Disney’s Top Lawyer Gets a 36% Compensation Boost Amid Rebound
The Walt Disney Co.'s chief legal and compliance officer received more than $15.8 million in 2024, an increase of almost 36% ...
Sentence Based on $4 Million Intended Loss Upheld by Second Cir.
A man convicted of a fraud scheme lost an appeal challenging his 125-month sentence after the Second Circuit said Friday that the lower court properly based the sentence on the amount he intended to ...
Solar Software Leaders Sued Over Stalled Projects' Stock Impact
NextrackerInc. leadership downplayed financial worries over stalled solar panel projects, leading to an investor’s proposed ...
Jenner & Block Advances Bid to Recover Fees From Sierra Leone
Jenner & Block moves forward in its effort to collect $8.1 million in legal fees from the Republic of Sierra Leone, in part because the law firm adequately alleges breach of contract, a federal judge ...
Lutnick Lists 800 Firms in Complex Billionaire Ethics Filing (1)
Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, detailed his wealth and influence across hundreds of firms and left open the possibility of his adult children buying ...
Case: Wage & Hour/Overtime (N.D. Cal.)
A California federal district court denied Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Kite Pharma, Inc.’s motion to dismiss unpaid overtime claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act by two cell therapy specialists ...
Target Pulls Back Diversity Programs as Trump Takes Aim at DEI
Target Corp. is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, becoming the latest company to reverse course amid pressure from President Donald Trump and conservative activists to end ...
Third Circuit Rejects Class Certification Over Junk-Fax Consent
A lower court properly denied class certification in a lawsuit alleging New Jersey-based Fox Rehabilitation Services PC ...
Startup Founder, CEO Sentenced in Payroll Tax Fraud Scheme
A former chief executive officer of a New Hampshire startup software company was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for willfully failing to pay more than $14 million in payroll taxes and not ...
Illinois Physician-Owned Clinic Beats Privacy Suit Over Standing
An Illinois health clinic patient failed to convince the state’s highest court Friday that she had standing to bring a class ...
Maryland Man Convicted in $20 Million Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
A federal jury convicted a Maryland man for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, money laundering, filing false tax returns and identity theft, the Justice Department announced Friday.
AAA Affiliate Mostly Dodges Labor Board Request for Court Order
An American Automobile Association affiliate mostly avoided a temporary injunction that the National Labor Relations Board ...