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Wednesday morning, in a courtroom high atop the city in the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse and 27 floors removed from the reality of the street, a three-judge panel of ....
Anheuser-Busch must halt deceptive ads for Michelob ULTRA Hard Seltzer, judge says Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 09, 2021 Michelob Ultra this year released what Anheuser-Busch called the first national USDA certified organic hard seltzer, which a judge called false, deceptive false advertising. A Pendleton-based brewery released a USDA certified organic hard seltzer months earlier.Michelob ULTRA Facebook Share “Truth matters,” U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon wrote in his 25-page opinion. He issued a temporary restraining order for the beverage maker to halt the deceptive ads. In the commercial titled “Not Playing Around,” the ad described Michelob ULTRA Organic Seltzer as “the only national USDA Certified Organic Hard Seltzer. We’re not playing around.” ....
Provided by Dow Jones By Dave Michaels,, Andrew Tangel and Andy Pasztor Boeing Co. will pay $2.5 billion to resolve a Justice Department criminal investigation and admit employees misled aviation regulators about safety issues that led to two deadly crashes of the 737 MAX, authorities said. The settlement, which was filed Thursday in Dallas federal court, would lift a legal cloud that has hung over the aerospace company for about two years since the fatal crashes. Federal prosecutors had been investigating the role of two Boeing employees who interacted with the Federal Aviation Administration about the design of the 737 MAX and how much pilot training would be required for the new model. ....
Published January 07. 2021 10:40PM Ian Duncan, Lori Aratani and Michael Laris, The Washington Post Get the weekly rundown Email Submit The Justice Department on Thursday said Boeing has agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to resolve a charge that it conspired to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration during its review of the 737 Max, the airliner involved in a pair of deadly crashes that killed 346 people. David P. Burns, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department s Criminal Division, said the crashes exposed fraudulent and deceptive conduct by employees of one of the world s leading commercial airplane manufacturers. Boeing s employees chose the path of profit over candor by concealing material information from the FAA concerning the operation of its 737 Max airplane and engaging in an effort to cover up their deception, Burns said in a statement. ....