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Live Nation Settles With DOJ Over Ticketmaster Antitrust Violation

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Live Nation Entertainment reached a deal with the government, resolving concerns that the company had violated a 2010 antitrust settlement. However, the DOJ has been investigating the possibility that Live Nation has violated the terms of its agreement by possibly coercing people to use Ticketmaster.

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Mastercard General Counsel Tapped To Chair National Urban League

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The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Murphy was elected to the post during the National Urban League’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting in New York City. “He He is also responsible for Mastercard’s franchise, corporate security, privacy, and global inclusion teams,” the statement reads.

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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Since 2010, prosecution has been delayed by 18 banks for anti-money laundering, according to BuzzFeed. Standard Chartered moved cash for a Dubai business that was later accused of laundering cash on behalf of the Taliban. Between 1999 and 2017, FinCEN flagged more than $2 trillion in suspicious transactions.

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Former Restaurant Execs Seek $230M For SPAC

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The New York-based corporation, composed of eight experienced restaurant owners, is seeking to raise up to $230 million for a blank-check company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The document says it intends to sell 23 million shares at $10 per share. to focus on the quick-service sector.

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VirnetX Takes $503M Bite Out Of Apple For Patent Infringement

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11, 2010, alleged that Apple’s FaceTime and VPN On Demand features were using its patented technology. national security.”. "On There's a new development in a decades old lawsuit after a jury in Tyler, Texas, ordered Apple to pay $502.8 The original lawsuit , filed Aug. On four separate occasions.

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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Infraud was created in 2010 by Svyatoslav Bondarenko, 34, of Ukraine, to promote and grow interest in the Infraud Organization as the premier destination for purchasing retail items with counterfeit or stolen credit card information online, the Justice Department alleged in the indictment. In April, a joint study by the U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: ‘DeFi' Becomes Popular Crypto Rebranding Term; G7 Expresses Concern Over Ransomware

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Tao Network has been in existence since the middle of the 2010’s and now indicates that it is “building DeFi of entertainment.”. The group said that ransomware incidents against banks, medical centers, educational institutions and other “critical infrastructure” in G7 nations has been increasing in scope, complexity and commonness.

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