Former Heads of New York-Based Non-Governmental Organization Charged with Bribing Elected Officials of the Marshall Islands Extradited to the United States from Thailand
DOJ
Blog
Bayer to Pay $40 Million to Resolve the Alleged Use of Kickbacks and False Statements Relating to Three Drugs
DOJ
Sexual harassment and assault plague U.S. research bases in Antarctica, report says
NPR
Toyota Recalling 84,000 Tundra Pickups, Lexus NX250 and NX350
CAR AND DRIVER
Toyota has announced that it will recall a combined 85,000 Tundra pickups and Lexus NX SUVs over an issue regarding the electronic parking brake. According to the announcement, affected vehicles may not properly engage or disengage the parking brake which in turn could lead to the vehicle rolling away. read more »
Philips Subsidiary to Pay Over $24 Million for Alleged False Claims Caused by Respironics for Respiratory-Related Medical Equipment
DOJ
New lawsuits say Lyft failed to protect its users from physical and sexual assault
NPR
Ford recalls 198,000 U.S. SUVs due to risk of fire
REUTERS
Ford Motor Co (F.N) is recalling 198,000 SUVs in the United States to replace the blower motor assembly after reports of 25 fires, it said on Thursday. read more »
Cruise updates software for autonomous vehicles after crash
AP
SEC Amends Whistleblower Rules to Incentivize Whistleblower Tips
SEC
Tesla wants videos of its cars running over child dummies taken down by safety group
REUTERS
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has demanded a safety advocacy group take down videos of its vehicles running over child dummies when its driver assistant system was engaged, calling them "defamatory" and "misleading." read more »
State Farm subsidiary to pay $100M for false Katrina claims
ABC
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., a subsidiary of State Farm Insurance, has agreed to pay the federal government $100 million in restitution over its alleged mishandling of flood insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. read more »
Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans
AP
George Foreman Is Accused of Sexual Abuse
NEW YORK TIMES
Two women filed lawsuits Wednesday in California alleging that George Foreman, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, sexually abused them when they were teenagers in California in the 1970s. read more »
Weinstein conviction appeal to be heard by highest NY court
AP
Essilor Agrees to Pay $16.4 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability for Paying Kickbacks
DOJ
California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars
NEW YORK TIMES
Twitter’s Former Security Chief Accuses It of ‘Egregious Deficiencies’
NEW YORK TIMES
Twitter’s former head of security has accused the company of “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its spam- and hacker-fighting practices, according to a whistle-blower complaint. read more »
Malaysia top court upholds ex-Prime Minister Najib's graft conviction
NPR
Allegations mount against Dan Price, ex-CEO who set $70K minimum wage
AXIOS
Dan Price, a former Seattle CEO who made headlines worldwide by raising his employees' salary to a minimum of $70,000, has been accused of assaulting multiple women — and now, one of the allegations includes rape. read more »
Ford Faces Yet Another Lawsuit Over Its Handling of Recalls
JALOPNIK
California County Organized Health System and Three Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $70.7 Million for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program
DOJ
Wall Street watchdog unveils rule to improve quality of private, hedge fund disclosures
REUTERS
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will vote to propose a rule that seeks to elevate the quality of disclosures it receives from large private and hedge funds, the agency said on Wednesday, confirming what a source previously told Reuters. read more »
Disgraced Ex-NY Governor Cuomo Is Suing to Make You Pay His Legal Bills
NBC
U.S. opens probe into 1.7 million Ford vehicles over brake hose recall
REUTERS
U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they are investigating whether a 2020 Ford Motor Co (F.N) recall for vehicles with front brake hoses rupturing prematurely is adequate. read more »
Tesla’s self-driving technology fails to detect children in the road, tests find
THE GUARDIAN
