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  Tom Girardi Indicted In Calif., Ill. Over Client Theft Scandal

  By Brandon Lowrey

  Federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago have indicted Girardi Keese founder Tom Girardi on 13 counts of ...(read more)

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  FTC Targets GoodRx In 1st Action Under Health Breach Rule

  By Allison Grande

  Digital health care platform GoodRx is poised to pay $1.5 million and be barred from sharing users' sensitive he...(read more)

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• Rep. Hill Previews Coming Congressional Crypto Action

  By Aislinn Keely

  Now that Republicans have regained the gavel in the House Financial Services Committee, it'll be up to a veteran financial professional and Arkansas congressman to help steer lawmakers' approach to legislating around digital assets and investigating the causes and consequences of the so-called crypto winter.

• James Murdoch Testifies Musk's Confidence In Deal Merited

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Tesla board member and ex-21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch testified Wednesday in a California securities trial over Elon Musk's tweets about taking the company private, saying he wasn't surprised at Musk's confidence in a handshake deal with a Saudi sovereign wealth fund because such agreements aligned with his Mideast experience.

• Who Owns Bob Woodward's Trump Interview Recordings?

  By Hannah Albarazi

  Donald Trump's suit against journalist Bob Woodward over the public release of audio recordings of the former president may boil down to a prickly legal question: Are Woodward and Trump both copyright owners of the taped interviews?

• From Star Litigator To Criminal Defendant: A Girardi Timeline

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Over the last four years, the plaintiffs bar has been rocked by the swift collapse of the once-bustling Los Angeles plaintiffs firm Girardi Keese and the disbarment of founder Thomas V. Girardi, who now faces criminal charges of misappropriating millions of dollars in client settlement funds.

• Publishers Clearing House Calls Privacy Suit 'Cut-And-Paste'

  By Danielle Ferguson

  A class action alleging Publishers Clearing House sold customers' personal reading information to marketers is a "cut-and-paste" lawsuit that is too generic and speculative to continue, the company told a Michigan federal judge Wednesday in a bid to get the case dismissed.

• Ex-O'Melveny Attorney Drops Wrongful Firing Suit

  By Patrick Hoff

  A former attorney with O'Melveny & Myers LLP has resolved his suit accusing the firm of denying him work opportunities because of his race, gender and sexual orientation and wrongfully firing him for billing too many pro bono hours, according to a California state court filing.

• Adani Cancels $2.5B Share Sale After Stock Plunge

  By Tom Zanki

  Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Enterprises Ltd. canceled a $2.5 billion stock sale on Wednesday, following several tumultuous days in which the corporate giant publicly battled a short seller's accusations of stock manipulation and accounting fraud.

• Girardi's Mental State Emerges As Early Legal Battleground

  By Phillip Bantz

  Now that federal grand juries in California and Illinois have indicted Girardi Keese founder Tom Girardi, who is 83 and diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, on charges stemming from his firm's theft of millions from clients, the stage is set for a court battle over the former legal titan's fitness to stand trial.

• Would-Be Warhol Saw His 'MetaBirkin' NFTs As A 'Gold Mine'

  By Pete Brush

  A California designer who compares his work to that of Andy Warhol viewed his line of "MetaBirkin" non-fungible tokens as a "gold mine," a jury hearing trademark infringement claims brought by Birkin handbag maker Hermes International heard Wednesday.

• Meta Beats Initial FTC Challenge To Within VR Deal

  By Bryan Koenig and Matthew Perlman

  A California federal judge has reportedly refused to impose a preliminary block on Meta's acquisition of virtual reality fitness app maker Within Unlimited, rejecting a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission, which must now decide if it wants to continue fighting the deal through an in-house process.

• Bankman-Fried Can't Contact FTX Staff, Judge Orders

  By Ivan Moreno

  A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday barred disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of his company or its affiliated trading firm, Alameda Research, after prosecutors raised concerns of possible witness tampering.

• NTIA Wants More Consumer Control Over Mobile Apps

  By Matthew Perlman

  The U.S. Department of Commerce agency responsible for advising the White House on telecom policy called for changes Wednesday that would boost competition in the mobile app market, after finding the stores run by Apple and Google are harmful to consumers and developers.