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April 22, 2026
An investor and a cannabis license holder are suing a couple they had hoped would manage a Los Angeles marijuana dispensary for them, claiming in California state court that they instead created $3.4 million in "phantom debt" to steal majority ownership interests in the business and then misappropriate millions.
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April 22, 2026
Imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has told a New York federal judge that, although his attorney parents made suggestions regarding his motion for a new trial, he wrote the brief himself, but now wants to withdraw the request, because he doesn't "believe I will get a fair hearing on this topic in front of you."
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April 22, 2026
A construction company owner's personal driver received three years of supervised release Wednesday for misappropriating more than $1.2 million of company money to pay his personal credit card bills, as an Illinois federal judge indicated he'd have ordered incarceration had the driver not already demonstrated his rehabilitation.
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April 22, 2026
Key Tronic Corp. and two of its executives reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over claims one of the manufacturer's facilities in Minnesota engaged in improper expense management and that the executives responded incorrectly to an internal complaint about the facility.
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April 22, 2026
StoneTurn announced Wednesday that it has hired a new partner with 15 years of experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including as a forensic accountant in the agency's enforcement division.
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April 22, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Wednesday blocking state officials from trading on prediction markets using insider information they obtained during the course of their official duties, citing recent reports of bets related to the U.S. military action within Venezuela and the war in Iran.
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April 22, 2026
As a discovery dispute between Hunter Biden and Winston & Strawn LLP drags on amid a suit over allegedly unpaid legal bills, the former president's son accused the BigLaw firm, which once represented him in a Delaware criminal case and other matters, of resorting to "what is uncomfortably close to an ad hominem attack" against him.
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April 22, 2026
The First Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the convictions of a Quincy, Massachusetts, temp agency owner who prosecutors said evaded more than $800,000 in payroll taxes by paying employees under the table.
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April 22, 2026
A California federal judge has paused litigation filed by the U.S. government over a $380 million arbitral award issued to a PetroSaudi unit purportedly tied to funds embezzled from Malaysia, ordering a stay while the question of company control remains in limbo.
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April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump has nominated the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general, who investigated the FBI's probe into Trump's links with Russia, to remain in that role on a permanent basis, according to a White House announcement.
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April 22, 2026
A Georgia attorney's professional liability insurer owes no coverage for an underlying suit alleging the lawyer conspired with a client to enrich themselves from a litigation funding company by claiming a fictitious suit over a canceled FEMA contract, an Atlanta federal court has ruled, finding that making misrepresentations does not constitute "professional services" under the policy.
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April 22, 2026
A federal rule change that Pam Bondi proposed before she was fired as U.S. attorney general could stymie an ethics complaint against her in Florida, which is expected to be refiled after the state bar declined to take up the case during her tenure, experts say.
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April 22, 2026
A Philadelphia-based developer has told a New Jersey state court that South Jersey power broker George Norcross and his attorney brother's opposition to his bid to amend his suit is really an effort to get an untimely ruling.
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April 22, 2026
Steptoe LLP has hired a Hogan Lovells partner who helped Black Alabamians secure voting rights protections in a U.S. Supreme Court victory in 2023, and who joins the firm in Washington to work with white collar defense and compliance matters.
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April 21, 2026
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Tuesday it is amping up its appellate practice with the addition of four Sullivan & Cromwell LLP litigators, including former acting Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall and Morgan L. Ratner, who have worked on the appeal of President Donald Trump's New York hush money conviction.
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April 21, 2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday he has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI Inc., accusing its ChatGPT chatbot of acting as an accomplice to the Florida State University shooting suspect, who is charged with killing two and injuring six, by providing specific tactical advice on weapons, timing and location.
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April 21, 2026
Counsel for the founder of Beneficient on Tuesday told a Manhattan federal jury that the founder of the Dallas-based financial services firm did not defraud its onetime business partner GWG Holdings out of more than $100 million, saying a group of former insiders are trying to scapegoat the executive for GWG's downfall.
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April 21, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a Los Angeles man convicted of insider trading on tips from a JPMorgan Chase analyst, holding that a lower court erred by not excusing a juror who expressed concerns about his ability to be fair.
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April 21, 2026
Nursing home operator ProMedica Health Systems Inc. has succeeded in its bid to unseal government briefs in a whistleblower case over alleged problems caused by understaffing at its facilities, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling that a presumption of openness with court records trumped the government's concerns about disclosure of its investigative methods.
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April 21, 2026
The CEO and former chief financial officer of a real estate fund manager agreed to settle SEC allegations that they misused millions from a fund they controlled, including by doling out over $15 million to investors "in Ponzi-like fashion" and improperly sending another $6 million to other companies they controlled.
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April 21, 2026
A Washington, D.C.-based watchdog organization accused former Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of improperly funding her 2022 reelection bid to the U.S. House of Representatives, saying she orchestrated a complex straw donor scheme to funnel $725,000 in Haitian "dark money" into her campaign.
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April 21, 2026
A man accused of swindling Medicare out of nearly half a billion dollars was simply trying to make it easier for doctors to navigate labyrinthine Medicare regulations to get orthotic braces approved for their patients, his attorney told jurors in Florida federal court Tuesday.
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April 21, 2026
A Florida federal judge denied scooter rental company Go X's bid to dismiss a suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging it misled hundreds of investors to raise $4 million, finding the agency has adequately alleged the company's investment program offered scooters as unregistered securities.
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April 21, 2026
A San Diego woman has pled guilty in California federal court to billing Medicare for nearly $51 million in fake prescriptions and trying to hide the scheme through money laundering and kickbacks to doctors.
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April 21, 2026
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is capable of handling a St. Louis attorney's outpatient needs, a North Carolina federal judge said, denying her request to delay her prison report date after she was convicted of helping perpetrate a $22 million tax fraud scheme.