#fines

12:12pm, 2nd August, 2019

Senators seek 'serious' fines for antitrust violations

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal introduced legislation on Friday to allow harsher penalties for companies that violate antitrust law, following a Justice Department probe into alleged anticompetitive behavior by big tech.

U.S. House could slap $25,000 per day contempt fines on Trump advisers: Democrat

2:57pm, 10th May, 2019

Politics

U.S. House could slap $25,000 per day contempt fines on Trump advisers: Democrat

A senior Democratic lawmaker has suggested fines of $25,000 a day for contempt on U.S. officials who stonewall congressional investigations of President Donald Trump and his administration.

Michigan can suspend poor people's driver's licenses for unpaid fines: U.S. appeals court

3:17pm, 8th May, 2019

US

Michigan can suspend poor people's driver's licenses for unpaid fines: U.S. appeals court

A divided federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Michigan may suspend the driver's licenses of poor people with unpaid traffic fines, saying it did not violate their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.

SEC fines Prosper Funding $3 million for overstating net returns to investors

10:48am, 19th April, 2019

Business

SEC fines Prosper Funding $3 million for overstating net returns to investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said Silicon Valley-based Prosper Funding LLC will pay a $3 million penalty for miscalculating and materially overstating annualized net returns to retail and other investors.

New Australia law threatens social media firms with fines, jail over violent content

10:42pm, 3rd April, 2019

World

New Australia law threatens social media firms with fines, jail over violent content

Australia will fine social media companies up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover and imprison executives for up to three years if violent content is not removed "expeditiously" under a new law passed by the country's parliament on Thu...

Election commission fines Jeb Bush Super PAC, Chinese company

9:32pm, 11th March, 2019

Politics

Election commission fines Jeb Bush Super PAC, Chinese company

The federal election oversight agency has levied a record fine against the Super PAC that backed former presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who ran as a Republican in 2016, and a Chinese-owned corporation, according to a watchdog group that filed the init...

4:17pm, 11th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. election commission fines Jeb Bush Super PAC, Chinese company

The federal election oversight agency has levied a record fine against the Super PAC that backed former presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who ran as a Republican in 2016, and a Chinese-owned corporation, according to a watchdog group that filed the init...

U.S. fines American Airlines, Delta for long tarmac delays

3:51pm, 28th February, 2019

Business

U.S. fines American Airlines, Delta for long tarmac delays

American Airlines was fined $1 million and Delta Air Lines Inc $750,000 for violating federal rules barring lengthy tarmac delays at U.S. airports, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday.

U.S. high court buttresses constitutional ban on 'excessive fines'

10:28am, 20th February, 2019

US

U.S. high court buttresses constitutional ban on 'excessive fines'

Ruling for the first time that the U.S. Constitution's ban on "excess fines" applies to states as well as the federal government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with an Indiana man who argued police violated his rights by seizing his $42,0...