters...

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Bitcoin Daily: OCC Grants Crypto Firm Anchorage Conditional Digital Banking License; Crypto Exchange RG Coins Owner Arrested For Money Laundering
Bitcoin Daily: OCC Grants Crypto Firm Anchorage Conditional Digital Banking License; Crypto Exchange RG Coins...
January 13, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted digital asset platform Anchorage Trust Company a digital banking license, according to a press release...

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Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Complex Litigation
Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Complex Litigation
January 12, 2021  |  Partnerships

Visa has opted out of its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid after objections stemming from a Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit, The Wall...

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Ticketmaster Hit With $10 Million Criminal Fine For Allegedly Hacking Rival’s Network
Ticketmaster Hit With $10 Million Criminal Fine For Allegedly Hacking Rival’s Network
December 30, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

Live Nation’s Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine in order to sidestep prosecution on charges that it hacked a competitor’s computer system to...

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Credit Karma To Divest Tax Unit To Square In $7.1B Merger With Intuit
Credit Karma To Divest Tax Unit To Square In $7.1B Merger With Intuit
November 25, 2020  |  Partnerships

The Department of Justice is requiring Credit Karma to divest its tax business to Square as part of Intuit’s $7.1 billion proposed takeover of Credit...

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Google Pushes Feds To Turn Over Documents Used To Build Antitrust Case
Google Pushes Feds To Turn Over Documents Used To Build Antitrust Case
November 18, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Google wants the federal government to cough up the documents it used to draft its antitrust case against the $1 trillion search and tech behemoth,...

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Sen. Klobuchar: DOJ Suit Against Google Doesn’t Rule Out A Breakup
Sen. Klobuchar: DOJ Suit Against Google Doesn’t Rule Out A Breakup
November 12, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, in talks for a possible attorney general position in the President-elect Joe Biden administration, has voiced support for the U.S. Department of...

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Report: DOJ Clears Uber’s $2.65B Postmates Acquisition
Report: DOJ Clears Uber’s $2.65B Postmates Acquisition
November 10, 2020  |  Partnerships

The U.S. Justice Department has cleared rideshare king Uber’s acquisition of food delivery company Postmates, online news outlet Axios reported, citing a source familiar with the...

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