Legal News

Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for selling $100 million worth of counterfeit Cisco network equipment to government, health, education, and military organizations worldwide.

Andy Jassy said employees in a union would ‘find it harder to get things done quickly and would be better off’ without one

Eight-member civil jury unable to reach verdict on whether Caci conspired with US soldiers to abuse detainees in Iraqi prison

Jerry Boylan found guilty over 2019 incident in which Conception caught fire before dawn and sank off Santa Cruz Island

A former cybersecurity consultant was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort a publicly traded IT company by threatening to disclose confidential and proprietary data unless they paid him $1,500,000.

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for his involvement in the REvil ransomware operation.

Even with extra legal assistance, hearings into suspicious killings of 80 Afghans would be delayed until March 2025

Dan Schneider, who worked on shows like The Amanda Show, claims the makers of Quiet on Set are responsible for a ‘hit job’...

The lifesize ‘Victorious Youth’ has been at the centre of a years-long dispute after Italy claimed it had been illegal purchased by the museum

The case against the US-based ride-hailing giant is being brought on behalf of over 10,800 drivers.

Court denies application for a stay but could still hear challenge to the law.

The trial, which has been on hold since November, centers on whether the tech giant holds a monopoly over internet search, and could result in Google selling off core parts of its business.

Weinstein's defense lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors both agreed to a date sometime after Labor Day for the former movie mogul's retrial on recently-overturned sex crime convictions.

A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients.

Questions surrounding the handling of the case have led to a separate audit of the involved police department.

They are among an eclectic group of more than two dozen suspects including a special forces soldier, a former far-right lawmaker and an astrologer, who were led by minor aristocrat and businessman Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss.

Prosecutors say the seven stole more than $40m from a program meant to provide meals to children in Minnesota

Elon Musk’s Twitter sitter lives on.

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MAGA SLAPP suits apparently aren’t going out of style, but yet another one has been tossed out of court....

Over the last few years, there have been a ton of lawsuits, pretty much all of them dubious, arguing that social media is inherently harmful to children (something the research does not show) and that therefore there is some sort of magic product liability claim that will hold social media companies responsible. A bunch of those...

Well, this ought to prompt another round of police-protecting legislation in Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed two bills into law — one that creates a 25-foot “no go” zone around police officers and one that strips police oversight boards of their independence. And that’s on top of the immediate effort made...

New York obtains significant win for states' ability to regulate broadband....

Ranga Dias sued his university, in part, for allegedly conducting a biased investigation, which found he had committed extensive scientific misconduct....

A jury in March found Brett Nelson guilty of criminal extortion, conspiracy and retaliation.