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- •The DOJ and DEA announce Walmart will pay $50 million to settle allegations its pharmacies dispensed thousands of invalid opioid prescriptions dating back to 2013.
- •Walmart's settlement, which includes new compliance measures like a reporting hotline, resolves the case in Delaware federal court without an admission of liability.

- •Some coverage values the Meta teen-privacy settlement as high as $18 billion, underscoring its scale as one of the largest tech-related state settlements.
- •Following the U.S. settlement, Meta and Roblox pledge stronger child-safety measures in the Philippines, including AI-assisted age verification and faster takedowns of harmful content.