DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

Garland — who oversaw the Justice Department in the wake of its biggest crisis since Watergate, when Trump tried to enlist Justice Department appointees to overturn his election loss — is likely to stay on at least long enough to ensure a smooth transition. Still, a few names have surfaced for the position of 87th attorney general of the United States. Roy Cooper, who was on Harris' vice presidential short list; former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who served as the No. 3 official at the Justice Department until earlier this year; and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams. 3 position at the Justice Department.

Persons: WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’s, Donald Trump, Harris, General Merrick Garland, Jack Smith, Garland, Joe Biden’s, Garland —, Trump, —, Roy Cooper, Vanita Gupta, Damian Williams ., Damian Williams . North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Elizabeth Frantz, Sen, Catherine Cortez Masto, Cortez Masto, ”, ” Cooper, Cooper, Harris ’, Andrade, Rhoades, Gupta, Barack Obama’s, Grover Norquist, Williams, Bob Menendez, Eric Adams, Sean, Diddy, Combs, cryptocurrency, Sam Bankman, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Damian Williams, Eduardo Munoz, Tony West, ” Trump, “, Trump’s Organizations: Justice Department, U.S . Capitol, Trump, NBC, North Carolina Gov, U.S, Attorney, Southern, of, Damian Williams . North Carolina Governor, Senate, Republican, NBC News, Democratic, Convention, Bloomberg, Getty, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice Department's Civil, Division, Major Cities Chiefs Association, International Association of Chiefs, Police, Fraternal, of Police, Tax, Black U.S, “ Sovereign, Democratic New York City, Department, DOJ, Capitol Locations: United States, American, of New York, Detroit, Philadelphia

☆ Strategist: No U.S. recession in sight
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailStrategist: No U.S. recession in sightAnita Gupta, head of equity strategy at Emirates NBD, says "that takes away the stagflation risk."

Persons: Anita Gupta Organizations: Emirates NBD

☆ Every CPI data point until September is crucial for markets, strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEvery CPI data point until September is crucial for markets, strategist saysAnita Gupta, head of equity strategy at Emirates NBD, says it's watching for what the U.S. Federal Reserve will do in September.

Persons: Anita Gupta Organizations: Emirates NBD, U.S . Federal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The e-commerce giant eBay will pay $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the the platform. The Justice Department says eBay failed to meet those requirements for thousands of pill presses and pill-filling encapsulating machines, including high-capacity pill presses capable of producing thousands of pills per hour. Many people who bought pill presses on eBay have since been charged in illegal counterfeit pills trafficking cases, according to the Justice Department. “Counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl are a significant contributor to the deadly overdose epidemic,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. The company has agreed to step up its compliance program on sales of pill presses as well as counterfeit molds, stamps and dies, and encapsulating machines, which are used to fill pills.

Persons: ”, Vanita Gupta, Nikolas Kerest of, Henry Leventis Organizations: WASHINGTON, eBay, Justice Department, Drug, Administration, Department, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Middle, Middle District of Locations: Nikolas Kerest of Vermont, Middle District, Middle District of Tennessee

☆ A growing number of student-loan borrowers are slowly benefitting from a new process that would get rid of their debt in court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Education and Justice Departments said their new bankruptcy guidance for student-loan borrowers is a success. They said 632 borrowers have filed for relief in the first 10 months of the new process. But they did not include the exact number of borrowers that have actually gotten that relief. AdvertisementOver the past year, a growing number of student-loan borrowers have tapped into a new process to help them get rid of their debt in court. On Thursday, the Education and Justice Departments announced a "successful first year" of its updated guidance to help borrowers discharge their debt through bankruptcy.

Persons: —, there's, Vanita Gupta, Aaron Ament, Ament, Massachusetts Sen, Elizabeth Warren, General Merrick Garland, Ron DeSantis, we've, DeSantis Organizations: Justice, Service, Education, Justice Department, Student Defense, Education Department, Duke Law, Department, Democratic, Republican, GOP Florida Gov Locations: Massachusetts

☆ More student loan borrowers are walking away from their debt in bankruptcy, Biden administration says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

More people with federal student loans have been able to walk away from their debt in bankruptcy court due to a Biden administration policy change announced last November. In the fall of 2022, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice released updated bankruptcy guidelines to make it easier for struggling borrowers to get their student loans erased in court. Previously, it was difficult, if not impossible, for people to part with their education debt in a normal bankruptcy proceeding. Outstanding student debt in the U.S. exceeds $1.7 trillion, and around 7% of student loan borrowers have a balance of more than $100,000. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, some 10 million borrowers were in delinquency or default.

Persons: Vanita Gupta Organizations: U.S . Department of Education, U.S . Department of Justice, Finance, UBS Locations: U.S

Workers install connected buoys, a measure by Texas authorities in an attempt to deter migrants from crossing the border, in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 24, 2023. The Biden administration argued in a legal challenge that the 1,000-foot (305-meter) barrier illegally disrupts navigation and was installed without permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The floating barrier is one of multiple strategies Abbott has launched to deter migrants, including coils of razor wire placed along the riverbank. "Unfortunately for Texas, permission is exactly what federal law requires before installing obstructions in the nation's navigable waters." The Texas Department of Public Safety said the victim appeared to have drifted into the barrier after drowning.

