By Adrianne Appel2025-09-17T17:20:00
A Florida seafood company executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring with competitors to fix the prices he paid to local fishers, an effort that impacted more than $8 million in wholesale fish and cut the pay of hundreds of fishers, the Department of Justice said.
Dennis Dopico, vice president of an unnamed Miami company that processed stone crab claws and spiny lobsters, admitted to making a pact with competitors to match the prices they paid for fish, rather than raise them, the DOJ said. The group carried out the price fixing scheme between 2023 and 2025, the DOJ said.
2025-09-25T20:36:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
New regulations, changing consumer demands, and global supply chain disruptions – from cost-of-goods inflation to tariffs to raw material shortages, and more – are just a few top challenges reshaping the operations of food and beverage industry today. “These challenges are no longer just logistical—they implicate sourcing risk, contract performance, ...
2025-08-29T18:57:00Z By Ruth Prickett
President Trump has threatened to sanction EU leaders and impose further tariffs in retaliation for the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Will he carry this out? Nobody knows, but if he presses ahead with either sanctions or increased tariffs, it will escalate his radical use of U.S. economic and political ...
2024-10-11T19:53:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Generic drug giant Teva Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $450 million to settle two cases brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), including one alleging that co-pays it made on behalf of Medicare patients constituted illegal kickbacks, and a second action for alleged generic drug price fixing.
2025-10-07T16:08:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC) has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle allegations first raised by two compliance officers that its cybersecurity protocols violated acceptable standards for defense contractors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
2025-10-06T17:12:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Tractor Supply Company has agreed to get into compliance with California’s consumer privacy law and to pay a $1.35 million fine—the largest yet by California—to settle allegations it violated the privacy rights of customers and job applicants.
2025-10-06T16:46:00Z By Aly McDevitt
A single $33,000 shipment to Iran triggered a six-figure penalty and years of compliance oversight for biotechnology company LuminUltra Technologies, Inc.
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