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Under the terms of the three-year deferred prosecution agreement, Boeing will pay a total criminal monetary amount of over $2.5 billion, composed of a penalty of $243.6 million and a $1.77 billion commitment to provide Boeing’s airline customers for financial losses resulting from the grounding of the 737 Max.
In addition, a $500 million crash-victim beneficiaries fund will be established to compensate the heirs, relatives, and legal beneficiaries of the 346 passengers who died in the two crashes. This is a substantial settlement of a very serious matter, and I firmly believe that entering into this resolution is the right thing for us to do a step that appropriately acknowledges how we fell short of our values and expectations, Boeing President and CEO David Calhoun said in a memo to employees. While we deeply regret the conduct described in the agreement, I am confident that it isn’t reflective of our employees as a whole or the culture or character of our
Biden Names Judge Merrick Garland As Attorney General
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden announced key nominations for the Department of Justice.
Judge Merrick Garland, a Department of Justice veteran and independent jurist on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, has been nominated as the United States new Attorney General. He will succeed William Barr, who resigned last month after stating that the Justice Department found no evidence of voter fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election.
A consensus-building voice, Judge Garland has worked under Democratic and Republican administrations. He led investigations into some of the most high-profile cases and crises in modern history, including the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, and coordinated the government s response to the Oklahoma City bombing.
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Biden appoints Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General ANI | Updated: Jan 07, 2021 21:25 IST
Wilmington [US], January 7 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-origin Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States making her the first woman of colour to serve in this role.
Gupta becomes the latest addition to Biden s team that features Indian Americans such as former US surgeon general Vivek Murthy. A former Acting Assistant Attorney General and one of the best-known and most respected civil rights attorneys in America, Gupta has spent her career fighting successfully for greater equity in our justice system and advancing the rights and dignity of every American, read the Biden-Harris transition Website.
Walmart contributed to the prescription opioid crisis for years, breaking the law, the US Justice Department alleges
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Cristina Alesci, CNN Business
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endIndex: The US Department of Justice is alleging that Walmart broke the law and contributed to the prescription opioid crisis by filling thousands of invalid prescriptions and failing to report suspicious orders of opioids, according to the department s statement. (FILE PHOTO)
(CNN) The US Department of Justice is alleging that Walmart broke the law and contributed to the prescription opioid crisis by filling thousands of invalid prescriptions and failing to report suspicious orders of opioids, according to the department s statement.