The case centers on the former Alaska governor’s claim that an editorial published in 2017 defamed her.
Category: Decisions and Verdicts
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Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees
The order reversed some parts of an injunction a federal judge said was needed to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being illegally dismantled.
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Soulja Boy Is Ordered to Pay $4 Million in Sexual Assault Case
The rapper, known for songs like “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” was found liable of assaulting a woman who said she was his assistant over two years.
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James Toback Is Ordered to Pay $1.7 Billion in Sexual Assault Case
After the former Hollywood director stopped participating in the civil case against him, a jury awarded 40 accusers $42 million each.
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Newsmax Made Defamatory Statements About Dominion, Judge Says
The defamation case, over falsehoods spread about the 2020 election, is headed to a jury this month.
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Johnson & Johnson Loses in Court Again in Bid to Settle Talc Cases
A judge dismissed an attempt to use a bankruptcy court to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the company’s talcum power products caused cancer.
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Sean Kingston and His Mother Are Convicted in $1 Million Fraud Scheme
Mr. Kingston, who is best known for his 2007 hit single “Beautiful Girls,” and his mother were charged with defrauding sellers of high-end vehicles, jewelry and other goods, prosecutors said.
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Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder’s Sentence Just Before His Surrender
Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.
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Charlie Javice Found Guilty of Defrauding JPMorgan in $175 Million Acquisition
Federal prosecutors convinced a jury that Ms. Javice faked much of her customer list before selling her start-up, Frank, to the bank.
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Trump Pardons Trevor Milton, Founder of Bankrupt Truck Maker Nikola
President Trump’s intervention came while Mr. Milton was appealing his conviction on securities and wire fraud charges.
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Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to return a $105,000 penalty it collected last fall when it resolved a discrimination lawsuit.