Flynn Sentencing Put Off So He Can Help Mueller's Probe

A D.C. federal judge took U.S. Justice Department lawyers to task for a second time Tuesday over their court filings as they seek final approval of the multibillion-dollar merger of CVS and Aetna, calling their tone "unnecessarily defensive."

A onetime business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday pled not guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for Turkey by allegedly using the pair’s lobbying firm to conduct a smear campaign against an exiled Turkish cleric.

A German automotive engineering company entered into a plea agreement Tuesday to pay $35 million for its alleged role in a long-running scheme by Volkswagen AG to sell diesel vehicles in the United States that use a "defeat device" to cheat on vehicle emissions tests required by federal law.

A California federal jury found Monday that Korean ramen companies were not liable for price-fixing, following a rare antitrust class action jury trial that lasted well over a month.

New York’s top banking regulator has hit Barclays with a $15 million fine as part of a settlement announced Tuesday resolving claims stemming from the agency’s investigation into a push by the bank’s CEO to smoke out the source of two 2016 whistleblower letters that raised concerns about a recently hired executive.

The Donald J. Trump Foundation has agreed to dissolve under judicial supervision, following a recent state court decision allowing a suit by New York against the charity to move forward, the New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday.

Charter Communications Inc. and Spectrum Management Holding Co. agreed to a $174 million payout in what the New York attorney general on Tuesday called a record settlement, ending a suit alleging it defrauded customers by promising high-speed internet when it knew it couldn’t deliver.

The actor who played Carlton Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” claimed Monday in California federal court that video game makers Epic Games and Take-Two Interactive copped his choreography without permission, noting similarities between the famous “Carlton Dance” he created and moves performed by characters in two widely played video games.

CBS Corp. announced Monday that former CEO Leslie Moonves won’t get a severance payment reportedly worth $120 million, after an investigation by Covington & Burling LLP and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP found the former executive violated company policies and didn’t cooperate with the probe into sexual harassment at the media giant.

A state district court judge in Texas who was accused by three women, including a fellow judge, of groping them at a party received two public reprimands from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct — the stiffest punishment the organization can hand out short of initiating removal proceedings.

Bank of New York Mellon has agreed to pay more than $54 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the bank improperly handled thousands of “pre-released” American depositary receipts in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, the agency said Monday.

The Second Circuit on Monday revived the Sierra Club's lawsuit seeking to stop a New York construction waste recycling company from discharging polluted stormwater, ruling that the company's activities could be subject to Clean Water Act permitting requirements.