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BALTIMORE, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice will honor Northwest Hospital's Domestic Violence program, "DOVE", for its 24/7 crisis intervention that aids more than 800 domestic violence victims annually in Baltimore County. Attorney General Eric Holder will present DOVE with an award during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Washington, D.C. "These committed individuals are being honored for...
PORTLAND, Ore., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department will honor the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI), the only national organization focusing on enforcing victims' rights in criminal courts. Attorney General Eric Holder will present NCVLI with the award during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week awards ceremony on April 24, 2013 in Washington, D.C. "These committed individuals are being honored for their dedication to assisting and supporting...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Smaller wireless carriers such as Sprint and T-Mobile should be able to get access to a fair share of low-frequency spectrum in an upcoming US auction in order to help keep the market competitive, the Justice Department told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a filing made public Friday. In the filing, the Justice Department’s antitrust division emphasizes the high value of the spectrum set to be auctioned off in the...
DETROIT, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justice, State of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan today filed a joint motion with the U.S. District Court in Detroit to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against BCBSM over the use of Most Favored Nation clauses in some hospital contracts. The parties have agreed that the injunctive relief sought by the DOJ and State of Michigan is now unnecessary in light of the enactment of state legislation (2013 P.A....
Government Teams Recovered $4.2 Billion in FY 2012 Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that for every dollar spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations in the last three years, the government recovered $7.90. This is the highest three-year average return on investment in the 16-year history of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse (HCFAC) Program. The government’s health care...
BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Block & Leviton LLP (www.blockesq.com), a Boston-based law firm representing investors nationwide, is investigating possible securities law violations involving Bazaarvoice, Inc. ("Bazaarvoice" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BV) following the public announcement that the Company is under investigation by the Department of Justice ("DOJ"). The Company, which went public in February 2012, is being investigated by the DOJ for alleged misdeeds...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Through an agreement announced today by the Department of Justice and Transocean Deepwater Inc., the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) would receive $150 million over a two-year period to fund projects benefitting natural resources in and around the Gulf of Mexico. The funds are part of a settlement reached by the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve certain outstanding criminal charges against Transocean arising from...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to take over the ongoing federal antitrust probe of Google after the company's chairman in a news interview equated it with antitrust poster child Microsoft in the 1990s. The Federal Trade Commission appears ready to conclude its 20-month investigation "with no more than a scolding." "This is baffling in light of recent comments by Google Executive Chairman Eric...
******PUBLICATION ADVISORY****** WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released State Corrections Expenditures, FY 1982-2010, which examines trends in state spending for building and operating correctional institutions and other corrections functions. It compares trends in state corrections expenditures with state spending for public welfare, education, health and hospitals, and highways. Data are drawn...
CLEVELAND, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) announced today that the Company, its subsidiary, TransDigm Inc., and Goodrich Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), have mutually agreed to terminate the previously announced asset purchase agreement between them dated October 25, 2012, pursuant to which TransDigm would acquire the pump & engine control systems business of Goodrich (GPECS), for approximately $236 million...
