Settlement, Department of Justice (DOJ), Consent Decrees

What Can We Glean From the Antitrust Division’s First Merger Settlement?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/5/2025

On June 2, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, agreed to its first settlement of a merger challenged under the new administration, less than one week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into its first...more

EEOC Settles Over Recruiting Software in Possible First Ever AI-related Case

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/22/2023

On September 8, 2023, federal court approved a consent decree from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with iTutorGroup Inc. and its affiliates (“iTutor”) over alleged age discrimination in hiring, stemming...more

Chevron Agrees to Fenceline Monitoring at Three Texas Plants in DOJ Settlement

ArentFox Schiff on 4/1/2022

The Biden Administration has prioritized environmental justice issues as part of its regulatory agenda. One of the tools it has deployed is “fenceline monitoring” where perimeter monitors are used to assess whether...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/10/2020

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Virginia Law Limiting Use of “Milk” Advances - Following a vote in the Virginia House Agriculture Subcommittee, the state’s House of Delegates will reportedly consider a bill that...more

Justice Department Settles Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against City of Florence, Kentucky

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/27/2016

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with the city of Florence, Kentucky, to resolve a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the department under Title VII of the Civil...more

CPSC & DOJ Stop Two Companies from Future Importation of Children’s Products with Far-Reaching Consent Decrees

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 10/8/2015

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)—at the behest of the CPSC—filed suit in California federal court against two companies and three individuals for importing products that violate the Federal Hazardous...more

Justice Department Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit Against the State of Maryland, Queen Anne’s County, and the...

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/13/2015

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the state of Maryland and the Queen Anne's County Sheriff. If approved by the court, the settlement will resolve Murphy-Taylor...more

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