The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor. He also bought restaurants.
Category: Suits and Litigation (Civil)
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Amazon Agrees to Change Some Business Practices in EU Settlement
The e-commerce giant avoided a fine, but will make a variety of changes regulators believe will help independent merchants who had raised alarms about Amazon’s tactics.
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New Suit Uses Data to Back Racial Bias Claims Against State Farm
Black customers have long claimed that the nation’s largest home insurer discriminates against them. A lawsuit claims a nine-month study provides some proof.
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In FTX Collapse, Binance Sees a Chance to Become the New Face of Crypto
Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao were archrivals. With FTX gone, Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, is trying to step into the void.
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Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Is Dismissed
Swift had been accused of stealing lyrics from a 3LW song released in 2000 that contains the lines “Playas, they gonna play/And haters, they gonna hate.”
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Vaping Settlement by Juul Is Said to Total $1.7 Billion
The proposed deal would resolve thousands of lawsuits in multidistrict litigation based in Northern California.
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Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft’s Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge
Ms. Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has staked an ambitious trustbusting agenda on a case that may be difficult to win.
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What N.F.L. Broadcasters Left Out in Deshaun Watson’s Return
When Deshaun Watson’s suspension ended, the N.F.L.’s broadcast partners focused mainly on his return to the field, not on the behavior a hearing officer had deemed “predatory,” or on the women who accused him.
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Juul Agrees to Settle Thousands of Vaping Lawsuits
The deal is the latest in the company’s efforts to resolve litigation over its marketing of products that some contend fueled the teenage vaping crisis.