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In a landmark decision, Endo Health Solutions Inc. (EHSI) has been ordered to pay a staggering $1.536 billion in criminal fines and forfeiture. The penalty is for violations related to the distribution of misbranded opioid medication Opana ER. This verdict, the second-largest set of criminal financial penalties ever imposed against a pharmaceutical company, represents a…
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Court papers show that U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to $600,000 in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico. The indictment, returned by a grand jury on Tuesday and unsealed on Friday, alleges that the…
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In a major legal development, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, has reached a $4.8 million settlement with the family of Tamia Chappman, a 13-year-old girl who was struck and killed during a police chase back in December 2019. The settlement brings to a close a series of legal battles and investigations stemming from the tragic…
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In court on Friday, Google and the U.S. Justice Department clashed over allegations that Google’s Alphabet unit unlawfully schemed to dominate search advertising. Closing arguments were presented in a case the government asserts could shape the “future of the internet.” District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington grilled both sides with questions. Do competitive platforms such…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has leveled severe accusations against BF Borgers, the independent accounting firm responsible for auditing Trump Media & Technology Group. The charges include widespread fraud and operating what the SEC termed a “sham audit mill.” While the allegations are serious, the SEC clarified that they do not implicate Truth Social…
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Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, testified on Friday that he instructed her in the final days of the 2016 presidential election to deny his sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels. Hicks’ testimony provided jurors with an inside look at the campaign’s damage-control efforts when Trump faced multiple accusations of unflattering…
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A South Carolina man was sentenced today to obstructing an investigation into the December 2019 murder of a transgender woman. Xavier Pinckney, 24, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for providing false and misleading information to state authorities investigating the murder of Dime Doe. He previously pleaded guilty on Oct 26, 2023. “The defendant’s…
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A federal appeals court convened on Thursday, May 2, to hear arguments regarding a longstanding Tennessee policy that prohibits transgender individuals from altering the sex designation on their birth certificates. Originally filed in federal court in Nashville in 2019, the lawsuit was brought forth by transgender Tennesseans who contend that the state’s restriction lacks a…
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A Georgia man faced sentencing for his violent actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, where he assaulted an officer defending the Capitol. Jack Wade Whitton, 33, received a 57-month prison sentence along with 36 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to assaulting, resisting, or…
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On Thursday, a lawyer representing a group of transgender women urged a U.S. appeals court to revive claims alleging that Tennessee’s decades-old policy of not permitting individuals born in the state to amend their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity violates the U.S. Constitution. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of…
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