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US Justice Department investigates web video patents

...matter, is getting a lot more complicated with the arrival of a Justice Department antitrust investigation. The DoJ is looking into MPEG-LA and Google... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Wikileaks activists get hearing over Twitter data dispute

...Tuesday, in a high-profile case that will decide whether the US Justice Department can obtain records about the Twitter accounts used by Wikileaks activists... Read more

9 February, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

AT&T drops bid for T-Mobile USA

...FCC) indicated it opposed the merger as well. In both cases, the Justice Department and the FCC said that the merger between the second largest... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

Manning's lawyer denies Wikileaks cables caused harm

...seeks similar documents from the State Department, the Defence Department and the Justice Department.One military damage assessment "concluded that all of the information allegedly... Read more

29 November, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft gears up for Novell antitrust suit

...publicised during the famous antitrust lawsuit brought in 1998 when the US Justice Department and the attorneys general of 20 US states accused Microsoft of... Read more

18 October, 2011 by Charles Cooper

Google's Schmidt takes antitrust fire in Washington

...the criminal investigation and $500m (£324m) settlement reached between Google and the Justice Department that involved allegations that Google had for years assisted illegal web... Read more

22 September, 2011 by Greg Sandoval

US renews Patriot Act despite surveillance concerns

...year extension of the Patriot Act despite warnings from senators that the Justice Department has twisted the 2001 law into a "secret" surveillance mechanism far... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Google wins US regulatory approval in ITA buy

...regulatory approval for its $700m deal to buy ITA Software, but the Justice Department intends to keep a close eye on the search giant. The... Read more

11 April, 2011 by Jay Greene

AntiSec hackers target FBI cybersecurity contractor

Hackers have continued their campaign to embarrass the FBI by posting online what they claim is data hacked from a government cybersecurity contractor Read more

1 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

US justice department presses for data-retention laws

...sister site CNET News was the first to report that the US Justice Department had started a new legislative push for what is generally known... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US Justice Department disables Coreflood botnet

Officials have seized servers and domain names, and gained permission to remotely turn off the malware on infected PCs, according to the US Department of Justice Read more

14 April, 2011 by Elinor Mills

DoJ orders Twitter to give Wikileaks-related account info

...The US Justice Department has obtained a court order directing Twitter to turn over information... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

HP settles with DoJ over contract kickbacks

Hewlett-Packard has reached an agreement with the US Justice Department over alleged kickbacks paid by vendors to help secure federal government... Read more

3 August, 2010 by Steven Musil

Russian spy suspects alleged to use high-tech tactics

...concealed in graphical images to exchange information, federal prosecutors said Monday. The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against 11 people who allegedly were covert... Read more

29 June, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

DoJ gains access to Wikileaks-related Twitter accounts

A US federal judge has allowed the Justice Department to access Twitter accounts in order to investigate whether the whistle... Read more

14 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

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