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☆ SEC charges ex-CEO of medical device company with fraud, says some devices were 'just a piece of plastic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-19 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021. The complaint alleges that Perryman misrepresented a Stimwave device that was supposedly able to treat chronic nerve pain by using electrical signals. She was arrested in Delray Beach, Florida, and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, and one count of health care fraud, according to a release. The SDNY on Tuesday filed a superseding indictment against Perryman that added criminal securities fraud charges, the SEC said. Stimwave voluntarily recalled the PNS devices, but Curonix still offers a PNS system called Freedom PNS, according to the Curonix website.

Persons: Laura Tyler Perryman, Perryman, Monique C, Winkler, Stimwave, Curonix Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, Technologies, Exchange, SEC, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, San, CNBC, U.S, Attorney's, Southern, of Locations: Washington ,, San Francisco, of New York, Delray Beach , Florida

☆ Swiss bank Banque Pictet admits hiding $5.6 billion of Americans’ money from IRS
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Banque Pictet, the private banking division of the 218-year-old Pictet Group, will pay about $122.9 million in restitution and penalties as part of an agreement with prosecutors. As part of the deal, the bank also agreed to cooperate with ongoing investigations into hidden bank accounts. The Pictet Group said in a statement that the deal follows its "extensive cooperation with the US authorities, in full compliance with Swiss law." The Pictet Group helped clients evade U.S. taxes by opening, maintaining and concealing undeclared accounts for them, prosecutors charged. The Pictet Group maintained about 529 offshore entities for the U.S. accounts in question during the relevant timeframe.

Persons: Damian Williams Organizations: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice, Banque Pictet, DOJ, Justice Department, Attorney, Southern, of, Pictet, Swiss, U.S Locations: Swiss, U.S, of New York, United States

☆ US charges ex-ambassador with spying for Cuba over decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rocha, 73, was arrested and is expected to appear before a federal judge in Miami on Monday. Bolivian President Hugo Banzer shakes hands with Victor Manuel Rocha, the then U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, during a ceremony in the Goverment Palace in La Paz, August 3, 2000. File photo DM/JP/HB Acquire Licensing RightsRocha worked for the State Department from 1981 to 2002, the Justice Department said. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters he was unable to provide details on an ongoing law enforcement matter.

Persons: Victor Manuel Rocha, Merrick Garland, Rocha, Hugo Banzer, Matthew Miller, Miller, Andrew Goudsward, Katharine Jackson, Ismail Shakil, Simon Lewis, Rami Ayyub, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Justice, Justice Department, Cuban, United, Bolivian, HB, State Department, White, National Security Council, . military's Southern Command, Washington, Directorate of Intelligence, Thomson Locations: United States, Bolivia, Cuba, Miami, Goverment, La Paz, Florida, U.S

☆ Former U.S. ambassador spied for Cuba for decades, Justice Department says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with acting illegally as a foreign agent for the government of Cuba, Dec. 4, 2023. Prosecutors say Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, spent more than 40 years spying for Cuba while he rose through the State Department, where he was U.S. ambassador to Bolivia during the Clinton administration. Rocha's case is "one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent," Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday at a press conference. "To further that role, Rocha obtained and maintained employment in the United States government in positions that provided him: (1) access to nonpublic information, including classified information; and (2) the ability to affect United States foreign policy," wrote prosecutors. I have – have created the legend of a right-wing person," Rocha allegedly said, referring to the Cuban intelligence services.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, Victor Manuel Rocha, Clinton, Merrick Garland, Rocha, Rocha's Organizations: State Department, United, Southern, Southern District of, Foreign Government, DOJ, Undercover, Cuban Locations: Bolivia, Cuba, American, Miami, U.S, United States, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Republic of Cuba, States, Cuban

