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Google has an unfair advantage when it comes to AI, Department of Justice alleges
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The complaint has a lot to do with Google’s Chrome web browser and dominant position in the search market.
Amtrak spars with freight train industry over rules of the railroad
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In a rare lawsuit, the Justice Department is trying to make freight lines comply with policy giving preference to Amtrak trains on the tracks.
Private equity’s role in health care is under increasing scrutiny
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A Senate committee and two federal agencies are taking closer looks at how private equity’s ownership of hospitals and physician staffing companies is affecting health care.
Who controls the data that fuels real estate deals?
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A decade ago, the government told the real estate industry to start sharing its data. What has that meant for competition?
How the DOJ could approach the AT&T bid for Time Warner
Telecom giant AT&T’s $85 billion bid for Time Warner has, depending on who you ask, been held up by legitimate antitrust concerns, or by politics. President Donald Trump has spoken out against the merger since his campaign days, and yesterday, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the House Judiciary Committee, he ducked the question […]
Private prisons benefit from new Trump rules
The Trump administration is going back to the “tough on crime” policies of the 1980s and ’90s. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to bring charges that carry heavy penalties – sometimes mandatory minimum sentences. This is a roll-back of Obama administration rules telling prosecutors not to charge nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that […]
DOJ will review consent decrees at police departments across the nation
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the Department of Justice to take a close look at consent decrees in place at police departments across the country. They’re agreements a local police department signs on to after the department’s civil rights division investigates its policing practices, often in the wake of a high-profile shooting or […]
Homeland Security rethinking private detention centers
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Homeland Security is evaluating the use of contractors for immigrant detention centers.
NAND mirroring could be key to unlocking terrorist’s phone
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'Groundhog Day' helps explain the new method the government may be using to hack into the device.
Justice Department targets white-collar criminals
A new DOJ memo encourages prosecutors to more aggressively go after executives.

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