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April 14, 2026
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday ordered the release of the former CEO and a former lobbyist of Commonwealth Edison on bond pending a new trial, just hours after hearing arguments on their bids to unwind convictions for allegedly funneling and hiding payments to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's allies.
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April 13, 2026
An Oregon man has not shown that he is entitled to a share of profits from a purported joint venture in cryptocurrency investment involving a once close friend, the Second Circuit said Monday, affirming a Manhattan federal judge's dismissal of the claims.
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April 13, 2026
Kalshi on Monday asked a federal court to block Montana from trying to limit the prediction market's operations in the state, arguing that the exchange can only be lawfully regulated under federal law — not state gambling laws.
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April 13, 2026
Shareholders of PolarityTE have alleged in a new suit that "members of a shadowy gang of short sellers" conspired to short the biotechnology company's stock through targeted negative media attacks with Citron Research to enrich themselves at the expense of the shareholders, and that they ultimately caused the company's bankruptcy.
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April 13, 2026
A split Texas appeals court panel found that a company cannot bring claims against Morgan Stanley after an executive at the bank ran an alleged kickback scheme involving $250 million in mineral interests, saying the executive was working by himself when the alleged fraud occurred.
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April 13, 2026
A Los Angeles-based private security firm is suing several cannabis companies and two of their managers for $230,000, claiming they failed to pay for services provided at a number of locations.
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April 13, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday backed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration order barring a former pharmaceutical worker from future interaction with the agency after she was convicted of lying during an investigation of her company, rejecting her bid for judicial review of the decision.
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April 13, 2026
Former U.S. Department of Justice pardon attorney Liz Oyer spoke recently with Law360 about how the pardon process has changed, the impact the shift might have on the DOJ and how the system could be reformed.
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April 13, 2026
The Chapter 7 trustee for Aspiration Partners Inc. has sued investors who have alleged in California state court that the company's co-founder and others defrauded them, telling a Delaware bankruptcy court the civil case risks depleting estate assets that should be shared among all of Aspiration's creditors.
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April 13, 2026
The limits of presidential immunity are once again set to be tested after a D.C. federal judge ruled President Donald Trump must face civil claims over the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, clearing the way for trial and potentially another high-stakes appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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April 13, 2026
Symetra Life Insurance Co. will pay $44.4 million to end multidistrict litigation from a class of African Methodist Episcopal Church workers who alleged that mismanagement of their annuity retirement plan allowed a rogue employee to embezzle $90 million, according to filings in Tennessee federal court.
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April 10, 2026
A New York federal judge on Friday paused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil suit against an Indiana man accused of participating in a $200 million Ponzi scheme, ruling that allowing discovery to go forward could interfere with the government's parallel criminal case.
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April 10, 2026
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., called on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate "unusual trading patterns" in oil futures that took place right before President Donald Trump announced talks with Iran, including the recently announced ceasefire.
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April 10, 2026
IBM agreed to pay the Trump administration $17 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act with efforts to increase the diversity of its workforce, which the U.S. Department of Justice said on April 10 was the first settlement under its initiative against diversity, equity and inclusion.
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April 10, 2026
Apple has asked the Ninth Circuit not to undo its order staying a decision in Epic Games Inc.'s favor while Apple petitions the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling that largely affirmed an injunction barring Apple from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases.
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April 10, 2026
JPMorgan, Barclays and Fifth Third have urged a New York federal judge to toss an investor suit claiming the banks ignored flaring red flags and helped conceal a sprawling subprime auto loan fraud by Tricolor Holdings, arguing that they were also victims of the fraud and not aware of the scheme despite being sophisticated financial institutions.
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April 10, 2026
A Texas family and their collection of companies carried out a scheme to defraud Allstate out of $7.9 million by submitting false records and bills for unnecessary medical services purportedly provided to motor vehicle crash victims, the insurer alleged in a suit filed in Texas federal court Friday.
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April 10, 2026
A Los Angeles entrepreneur faces the potential permanent shutdown of his retail shops and tens of thousands of dollars in civil penalties, according to a lawsuit accusing him of operating at least four unlicensed cannabis storefronts despite repeated police raids, arrests, and property owner evictions.
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April 10, 2026
A social media finance influencer who pled guilty to wire fraud and abetting a false tax filing tied to a $20 million real estate Ponzi scheme was sentenced Friday to six years in prison by an Ohio federal judge.
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April 10, 2026
The past week in London has seen the owner of an oil tanker stuck in the Strait of Hormuz sued by an energy company and an insurer, law firm Boodle Hatfield LLP and two Serle Court barristers sued by a group of Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren, and Welsh Water hit with a fresh class action over polluted rivers.
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April 09, 2026
Counsel for 33 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday urged a Manhattan federal jury to show the world that even "a $36 billion behemoth" like Live Nation isn't above antitrust laws and find it liable for flagrantly monopolizing the U.S. live entertainment market, to the detriment of artists, venue operators and fans.
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April 09, 2026
A Seventh Circuit judge appeared skeptical Thursday that jurors received a proper intent instruction before they ultimately convicted former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan of participating in bribery schemes involving Exelon Corp. subsidiary Commonwealth Edison and a former Chicago alderman.
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April 09, 2026
Real estate developer and convicted drug trafficker Hugo Perera told jurors Thursday he regretted "1,000%" getting involved with former U.S. Rep. David Rivera in a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company but admitted he kept his $5 million cut of the deal.
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April 09, 2026
A Second Circuit panel struggled Thursday with Sean "Diddy" Combs' argument that he was penalized too severely for transporting women for prostitution, saying it is the first appeals court nationwide to attempt to interpret new sentencing protocols on acquitted conduct.
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April 09, 2026
A California federal judge has rejected Citron Research founder Andrew Left's bid to trim the federal government's criminal securities fraud case, saying the indictment's first count is not "duplicitous" because it alleges a single market-manipulation scheme involving multiple misleading statements and does not need to be split into multiple counts.