☆ Penguin Random House, Authors Sue Iowa Officials Over School Book Ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kim Reynolds, seen with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, signed a state law earlier this year that bans books in school libraries or classrooms that depict or describe sex acts. Photo: rachel mummey/ReutersPenguin Random House has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block school book banning in Iowa, the latest effort by publishers, authors and teachers to counter the removal of works from school classrooms and libraries. The legal action, filed Thursday in federal district court in the Southern District of Iowa, was prompted by a state law passed earlier this year that bans books in school libraries or classrooms that depict or describe sex acts. The law also bans books that address gender identity or sexual orientation for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Persons: Kim Reynolds, Ron DeSantis, rachel mummey Organizations: Iowa Gov, Florida Gov, Random, Southern District of Locations: Iowa, Southern District, Southern District of Iowa

NEW YORK (AP) — Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with class-action lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion in damages for his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related “non-fungible tokens,” or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Representatives for Ronaldo and Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, did not immediately return The Associated Press' requests for comment. Ronaldo launched his inaugural NFT “CR7” collection with Binance back in November of last year, ahead of the 2022 World Cup. Most recently, on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) Ronaldo reposted a Binance video and wrote that he was “Cooking something up" with the crypto exchange on Tuesday. Over the summer, Binance was accused of operating as an unregistered securities exchange and violating a slew of U.S. securities laws in a lawsuit from regulators.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, ”, Binance, “, Ronaldo's, NFTs, Changpeng Zhao, Larry David, Tom Brady —, FTX’s, Al Nassr Organizations: Southern District of, Associated Press, Twitter, FTX, Spanish, Real Madrid, Juventus, Manchester United, Saudi Arabian Locations: Portuguese, cryptocurrency, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Portugal, Hollywood, England

(AP) — Alec Baldwin didn't have to pay anything to resolve a $25 million lawsuit filed by family members of a Marine killed in Afghanistan after the actor chastised them on social media over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Baldwin's attorney said. Rylee McCollum, of Jackson, Wyoming, When the McCollum family didn’t file an amended lawsuit as Ramos invited to do before a September deadline, the judge closed the case in October. Lawyers for both sides, including McCollum family attorney Dennis Postiglione, did not comment further on the case when contacted by email Thursday. Reached by email Wednesday, Postiglione declined to comment and said the McCollum family would not comment. The lawsuit was filed as Baldwin faced legal peril for the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set in 2021.

Persons: — Alec Baldwin didn't, Edgardo Ramos, Lance Cpl, Rylee McCollum, McCollum, Ramos, Baldwin, Luke Nikas, Dennis Postiglione, Postiglione, Roice McCollum, ”, Donald Trump’s Jan, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza Organizations: U.S . Capitol, U.S . Southern, of New, Associated Press, Washington , D.C, FBI Locations: Afghanistan, U.S, Jackson , Wyoming, Kabul, Wyoming, New York, Washington ,, New Mexico

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Monday and was ordered by a judge to remain held without bond. All three men are undergraduate students at colleges in other cities but were staying with Awartani and his relatives in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday. [1/8]Jason J. Eaton, 48, a suspect who was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, poses for a police booking photograph in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. November 27, 2023. Police said the suspect had legally acquired the gun used in the shooting a few months ago. Police said all three are of Palestinian descent - two of them U.S. citizens and the third a legal U.S. resident.

Persons: Jason J, Eaton, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen, Kinnan, Awartani, Easton, Investigators, I'VE, I've, Sarah Fair George, Jon Murad, General Merrick Garland, Garland, Joe Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, Aliahmad, Rich McKay, Susan Heavey, Luc Cohen, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Katharine Jackson, Steve Gorman, Frank McGurty, Bill Berkrot, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Police, University of Vermont, FBI, U.S . Bureau, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Burlington Police Department, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Palestinian, Hamas, Burlington Police, U.S . Department of Justice, of, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Ramallah Friends School, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Vermont's, U.S, United States, Israel, of New York, America, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Ramallah, Atlanta, Los Angeles

☆ Suspect in shooting of Palestinian American students pleads not guilty in Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The suspect in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont over the weekend pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted second-degree murder on Monday and was ordered by a judge to be held without bond. Police say Eaton used a pistol to shoot them on the street near the University of Vermont in Burlington on Saturday evening and then ran away. Police said the suspect had legally acquired the gun used in the shooting a few months ago. [1/5]Jason J. Eaton, 48, a suspect who was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, poses for a police booking photograph in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. November 27, 2023. Two of the students were visiting the home of the third student's family in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Persons: Jason J, Eaton, Sarah Fair George, General Merrick Garland, Garland, Joe Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, Tahseen Ahmed, Rich McKay, Susan Heavy, Luc Cohen, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Katharine Jackson, Frank McGurty, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Police, University of Vermont, Palestinian, Hamas, Burlington Police Department, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Institute for Middle, U.S . Department of Justice, of, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Ramallah Friends School, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Vermont, Chittenden, Burlington, East, Chittenden County, United States, Israel, Burlington , Vermont, U.S, of New York, America, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Ramallah, Atlanta

☆ William Casey, Who Uncovered Police Corruption, Dies at 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Sam Roberts | More About Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

William M. Casey, a former New York City deputy police chief who was the unheralded hero of the “Dirty 30” corruption investigation that ensnared one-sixth of the officers assigned to a West Harlem precinct, died on Nov. 9 at his home in Pleasantville, N.Y. The cause was complications of a stroke and Parkinson’s disease, his daughter, Kimberly Wildey, said. The scandal — often described as the largest police corruption case involving a single precinct in the department’s history — was uncovered by a commission on police corruption appointed by Mayor David N. Dinkins in 1992 and headed by Justice Milton Mollen of the New York State Supreme Court. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York under Mary Jo White. The operation resulted in charges against 34 officers, 30 of whom were either convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes ranging from perjury and civil rights violations to stealing drugs or cash from narcotics dealers.

Persons: William M, Casey, Kimberly Wildey, —, David N, Dinkins, Milton Mollen, Mary Jo White Organizations: New York, Court, U.S, Southern, of, West 151st Locations: New York City, West Harlem, Pleasantville, N.Y, of New York, Amsterdam Avenue

☆ DOJ Settles With Two U.K. Reinsurance Brokers Over Ecuador Bribes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( David Smagalla | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tysers Insurance Brokers will pay a $36 million criminal penalty, while H.W. Wood will only pay a $508,000 penalty due to its financial condition, the Justice Department said. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/Associated PressThe Justice Department has settled with two U.K.-based reinsurance brokers that admitted to participating in a scheme to bribe Ecuadorean government officials. Tysers Insurance Brokers and H.W. Wood have agreed to enter into three-year deferred prosecution agreements filed in the Southern District of Florida.

Persons: Wood, Jose Luis Magana Organizations: Tysers, Justice Department, Associated Press The Justice, Tysers Insurance, Southern District of Locations: H.W, Southern District, Southern District of Florida

The lawsuit also alleged that Pfizer, despite knowing of the quality-control issues, persuaded Texas' Medicaid program to add Quillivant to its list of preferred drugs. The lawsuit accuses the companies of defrauding the state's Medicaid program, and seeks unspecified money damages from the companies. Pfizer and Tris, which manufactured the drug for Pfizer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2017 warned Tris of manufacturing lapses. Reporting by Brendan Pierson in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ken Paxton, Pfizer, Tris, Paxton, Quillivant, Tarik Ahmed, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Pfizer, REUTERS, Texas, Tris, Republican, Nextwave Pharmaceuticals, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Southern, of, Thomson Locations: Harrison County , Texas, Texas, U.S, Manhattan, of New York, New York

☆ Citigroup managing director sues over sexual harassment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Citigroup (C.N) was sued on Monday by a managing director who said a former top equities banker subjected her to sexual harassment and abuse including death threats. