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August 10, 2026
A New York federal judge agreed Monday to toss fraud charges accusing Adani Group Chairman Gautam S. Adani of misleading investors about a $250 million bribery scheme to score solar energy contracts, while sharply criticizing the U.S. Department of Justice's "highly unusual" move to drop the case.
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August 10, 2026
A former Connecticut prosecutor and his current firm Lowey Dannenberg PC can keep representing insurers Humana Inc. and Molina Healthcare Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit against generic-drug makers, after the judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation rejected a second attempt to appeal her denial of disqualification.
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August 10, 2026
Los Angeles cannabis entrepreneurs are suing their former attorney for legal malpractice in California state court, claiming that she caused the permanent end of their $5.7 million fire damage lawsuit against a landlord who they say allowed a "local transient" to start a fire on a neighboring property.
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August 10, 2026
A Baltimore woman is accusing a California-based attorney and her firm of illegally withholding thousands of dollars from opioid victims' Purdue Pharma settlement payments in a new class action filed Sunday in Maryland federal court.
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August 10, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge has sentenced a preparer of fraudulent tax returns to two years in prison after prosecutors said his cooperation against a client who operated a bribery-fueled insurance scam was marred by confusing proffers and altered records.
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