Hospital system Lifepoint sued insurers and MultiPlan in federal court, alleging the defendants formed an anticompetitive cartel to suppress out-of-network reimbursement rates, seeking tens of millions in damages.
Lifepoint Corporate Services, General Partnership v. Claritev Corp. et al
WASHINGTON (LN) — The Justice Department and California are suing to block CalPortland’s proposed acquisition of Vulcan Materials Company’s ready-mix concrete operations in California, alleging the deal would eliminate substantial...
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. 1825 CONNECTICUT AVE DELI, INC. et al
A New Mexico federal court has ruled that the United States cannot escape FTCA liability for alleged failures to monitor burn piles and maintain mandatory contingency resources during the Pino West Prescribed Burn that escaped...
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Inc. et al v. United States
The Justice Department accuses the university of deliberate indifference to discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students in violation of Title VI.
Justice Department Sues University of California for Antisemitic Hostile Educational Environment
A federal judge denied a convicted felon's motion to dismiss a six-count indictment charging him with possessing ammunition, three short-barreled rifles, and two firearm silencers without serial numbers, finding binding precedent...
United States Of America v. Garipoli et al
The Justice Department charged four major shipping container manufacturers and seven executives with a multi-year conspiracy to fix prices and restrict output, alleging the scheme roughly doubled container prices during the pandemic.
Four of the World’s Largest Container Manufacturing Companies and Seven of Their Executives Indicted for a Global Conspiracy Affecting Billions of Dollars of Commerce
A federal judge in San Francisco certified a nationwide class of investors in a securities fraud case against Alphabet Inc. and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, allowing the case to proceed to trial on allegations that Google’s advertising...
AMI - Government Employees Provident Fund Management Company Ltd. v. Alphabet Inc. et al
Mehrdad Tabrizi, sole owner of two Southern California medical businesses, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after using shuttered companies to steal more than $1 million in federal pandemic relief funds.
Owner of California Medical Companies Pleads Guilty to Stealing More than $1 Million in Pandemic Relief Funds
A federal judge in Manhattan denied both sides’ motions to preclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, allowing sophisticated statistical analyses of his...
United States of America et al v. Ameriland Nutrition Inc. et al
A federal magistrate judge in Puerto Rico denied the Department of Veterans Affairs’ motion to alter judgment, preserving a jury’s role in deciding whether the agency’s decision to reinstate a coworker accused of harassing a female...
Nieves v. McDonough et al
A $1.776 billion fund to redress claims of government weaponization was established by the Justice Department as part of a settlement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service.
Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that sophisticated statistical analyses of a former Western Asset Management trader’s allocation decisions are admissible, rejecting defense arguments that the methods were unreliable or invaded the...
United States Aviation Co. v. Star Jets International, LLC et al
A federal judge ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not require states to preserve statewide voter registration lists, limiting the Justice Department’s authority to inspect only the individual applications voters submit.
United States of America v. $60,503.00 in US Currency
California Attorney General Rob Bonta released a report Friday detailing worsening conditions at immigration detention facilities, citing a 162% surge in detainee population and six deaths since September 2025.
“Cruel, Inhumane, and Unacceptable”: Attorney General Bonta Releases Fifth Report on Conditions at Immigration Detention Facilities in California
California Attorney General Rob Bonta released a report detailing severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and six deaths at state immigrant detention centers during a surge in federal detentions.
“Cruel, inhumano e inaceptable”: el fiscal general Bonta publica el quinto informe sobre las condiciones en los centros de detención de inmigrantes de California
A federal court dismissed an environmental lawsuit challenging Sable Offshore Corp.'s Santa Barbara Channel operations, ruling that plaintiffs lacked standing because their asserted injury had no basis in the Outer Continental Shelf...
Challenge to Sable Pipeline in California Dismissed
AUSTIN (LN) — Texas Children’s Hospital has agreed to pay $10 million and establish a detransition clinic as part of a settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, resolving allegations that the hospital billed Medicaid...
Attorney General Paxton Makes History by Securing a Landmark Healthcare Fraud Settlement that Creates the Nation’s First-Ever Detransition Clinic and Secures $10Million from Texas Children’s Hospital for“Transitioning” Kids
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's complaint seeking Arizona's statewide voter registration list, ruling the database is not a document the Civil Rights Act of 1960 requires states to preserve.
United States Liability Insurance Company v. Airport Tavern LLC
A federal magistrate judge in Colorado authorized substitute service via email and X social media against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Paola Albanese, ruling that the digital methods are permissible under international agreements and...
Christian Friends of Israeli Communities et al v. Albanese
A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Brett Blackman of orchestrating a massive telemarketing scheme that defrauded Medicare and other federal health care programs of more than $1 billion through bogus telemedicine...
Owner of Health Care Software Company Convicted of 1 Billion Dollar Medicare Fraud Conspiracy
The Justice Department sued D.C. disciplinary authorities Wednesday, alleging the bar improperly regulated federal attorneys' official actions and targeted officials based on political disagreement.
Justice Department Files Complaint Against D.C. Bar Disciplinary Authorities Over Their Weaponization of the Bar Disciplinary Process Against Federal Government Attorneys
The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit alleging the Biden administration coerced Twitter to suppress an American citizen's speech, a move that implements President Trump's executive order on free speech.
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Challenging Biden Administration’s Alleged Social Media Coercion and Censorship
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to damaging religious property by repeatedly crashing his vehicle into the entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, a globally significant Jewish religious institution.
Defendant Pleads Guilty to Damaging the Brooklyn Headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Movement
The Northern District of California ruled that a motion to transfer grant-termination claims to the Court of Federal Claims triggers a partial automatic stay under 28 U.S.C. § 1491(d)(4), but allows challenges to the underlying...
