SEC's 'shadow trading' case can move forward, judge rules

REUTERS

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can pursue a first-of-its-kind insider trading case accusing a former pharmaceutical company executive of trading in a competitor's stock ahead of a merger, a judge in San Francisco ruled. read more »

Bon Secours Mercy Health to pay $1 million for false Medicare claims

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

The largest hospital system in Ohio has agreed to pay a $1 million settlement related to Medicare claims submitted after patients were falsely diagnosed with sleep apnea, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. read more »

AG Healey Reaches $6 Million Settlement With Former Head of Homeless Shelter for Lying to the State and Funneling Money to Himself

MASS GOV

The former executive director of Casa Nueva Vida (CNV), a publicly-funded nonprofit homeless shelter with locations in Boston and Lawrence, will pay $6 million to settle allegations he abused his position to improperly funnel state money to himself, all while falsely certifying compliance with state regulations designed to detect such improper self-dealing, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. read more »

How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denial

THE GUARDIAN

ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech. read more »