One of the big four accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was named in an age discrimination lawsuit Wednesday, which alleged that PwC boasted in 2011 that the
Month: April 2016

Hitachi Chemical to Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing
Hitachi Chemical Co. agreed to plead guilty to conspiring between 2002 and 2010 to fix the prices of electrolytic capacitors used in TVs, DVD players,

Tucson Gets Shot to Save Hybrid Election System
Tucson’s system for electing city council members, declared unconstitutional in November, will get a second chance at survival in an order Wednesday by the 9th

Cop Sex Assault Convictions Partly Reversed
A former West Sacramento police officer won partial reversal on six of 18 counts for his convictions Friday of the kidnap, rape and oral copulation
Uber Inks $100 Million Deal with Drivers
Ride-sharing Uber and its drivers have reached a tentative settlement of $100 million, giving drivers greater bargaining power, but allowing the company to retain them

Government’s Dwindling FedEx Prosecution
Things keep getting worse for the government in its criminal money laundering prosecution of shipping company FedEx Corp. In March, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer