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Companies Walmart Inc FollowJan 24 (Reuters) - The man accused of killing 23 people and injuring dozens more in a 2019 massacre targeting people of Mexican descent at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, will plead guilty to federal hate crimes charges, his attorneys said in a court filing. It comes days after federal prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty for the shooter, Patrick Crusius. "Defendant notifies the Court of his intention to enter a plea of guilty to the pending Indictment," the motion filed in court read. He pleaded not guilty in 2020 to 90 federal hate crime charges in the case. A Texas judge last year put off a state trial in the case as federal prosecutors determined whether they would seek capital punishment.

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 23 people and injuring dozens more in a hate crime targeting people of Mexican descent at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, a court document filed on Tuesday showed. Crusius pleaded not guilty in 2020 to 90 federal hate crime charges in the case. Proceedings were delayed while prosecutors decided whether to pursue the death penalty against him. Last year, a Texas judge put off a state trial in the case as federal prosecutors determined whether they would seek capital punishment. In a notification to the court and to the defendant filed Tuesday, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman said the government would not seek death in the case.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Victims of the Uvalde mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in May have filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against an array of public entities and officials, seeking damages for ongoing trauma. It was the deadliest U.S. school shooting in almost a decade, and many children were wounded. A spokesperson for the city of Uvalde said on Thursday the city had not been served with the lawsuit and would not comment on pending litigation. Representatives for the Uvalde Police Department, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, the Department of Public Safety and the former chief of the school district's police force did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Separately, the city of Uvalde on Thursday sued District Attorney Christina Mitchell for not handing over investigative materials related to the shooting.

Companies SolarWinds Corp FollowNov 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recommended an enforcement action against SolarWinds Corp (SWI.N) over its public statements on cybersecurity and procedures governing such disclosures, the software firm said on Thursday. SolarWinds said Thursday it had received a Wells notice from the SEC alleging the company violated U.S. securities law "with respect to its cybersecurity disclosures and public statements, as well as its internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures." SolarWinds said it will respond to the notice, and "maintains that its disclosures, public statements, controls and procedures were appropriate." Investors sued SolarWinds in 2021, alleging the company and two executives touted cybersecurity measures publicly while prioritizing cost cutting and profit for SolarWinds' two largest investors. The case is Bremer v. SolarWinds Corp et al., No.

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