Corporate Crime Blotter

Nov 23: Calif. court rejects #WalMart tactic of dodging environmental and zoning laws by funding initiatives to get 15% of vote http://t.co/g51ABibk |
Nov 20: RT: Feds, Calif. sue #eBay for illegal anti-poaching deal with Intuit by former CEO — and current #HP CEO — #MegWhitman http://t.co/mXkfto04 |
Nov 20: Former senior executives at #NewsCorporation indicted for bribing UK officials for information as recently as Jan. 2012 http://t.co/FSIXg5UE |
Nov 17: Feds & Calif. sue #eBay for illegal anti-poaching deal with Intuit by former CEO -- and current #HP CEO -- #MegWhitman http://t.co/RWpnkcOW |
Nov 15: BP to plead guilty to criminal charges & pay $4.5 BILLION for Gulf oil spill, execs face manslaughter & perjury charges http://t.co/g8ywqEXY |
Nov 14: #PapaJohn's pizza chain faces $250 million class-action lawsuit for sending #JunkText messages to customers' cellphones http://t.co/x0SuJBlJ |
Nov 14: Rights groups say provincial authorities in China used #HolidayInns as clandestine "black jails" to detain dissidents http://t.co/7aphkgzB |
Nov 13: After 20-month investigation of web search abuses, U.S. #FTC demands #Google either alter its practices or face lawsuit http://t.co/V1PfycdF |
Nov 10: Canadian Supreme Court unanimously revokes #Viagra patent from #Pfizer, for "gaming system" by hiding active ingredient http://t.co/uaHdt9up |
Nov 9: EU to fine big tech firms — e.g., #Philips, #LG, #Panasonic, and #Toshiba — up to $5 BILLION for 10-year #pricefixing http://t.co/mUJGTLwq |