Persons: Go Nakamura, Joe Biden, David Ezra, Biden, Greg Abbott, Abbott, Governor Abbott, Ezra, Biden's, Ezra's, Vanita Gupta, Weeks, Ronald Reagan, Ted Hesson, Aida Pelaez, Fernandez, Bill Berkrot, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Go, Rights, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Texas, Republican, Democrat, Operation Lone Star, Circuit, Appeals, U.S . Justice, Texas Department of Public Safety, Thomson Locations: Texas, Rio, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, Mexico, Austin, Eagle, Washington

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sued Texas over floating barriers installed by the state in the Rio Grande river to block migrants crossing from Mexico. "This floating barrier poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents humanitarian concerns." The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, seeks "to remove all structures and obstructions, including a floating barrier and all infrastructure related to the floating barrier, in the Rio Grande," according to the court filing. In recent months, National Guard troops have strung up razor wire to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande. The number of migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally has dropped since Biden implemented a restrictive new asylum policy in May.

Persons: Greg Abbott's, Vanita Gupta, Jaime Esparza, Abbott, Joe Biden, Biden, Eric Beech, Kanishka Singh, Tyler Clifford, Tim Ahmann, Bill Berkrot, Sonali Paul Organizations: U.S . Justice, Monday, Texas, Texas Republican, Lone Star, Western District of, Western, Democratic, Fox News, Biden, United States Supreme, National Guard, Thomson Locations: Rio, Mexico . Texas, Eagle, , Texas, Texas, U.S, Western District, Western District of Texas, Rio Grande, Mexico

The report is expected to be released at a news conference with Attorney General Merrick Garland, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and city officials. The expected announcement was previously reported by Bloomberg Law and KSTP-TV in Minnesota. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has negotiated consent decrees in the past to enforce policing overhauls in Baltimore, Cleveland and Ferguson, Mo., among other cities, after similar investigations. The murder of Mr. Floyd, a Black man, by Officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020 touched off protests and civil unrest across the country and led to calls to fundamentally rethink or defund policing. Mr. Floyd’s death, video of which circulated widely online, brought condemnations from across the political spectrum and criminal convictions for the police officers who were involved, a relatively rare occurrence.

Persons: George Floyd, General Merrick Garland, Vanita Gupta, Ferguson, Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Floyd’s Organizations: Minneapolis Police Department, Bloomberg Law, Civil, Division Locations: Minnesota, Baltimore , Cleveland, Mo

Long after the gunfire, Uvalde remains on edge. Some parents kept their children home from school during the final full week of classes this month amid social media threats of violence that turned out to be unfounded. Tensions remain in part because several investigations into the shooting and police response remain unresolved. The Justice Department, too, is still working on its inquiry into the police response. Vanita Gupta, the department’s third highest-ranking official, visited Uvalde last month to meet with officials and families and reassure them that the investigation was still happening, even if its results were not yet forthcoming.

☆ Justice Dept. Presses Local Courts to Reduce Fines
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Justice Department’s third-highest-ranking official, Vanita Gupta, informed local judges and juvenile courts on Thursday that imposing fines and fees without accounting for a person’s financial status violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Doing so “may erode trust between local governments and their constituents, increase recidivism, undermine rehabilitation and successful re-entry, and generate little or no net revenue,” Ms. Gupta, the associate attorney general, wrote in a letter. A Justice Department investigation did not result in federal charges against the officer involved. The policy Ms. Gupta outlined was first enacted during the Obama administration, when she led the Justice Department’s civil rights division. It was revoked under Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2017, but a handful of states, including several controlled by Republicans, have taken steps to reduce the practice.

[1/3] Flowers decorate the fence around the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs where 26 people were killed a week earlier on Nov. 5, 2017, as the church opens to the public as a memorial to those killed, in Sutherland Springs, Texas, U.S. November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File PhotoCompanies The United States Department Of Justice FollowApril 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice reached a $144.5 million settlement with survivors and families of victims of the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that killed 26 people, for which a judge had found the Air Force primarily responsible. Wednesday's settlement with more than 75 plaintiffs requires approval by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in San Antonio. It would end the government's appeal of Rodriguez's order that it pay approximately $230 million over the Nov. 5, 2017 massacre by former Air Force airman Devin Patrick Kelley at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. "No words or amount of money can diminish the immense tragedy of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement.

Companies Rite Aid Corp FollowWASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday sued Rite Aid Corp (RAD.N), accusing the pharmacy chain of missing red flags as it illegally filled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances, including opioids. Rite Aid pharmacists were accused of filling prescriptions for controlled substances despite clear signs it was wrong. The Justice Department also said Rite Aid intentionally deleted some pharmacists' internal warnings about suspicious prescribers, such as "cash only pill mill??? Rite Aid is one of the country's largest pharmacy chains, with more than 2,330 stores in 17 U.S. states. The case is U.S. ex rel White et al v Rite Aid Corp et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, No.

