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Hyundai, Kia pay $100M fine over mpg claims
November 4th, 2014
It’s a record settlement under the Clean Air Act. Hyundai and Kia have agreed to pay a total of $100 million to settle an investigation into its misstatement of gas mileage estimates on about 1.2 million vehicles, the government ...
CFTC charges Texas-Based Financial Robotics, Inc. for Fraudulent Forex Scheme
October 27th, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Defendant Financial Robotics, Inc. ...
SEC Announces Insider Trading Charges Against Former Financial Analyst at Pharmaceutical Company
October 15th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced insider trading charges against a Massachusetts man who allegedly tipped his friend with nonpublic information about potential acquisition targets of the pharmaceutical company where he worked. The SEC alleges that Zachary Zwerko was ...
BP asks judge to reconsider ‘gross negligence’ ruling
October 3rd, 2014
BP Plc (BP.L) on Thursday asked a U.S. court to reconsider a September ruling that found the company “grossly negligent” for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a finding that boosted its potential liabilities by about ...
Philips Electronics to appeal ruling in $467 million patent lawsuit
October 2nd, 2014
Dutch healthcare equipment company Philips said on Thursday it would appeal against a U.S court ruling ordering it to pay $466.8 million in compensation to Masimo Corp for infringing two patents. The patents related to technology used to help ...
WiLan says loses LTE patent case against Apple
October 2nd, 2014
WiLan Inc (WIN.TO), a Canadian patent licensing company, told that a U.S. judge had ruled in favor of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) in a litigation case against it. “WiLan has been advised that Judge Dana M. Sabraw has issued a ruling ...
CFTC Charges Ohio Executive Management Advisors L.L.C., with Fraud and $8.3 Million Ponzi Scheme
September 24th, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Defendants John R. Bullar, who resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Executive Management Advisors ...
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Company in Turks and Caicos Islands
September 17th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an emergency asset freeze against a company located in Turks and Caicos Islands in connection with its operation of a South Florida-based Ponzi scheme. The SEC’s request for the emergency asset ...
Martoma’s insider-trading conviction upheld
September 5th, 2014
The insider trading conviction of former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma was upheld Thursday by a federal judge. Dealing a legal setback to the former financial lieutenant for billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen, U.S. District Court Judge ...
Halliburton Agrees To Pay $1.1 Billion To Avoid Future Claims
September 4th, 2014
Halliburton Co. has reached a settlement in U.S. District Court in New Orleans to pay $1.1 billion to resolve most of the claims against it arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in a ...
