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  • June 09, 2026

    Wash. Man Gets 5 Years For $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con

    A Washington man was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge on Tuesday stemming from a scheme where he conned unwitting victims out of nearly $100 million after falsely promising them their funds would go toward oil and gas investments, and routing them to cryptocurrency wallets instead. 

  • June 09, 2026

    Columbia Bank Must Face Suit Over $230M Ponzi Scheme

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday preserved a bankruptcy trust's lawsuit against Columbia Bank, finding that the trust adequately alleged the bank helped a real estate business' former operators run a $230 million Ponzi scheme.

  • June 09, 2026

    Dodge, Jeep Accused Of Delaying Headrest Class Action Trial

    Class members claiming headrests in several Dodge and Jeep vehicles can spontaneously deploy with a potential to cause serious injury accused automaker FCA on Monday of using arbitration claims to delay a federal court trial that has been pending for six years.

  • June 09, 2026

    3 Disgorgement Questions Linger After Justices' SEC Ruling

    While the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sripetch v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission avoided placing new limits on the SEC’s disgorgement powers, it passed over several questions, including whether the commission can seek disgorgement when returning the money to investors isn't possible, says David Slovick at Kopecky Schumacher.

  • June 08, 2026

    Kaiser Member Seeks Class Cert. In Microsoft Site Tracker Suit

    A Kaiser Permanente member has called on a federal judge in Seattle to greenlight a series of national classes and California subclasses in her privacy lawsuit accusing Microsoft and Qualtrics of secretly intercepting millions of patients' private health information through tracking technologies embedded in the healthcare system's website.

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