Google agrees to improve its compliance program for legal demands in a settlement with the US DOJ, which said Google lost data sought by investigators in 2016 (Richard Vanderford/Wall Street Journal)

CNBC:
Filing: US DOJ has requested that an independent examiner be appointed to review “substantial and serious allegations of fraud, dishonesty” in FTX’s bankruptcy  —  – FTX’s bankruptcy case demands an independent review, the Department of Justice said, because of allegations of fraud …

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
US DOJ forms the Digital Asset Coordinators Network with 150+ federal prosecutors across the country to target illegal activities involving digital currencies  —  New effort is part of trend toward putting more resources to target illegal activities involving digital currencies

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The US DOJ seizes internet domains for Z-Library, a repository that went viral on TikTok for offering 11M+ books, including pirated textbooks, and 84M articles  —  Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service.

Josh Sisco / Politico:
Sources: the US DOJ is preparing to open an in-depth probe into Adobe’s $20B takeover of Figma and has been contacting customers, competitors, and investors  —  The Justice Department is preparing to open an in-depth investigation of Adobe’s $20 billion takeover of design collaboration company Figma …

Jason Guerrasio / Insider:
The DOJ charges two former MoviePass execs in a securities fraud case, claiming they sought to artificially inflate the stock price of MoviePass’ parent company  —  – Lowe and Farnsworth have been charged in a securities fraud case by the Department of Justice.

Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Source: the US DOJ is investigating whether rent-setting software made by RealPage is facilitating collusion among landlords to drive up rental prices  —  The DOJ will examine whether RealPage helped landlords coordinate rent increases.  Questions also swirl around a 2017 merger deal with its largest competitor.