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  • August 05, 2026

    Goldman Exec Was Linchpin To Ghana Bribery Ploy, Jury Told

    A federal prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors in Brooklyn that emails and recordings back up allegations a former Goldman Sachs banker was the central player behind a plot to secure a lucrative energy contract by bribing Ghanaian government officials, while the defense argued that a dearth of evidence about illicit payments should doom the case.

  • August 05, 2026

    Defense Dept. Was 'Ostrich Burying His Head', Judge Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday compared the U.S. Department of Defense's since struck-down reimbursement limit for grant-funded research to an "ostrich burying his head in the sand," awarding attorney fees to the academic organization that successfully challenged the policy.

  • August 05, 2026

    I-70 Contractor Drops Bid For New Trial, Signals Appeal

    A New York engineering company and its insurers withdrew their bid for a new trial after a Colorado state jury found them liable for more than $1.3 million in damages for breaching a subcontract linked to an Interstate 70 construction project in Denver, saying they intend to appeal.

  • August 05, 2026

    Backing Penalty For 1st Misquote, Panel 'Stunned' By Another

    A solo practitioner in North Carolina sanctioned for misleading a trial court judge with a misquote in his pleadings "stunned" an appellate panel when he made yet another quotation blunder in his brief on appeal, according to a published opinion Wednesday affirming his punishment.

  • August 05, 2026

    Utilities Say Toshiba Can't Redo Discovery After $394M Verdict

    The owners of Michigan's Ludington pumped storage plant have urged a federal judge to block Toshiba Corp. from reopening discovery after a jury awarded the plant owners nearly $394.4 million for Toshiba's botched overhaul of the facility, arguing the company is trying to build a new record to challenge issues already decided at trial.

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