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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Friday November 22, 2024 ( 6 items )  

D.C. A.G. Schwalb Joins Department of Justice & Bipartisan AG Coalition Seeking to End Google's Illegal Search Engine Monopoly
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Proposal Follows Federal Court Ruling That Google Has Anticompetitive Monopolies in Online Search Markets * * * Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, along with the Justice Department and a bipartisan coalition of 38 state attorneys general, today proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore  more

Justice Dept.: Federal Jury Convicts Man of Conspiring to Murder FBI Employees
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: Edward Kelley, 35, of Maryville, Tennessee, was convicted following a three-day trial in the Eastern District of Tennessee of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, and influencing a federal official by threat. The evidence presented at trial established that Kelley -- while awaiting trial for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach   more

Mass. A.G. Campbell Joins Justice Department, Multistate Coalition Seeking To Limit Google's Business Practices
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Proposal Aims to End Search Engine Monopoly; Hearing Scheduled in April 2025 * * * Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she, along with a coalition of 38 attorneys general and the Justice Department, has proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to   more

N.H. A.G. Formella, Bipartisan Coalition Seek Changes to Google Business Practices to End Search Engine Monopoly
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 22 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he along with a bipartisan coalition of his fellow state attorneys general, and the United States Department of Justice are proposing a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit consumers. "This proposal marks an important step toward restoring fai  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers, Other State Attorneys General Propose Remedies to End Google's Search Engine Monopoly
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 22 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 52 attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice to propose a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawfully maintained search engine monopoly and revive competition for the benefit of consumers. In December 2020, the Nebraska Department of Justice joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit  more

ORNL researchers recognized as among world's most cited
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Arthur Ragauskas, the University of Tennessee-ORNL Governor's Chair for Biorefining, and David Mandrus, a UT Knoxville professor, are named on the list with ORNL as their second affiliation. Easo George, who retired from ORNL as the Governor's Chair for Advanced Alloy Theory and Development, is named on the list for his work in materials science. "I came to the lab   more