Court decisions
Appeals court greenlights betting on congressional elections
The U.S. Capitol building is seen bellow a stormy sky on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., cleared the way Wednesday for Americans to bet on the outcome of the 2024 congressional elections. The appeals court in a decision rejected an effort by […]
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Previous BP exec’s ex-spouse gets jail for insider trading following eavesdropping on her phone calls
Sam Edwards | Getty Pictures The ex-husband of a former BP mergers and acquisitions manager was sentenced to two yrs in federal prison for insider trading that netted him $1.76 million after he eavesdropped on her function phone calls about the oil giant acquiring another company. The ex-spouse, Tyler Loudon, also was sentenced to 1 […]
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Trump loses bid to dismiss Ga election interference scenario on no cost speech grounds
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport immediately after surrendering at the Fulton County jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A decide on Thursday denied an hard work by Donald Trump to dismiss his felony election interference case in Georgia on […]
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Tesla board silent as buyers await future methods just after court docket revokes Elon Musk's $56 billion spend deal
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X, speaks at the Atreju political convention organized by Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), in Rome, Dec. 15, 2023. Antonio Masiello | Getty Images Two weeks just after a Delaware court dominated that Tesla will have to rescind Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay back deal, the firm’s board remains […]
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Trump gag buy in fraud scenario reinstated by New York appeals court
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends demo in a civil fraud circumstance that state Legal professional Standard Letitia James introduced from him, his grownup sons, the Trump Business and others, in New York Town, Oct. 3, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A New York appeals courtroom Thursday reinstated a gag order on Donald Trump in […]
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The end of affirmative action at colleges poses new challenges, and risks, in corporate hiring
Affirmative action supporters and counterprotesters shout at each other outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., June 29, 2023. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Even before the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action policies in college admissions, the nation’s top business leaders expressed concern over how the decision could […]
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Previous Italian Key Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died, nearby media experiences
Silvio Berlusconi gestures in advance of a 2016 soccer match between his AC Milan and SS Lazio in Milan, Italy. Marco Luzzani | Getty Illustrations or photos Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who served as the premier of numerous Italian governments over nine a long time, has died at age 86, Italian media claimed Monday. CNBC […]
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Far more than 140 Democrats defend CFPB in situation just before Supreme Court that threatens agency’s existence
Signage at the Purchaser Monetary Security Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Andrew Kelly | Reuters WASHINGTON — Much more than 140 present and former Democratic lawmakers submitted an amicus short in the Supreme Court docket on Monday to defend the country’s major customer security company from issues to its regulatory authority. The transient — […]
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Apple worker who defrauded business of millions sentenced to 3 yrs in prison
CFOTO | Potential Publishing | Getty Illustrations or photos A former Apple employee who swindled the business out of extra than $17 million with a plan that double-billed for parts was sentenced to 3 decades in federal prison and pay back approximately $33 million, prosecutors mentioned. Dhirendra Prasad pleaded responsible to conspiracy to dedicate fraud and conspiracy to […]
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Key court ruling does not restrict abortion pill access in 17 states, Washington state AG says
Mifepristone (Mifeprex), one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, is displayed at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 15, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Abortion pill mifepristone will remain fully available in more than a dozen states with […]
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