The CFPB asserted that restrictions imposed by dominant operating systems on point-of-sale payment methods may have an "outsized effect" and hurt the development of a "truly open ecosystem."
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A management, consulting and engineering firm providing services on government-backed contracts settled a False Claims Act case with the United States and a private qui tam relator following allegations that the firm made false statements and submitted inflated invoices.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a pair of whistleblower-initiated False Claims Act cases accusing two pharmacy operators of billing Medicare and Medicaid programs for prescription drugs at artificially high rates while charging non-governmentally insured customers lesser prices for those same drugs.
FTC is seeking to block Microsoft Corporation's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc., claiming the acquisition may lessen competition or create a monopoly in interstate trade and commerce in the relevant markets.
The CFPB reopened the comment period on a Request for Information issued to Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal and Square regarding how each firm uses personal payment data and manages data access.