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Nikola’s Milton charged with misleading investors

At a press conference Thursday, Gurbir Grewal, the SEC’s head of enforcement, highlighted the obliga...

Biden proposes ‘Buy American’ rule to support US workers, manufacturing

The White House noted that this rule would be just the first set of proposed reforms to procurement ...

Ex-cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen;report says

Garabedian’s work was portrayed in the 2016 movie “Spotlight,” about the Globe’s own investigation i...

Colorado officer arrested after threatening to shoot suspect during stop

A bill passed by Colorado’s legislature last year bars police from using deadly force against suspec...

R. Kelly accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy

The court filing alleges that Kelly believed he had impregnated Aaliyah, then 15, and wanted to marr...

Carlos Ghosn: Father and son sentenced for helping ex-Nissan boss escape

A Turkish court convicted an executive of Turkish jet company MNG and two pilots over their role in ...

Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in Washington, DC

But the law license suspension is still a major blow to the former Manhattan US attorney and politic...

Law firm diversity chiefs gain numbers – and influence

The job’s power and purview varies, but more than one-fifth of the 100 highest grossing U.S. law fir...

Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging ‘censorship’

The class action lawsuit also targets the three companies’ CEOs...

The Trump Organization has been charged with tax fraud. What could that mean for the former president’s company?

The former president himself has not been charged by prosecutors, but they say investigations are on...

Cannabis lawyers say Georgia Supreme court ruling creates ‘chilling effect’

With cannabis still illegal at the federal level, the court held that legal work related to the stat...

Boy Scouts of America: $850m deal agreed over sexual abuse claims

The settlement needs to be approved by a judge, but may face opposition from insurers who would have...

Extradited Ghanaian national sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for multimillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy

The prosecution of this case is being handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit.  A...

Trump company’s CFO surrenders ahead of expected criminal tax charges

The Trump Organization could face fines and other penalties if convicted....

U.S. Supreme Court gives states more leeway to restrict voting

The case involves a 2016 Arizona law that made it a crime to provide another person’s completed earl...

Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned

Cosby, 83, has served more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Phil...

Judge presses Giuliani, others on $1.3 billion defamation claims

At the end of the four-hour hearing, Nichols said he would take all of the arguments under advisemen...

Biden campaign workers and ex-state lawmaker sue ‘Trump Train’ members involved in dangerous Texas highway incident

“It is not the first time the Klan Act has been invoked this year in connection with acts carried ou...

Cheerleader prevails at U.S. Supreme Court in free speech case

Many schools and educators have argued that their ability to curb bullying, threats, cheating and ha...

Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster agency that excludes same-sex couples in 9-0 ruling

The group claimed that “Philadelphia’s attempts to exclude the Catholic Church from foster care” vio...

US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against chocolate firms

Six African men alleged that they were trafficked from Mali and forced to work on cocoa farms in Ivo...

Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday

June 19, now Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a US federal holiday commemorating the end of ...

Jay-Z files lawsuit against Hip-Hop photographer Jonathan Mannion in likeness dispute

The rapper is accusing Mannion, who shot the iconic cover of his debut album Reasonable Doubt, of “e...

U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year aircraft subsidy battle

The two sides have been battling since 2004 in parallel cases at the World Trade Organization over s...

Mall owner Washington Prime files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

The company said it has secured $100 million of so-called debtor-in-possession financing to aid oper...