Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father’s media empire will retain its conservative slant.
Category: Decisions and Verdicts
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Wall Street’s Bet Against the Trump Tariffs
Investors are offering to buy importers’ rights to any refunds of the administration’s levies. It’s a longshot wager that courts will overturn the tariffs.
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Google Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases
A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.
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The Message for Big Tech in the Google Ruling: Play Nice, but Play On
A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.
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Cardi B Is Found Not Liable for Assault in Civil Trial
The rapper and pop star had been accused in a lawsuit of scratching and spitting on a security guard in 2018.
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After Court Defeat, Trump Warns of Economic Chaos From Loss of Tariffs
The president and his advisers have suggested they will fight a federal appeals court’s ruling that found many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal.
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‘There Was a Death’: A Mother Fights for Justice in the Age of Fentanyl
After she lost her son to an overdose, Serena Fallon went on a quest to hold someone accountable for his death.
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Appeals Court Rules Against Many Trump Tariffs
The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Tesla’s Lawyers File Motion to Throw Out $243 Million Verdict in Fatal Crash
The carmaker argued that the driver of a car that killed a woman and severely injured her boyfriend in 2019 was solely responsible.
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Ex-Employee Sentenced to 4 Years for Sabotaging Company’s Computer Network
The man, a former software developer for Eaton Corporation, wrote malicious code that crashed servers on the company’s network in 2019, prosecutors said.
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Sean Kingston Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in $1 Million Fraud Scheme
A Florida jury convicted the hip-hop artist and his mother in a federal fraud case that centered on luxury goods, which prosecutors said that Mr. Kingston did not pay for.
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Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs
The president has crowed about the billions of dollars collected so far from tariffs. That money could be at risk if the White House loses the legal battle.