Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom for the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York, Oct. 4, 2023. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Lawyers for Donald Trump may ask a New York appeals court to pause his ongoing $250 million business fraud trial and stay a judge’s order …
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple Labs Inc., delivered a speech at the Token2049 conference in Singapore on September 13, 2023. Joseph Nair | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency company Ripple has announced that it has successfully obtained a major payments institution license in Singapore, marking a significant move towards expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific …
Former President Donald Trump, right, sits in the courtroom at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in New York. Seth Wenig | AP The $250 million civil fraud trial that could potentially result in a permanent ban on former President Donald Trump from conducting business in New York began on Monday. This trial …
The federal government has taken legal action against eBay, alleging that the online platform has violated the Clean Air Act and other environmental laws. The government’s complaint, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, NY, suggests that eBay could face significant penalties, potentially amounting to billions of dollars. Each violation of the Clean Air Act alone …
A pharmacist holds a bottle of the drug Eliquis, made by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, January 9, 2020. George Frey | Reuters A federal judge on Friday denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest lobbying groups in the country, which aimed to block the …
US Civil Rights Agency Sues Tesla Over Harassment of Black Employees The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, accusing the electric carmaker of tolerating severe harassment of black employees at its flagship Fremont, California assembly plant. The EEOC claims that Tesla has allowed racist slurs and graffiti, including swastikas …
When Harper Lee passed away in 2016, the monthly rent for her stabilized Manhattan apartment was $845.89. Harper Lee, the renowned writer of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” divided her time between Yorkville and her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Even though she hadn’t lived in her ground-floor one-bedroom apartment since suffering a stroke in 2007, she …
In a shocking lawsuit, it has been revealed that Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother, Barbara Fried, allegedly urged her son to conceal millions of dollars in donations to her pro-Democrat political action committee (PAC), Mind the Gap. Creditors of Bankman-Fried’s failed cryptocurrency firm, FTX, claim that Fried advised her son to make the donations through his subordinates …
The tragic death of a North Carolina man who drove off a collapsed bridge while following directions from Google Maps has led his family to sue the tech giant for negligence. The family claims that Google failed to update its navigation system after the bridge had washed away nine years prior. Philip Paxson was driving …
Netflix is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by best-selling author and former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein over her portrayal in the 2019 crime drama “When They See Us,” which revolved around the Central Park Five case. US District Judge Kevin Castel recently ruled that Fairstein had validly alleged that Netflix, director Ava DuVernay, and writer-producer …