The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former executive of the blood-testing startup Theranos, of his criminal fraud conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence,
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former executive of the blood-testing startup Theranos, of his criminal fraud conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence,
A former CIA officer who federal prosecutors say stashed nearly 300 gold bars in his home admitted in Virginia federal court Tuesday that he acquired the hoard of precious metal, as well as real estate and luxury items, by defrauding the government out of $194 million.
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison Tuesday, after he admitted scheming to steal $8 million worth of streaming royalty payments using an army of fake accounts and artificial intelligence-generated songs.
Counsel for a Maryland cybersecurity consultant on Tuesday told a Manhattan federal jury that a purported heist of well over $53 million from Uranium Finance didn't actually damage the decentralized crypto exchange, in closing arguments that took aim at the linchpin charge of computer fraud.
A former TD Bank employee pled guilty in New Jersey federal court Tuesday to accepting bribes from a co-conspirator to open fraudulent bank accounts in return for a fee, and facilitating the laundering of $4.8 million from the United States to ATMs in Colombia over a nearly two-year period.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that Revere Securities LLC has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle claims that it overlooked the potentially suspicious activity of customers involved in small-cap, foreign public offerings prone to "ramp-and-dump" schemes.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued financial technology startup Kalder Inc. and its convicted founder and former CEO, alleging that they made false and misleading statements to investors in connection with a $6.7 million seed financing round.
A suspended Connecticut attorney and former state senator awaiting sentencing after a federal wire fraud conviction faced new state criminal charges Tuesday for allegedly misusing an absentee ballot during an August primary election in which his brother and onetime Bradley Law Group LLC colleague was a candidate for probate judge.
A Southern California tribe warned the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that a recent Third Circuit decision blocking New Jersey from enforcing its gambling laws against Kalshi could threaten tribes' exclusive rights to regulate gambling on their reservations.
The former majority owner of Charlotte's minor league hockey team has admitted to filing a false tax return in 2020 that federal prosecutors said drastically understated his income, court records filed in the Western District of North Carolina show.
Cooley LLP has hired the former media leaks coordinator from the U.S. Department of Justice, who also spent the past five years prosecuting national security-related matters for the agency, the firm has announced.
As employees increasingly use generative artificial intelligence to draft complaints about workplace misconduct, investigators must adapt their practices so that the process remains fair, thorough and grounded in fact, says Rebecca Foxwell at Bracewell.
A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters.
A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.
Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.
Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred the Federal Circuit's investigation of suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman to the Eleventh Circuit, the latter court said Tuesday.
Texas Supreme Court justices seemed hesitant to bar attorneys outright from using artificial intelligence voice transcription software during depositions, pointing out Tuesday that multiple safeguards exist to ensure accuracy.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold precedent allowing states to use juries of fewer than 12 people in serious criminal cases, saying overruling it could unsettle thousands of convictions and force many states to change their criminal procedure laws.
When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget that he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said University of Virginia School of Law professor John F. Duffy has joined the agency as its general counsel and acting solicitor.
