Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle in 2019. The Department of Justice has blocked a merger between the publishing giant and Simon & Schuster. (John MacDougall / AFP via Getty Images) A federal ...

July 12 (UPI) --A federal judge in California issued two restraining orders blocking federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from conducting random detentions of people in Los Angeles and ...

A compilation of PW's coverage of U.S. v. Bertelsmann SE & CO. KGaA, et al., the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to block Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon & ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann’s proposed acquisition of Viacom CBS subsidiary Simon & Schuster, arguing that it “would result in ...

Miami-Dade Commissioner René Garcia blocked the county from declaring Feb. 17 “Random Acts of Kindness Day” because the sponsor, Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz, filed the legislative item late. Miami ...

NEWARK--Saying that "students should not have to surrender their right to privacy," a New Jersey judge today blocked a local high school's random drug testing policy in a challenge brought by the ...

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. The Justice Department could block two of the country’s biggest publishers from joining forces, as a trial kicks off Monday to ...

A federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department in its effort to block to merger of Penguin Random House with Simon & Schuster. In granting an injunction to halt the transaction, Judge ...