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Prosecutors Seek 14-Year Prison Sentence for Tom Girardi Federal prosecutors requested a 14-year prison sentence for Tom Girardi, the disbarred California attorney convicted of stealing millions in client funds. In August, a jury found Girardi guilty of four counts of wire fraud after prosecutors revealed he embezzled $15 million from settlement funds. Prosecutors Demand Harsh…
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Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs Face Disturbing Allegations in Amended Lawsuit A recently amended federal lawsuit accuses rap moguls Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl during a party in 2000. The allegations, unveiled on Sunday, claim both men drugged and assaulted the unnamed victim at a party Combs hosted after the…
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Alex Jones Seeks to Block Infowars Sale to The Onion Alex Jones plans to urge a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday to block the sale of his Infowars website to The Onion, a satirical news outlet, during a hearing in Houston. The Onion won the bankruptcy auction in November, but Jones and an affiliated company,…
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Southwest Faces Allegations of Racial Discrimination A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that Southwest Airlines must defend itself against a lawsuit filed by Edward Blum, a prominent opponent of affirmative action. Blum’s organization, the American Alliance for Equal Rights, accused the airline of racial discrimination through its now-discontinued “¡Lánzate!” program. This initiative, active since 2004,…
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Connecticut Court Upholds $1.3 Billion Verdict Against Alex Jones A Connecticut appeals court upheld most of a nearly $1.3 billion defamation verdict against Alex Jones on Friday, finding the damages justified given the harm his lies caused to the Sandy Hook victims’ families. The court dismissed a $150 million portion of the damages related to…
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Justice Department Probes Foreign Influence in U.S. Patent Litigation The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether foreign entities are financing U.S. patent lawsuits to gain access to trade secrets from American companies, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday. This report on third-party litigation funding raises…
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Amazon Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Excluding Zip Codes from Prime Delivery Services Amazon now confronts a new class action lawsuit, accusing the company of excluding certain zip codes from its fast delivery services while still charging affected customers for Amazon Prime memberships. Filed by five Washington, D.C., residents, the lawsuit claims Amazon unfairly outsourced deliveries…
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President-elect Donald Trump has urged a Georgia Appeals Court to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, Trump’s legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution violates the U.S. Constitution, as Trump prepares to assume office next month. Willis has also charged several…
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Trump Appoints Antitrust Expert Gail Slater to Lead DOJ’s Antitrust Division President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named Gail Slater, a seasoned antitrust expert, to head the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Slater will oversee major cases targeting corporate giants like Google, Apple, and Visa, signaling a continued crackdown on monopolistic practices in Big Tech and…
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Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act A federal judge in Texas has blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporations to disclose their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction, ruling that the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act…
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