☆ Hate crimes in US surged 11.6% in 2021, fueled by race, ethnic bias
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Hate crimes in the United States surged 11.6% in 2021 from 2020, with the most frequent ones fueled by racial, ethnic and ancestral bias, the FBI said on Monday. The FBI in a new report said reported hate crime incidents rose to 9,065 in 2021 from 8,120 in 2020. Attorney General Merrick Garland has made enforcement against hate crimes a top priority for the Justice Department. "Hate crimes and the devastation they cause communities have no place in this country. Officials said the top five hate crime categories reported for 2021 were anti-Black, anti-white, anti-gay male, anti-Jewish and anti-Asian.

☆ Tyre Nichols death: Memphis mayor and police chief requested DOJ's review of the police department
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Justice Department is reviewing the Memphis Police Department after Tyre Nichols' beating death. The review was requested by Memphis' mayor and police chief, the Justice Department said. The investigation was prompted by the death of Tyre Nichols, who was severely beaten by Memphis police officers. It will also review specialized street crime units like the SCORPION Unit, which the department deactivated after Nichols' death. The review was requested by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn J. Davis, according to the DOJ.

WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp (ABC.N), one of the nation's largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the nation's deadly opioid epidemic by failing to report hundreds of thousands of suspicious orders of prescription painkillers. The government said AmerisourceBergen had since 2014 systematically refused or negligently failed to flag suspicious orders by pharmacy customers when it had reason to know that opioids were being diverted to illegal channels. "For years, AmerisourceBergen prioritized profits over its legal obligations and over Americans' well-being," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta told reporters. In a statement, AmerisourceBergen called the lawsuit an improper attempt to "shift blame" and the burdens of law enforcement from the Justice Department and DEA to the companies they regulate. The Justice Department said AmerisourceBergen for years understaffed and unfunded programs designed to ensure compliance with the Controlled Substances Act.

☆ AmerisourceBergen Hit With Federal Lawsuit Over Opioid Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

AmerisourceBergen said the Justice Department’s complaint focused on five pharmacies ‘cherry picked’ out of the tens of thousands it supplies. WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has sued AmerisourceBergen Corp., alleging the large drug distributor contributed to the prescription opioid epidemic by failing to report suspicious orders to law enforcement. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said during a news conference Thursday that AmerisourceBergen could face billions of dollars in civil penalties if found liable in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Philadelphia.

☆ Cigarette companies ordered to display health warning signs at retailers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Major cigarette companies will soon be required to post signs at retail locations warning of the health effects of smoking, the Justice Department announced. It resulted in a ruling that the cigarette companies were defrauding consumers about the health dangers associated with cigarette smoking. As part of earlier court orders, similar health warning statements in 2017 began appearing in newspaper and TV ads, on cigarette packages and on the companies' websites. The retail signs were the subject of several appeals before an agreement on them was reached this past May, the Justice Department said. The order will apply to about 200,000 U.S. retail locations that have merchandising agreements with the cigarette companies, according to the department.

☆ Biden Administration to Make It Easier to Dismiss Student Loans in Bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Gabriel T. Rubin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

‘Today’s guidance outlines a better, fairer, more transparent process for student loan borrowers in bankruptcy,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. The Biden administration on Thursday released new guidelines that will make it easier for economically distressed student loan borrowers to discharge their student debt in bankruptcy proceedings. The long-awaited guidelines from the Justice Department and Education Department set specific requirements for borrowers to prove that they are experiencing economic distress, rather than requiring an arduous legal process where the federal government often delves into borrowers’ financial history to show they haven’t properly demonstrated their economic hardship.

☆ Biden administration to make it easier for student loan borrowers to discharge debt in bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona listens in at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17, 2022. The Biden administration announced on Thursday updated guidelines that will make it easier for those struggling with their student debt to discharge it in bankruptcy. Under the rules, the agencies may recommend that a bankruptcy judge discharge a borrower's student debt if they find their case warrants it. Currently, it's difficult, if not impossible, for someone to walk away from their federal student debt in a normal bankruptcy proceeding. Outstanding student debt exceeds $1.7 trillion, and even before the pandemic, some 10 million borrowers were in delinquency or default.

U.S. consumer spending has remained strong, rising more than expected in September, despite underlying inflation pressures continuing to bubble. "If you look at stocks and asset prices, you would probably expect the Fed to be already easing by now," Gurevich said. read moreHowever, Anita Gupta, head of equity strategy at Emirates NBD, told the forum it was "too early" to draw conclusions for other central banks from this move. "If you're going downhill and pushing your foot on the accelerator, it's going to be very hard to break," Gurevich said. "I feel it's already too late for them to stop deflation and a recessionary cycle."

There has been evidence that the omicron variant tends not to burrow deeply into the lungs as much as previous variants. How quickly do omicron symptoms appear? What is the duration of omicron symptoms? Although much about the omicron variant remains unknown, some experts say it could lead to long Covid, even with mild cases. The BA.5 omicron subvariant accounted for nearly 80% of new Covid cases as of Oct. 8, according to the CDC.

Search resuls for: "Anita Gupta"

22 mentions found