State of California et al v. Wright et al
A Northern District of Illinois judge affirmed bankruptcy court rulings that voided engagement letters used by Chicago attorney Xiaoming Wu, finding the split-fee structure violated federal disclosure statutes by obscuring the true cost...
Xiaoming Wu v. Adam Brief
A federal judge in Chicago affirmed that an attorney’s practice of requiring clients to sign two engagement letters—one before filing and one after—violated federal bankruptcy disclosure laws, wiping out his right to collect fees.
Xiaoming Wu v. Adam Brief
A federal judge in Manhattan denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech, II, allowing both sides to present statistical analyses of his...
United States of America et al v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. et al
A Brooklyn tax preparer was sentenced Friday to 36 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that fraudulently claimed more than $600 million in COVID-19-related employment tax credits.
Brooklyn Woman Sentenced in $600 Million Covid Tax Credit Scheme
Sunseeker International Limited and its U.S. subsidiary agreed to pay a $0.20 million fine and implement a compliance plan after admitting to importing yachts containing illegally harvested timber from Myanmar.
Luxury Yacht Companies Plead Guilty to Violating Lacey Act for Using Illegally Obtained Burmese Teak on Multimillion Dollar Yachts; Agree to Pay $200,000 Fine
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony case against a former Western Asset executive, allowing both sides to present sophisticated statistical analyses of trade allocation to a jury.
United States of America et al v. Schwitzer et al
A Ninth Circuit panel reversed Andres Sanchez’s tax fraud conviction and ordered a new trial, holding that the district court applied the wrong legal standard when it allowed an 11-member jury to return a verdict after a racially biased...
United States of America v. Sanchez
The Justice Department announced a $30 million settlement with PayPal Inc. to resolve a fair lending investigation into a discriminatory investment program created for black and minority-owned businesses.
Justice Department Secures $30M Settlement with PayPal Over Unlawful DEI Investment Program
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division emphasized that intellectual property protections must balance rewarding innovators with enabling competition in the concentrated seed market, filing a statement of interest in a Delaware case...
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Highlighting Importance of Enabling Competition and Innovation in the Seeds Industry
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Arizona's statewide voter registration list, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not authorize the government to compel states to produce the databases.
United States of America v. 103,133.00 approximate US value in Ethereum
A federal judge in Arizona ruled that the state's voter registration database is not a protected "record" under the Civil Rights Act of 1960, dismissing the Justice Department's lawsuit to compel its production.
United States of America v. Ahmed
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, ruling that the federal government cannot compel the state to produce its statewide voter registration list under the Civil...
United States of America v. West
Timothy Oakes, a dual Canadian-American citizen who piloted boats across the St. Lawrence River for a human smuggling organization, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a conspiracy that resulted of a Romanian family, including two...
Canadian American Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Deadly Alien Smuggling Conspiracy
The 10th Circuit ruled that mandatory racial sensitivity training and its aftermath did not create a hostile work environment for a former Colorado corrections officer, rejecting his Title VII claim that the program’s content and alleged...
Young v. Colorado Department of Corrections
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking medical records related to gender-affyming care for minors, arguing the...
Attorney General Bonta Opposes Another Baseless Attempt by Trump Administration to Access Medical Records on Gender-Affirming Care
U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods denied all Daubert motions in the government’s securities and commodities fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, ruling that sophisticated statistical analyses...
United States of America et al v. Docusign Inc.
A data broker accused of helping chicken, pork, and turkey processors coordinate prices agreed to change how it distributes competitive information and make monetary payments to settling states.
Attorney General Ken Paxton and TrumpDOJSecure Historic Antitrust Settlement with Agricultural Data Broker to Lower the Prices of Meat Products
The case originated as a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the facilities billed for therapy based on reimbursement rates rather than patients' clinical needs.
Three Affiliated Skilled Nursing Facilities to Pay $300,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Services
A Manhattan federal judge denied both sides' Daubert motions in full, allowing competing statistical analyses, a blind allocation exercise, and dueling regression models to go.
United States of America et al v. State Of New York et al
The federal government contends the state's "Immigrant Safety Act" and a city ordinance requiring businesses to notify immigrants of nearby enforcement activity violate the Supremacy Clause and obstruct federal immigration law.
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against State of New Mexico and City of Albuquerque for Obstructing Federal Immigration Enforcement
Four Supreme Court justices have raised serious constitutional questions about nitrogen hypoxia executions, with a scheduled June 11 Alabama execution set to give the court its next opportunity to intervene.
Will the Supreme Court end nitrogen gas executions?
A settlement with a data firm ends an alleged scheme in which meat processors used shared industry reports to coordinate prices, according to a coalition of states and the Justice Department.
Attorney General Bonta Secures End of Unlawful Meat Price Coordination, Announces Settlement with Agri Stats
The Justice Department filed a proposed settlement to resolve claims that a data-sharing company facilitated an anticompetitive information exchange among major meat processors.
Justice Department Requires Agri Stats to End Exchange of Competitively Sensitive Information Among Nation’s Largest Meat Processors that Suppressed Competition and Increased Prices for Decades
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude statistical expert testimony case against a former Western Asset Chief Investment Officer, allowing both sides’ financial analyses to proceed at trial.
United States of America v. Anthem, Inc.
A federal judge in Manhattan allowed both sides to present statistical expert testimony trial of a former Western Asset Management executive, while warning experts against opining on the defendant’s mental state.
United States of America et al v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company
WASHINGTON (LN) — The Justice Department argued Monday that the Noerr-Pennington doctrine should not protect 16 insurance companies from antitrust liability in a California class action alleging a group boycott of homeowners before the...
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in California Fire Insurance Case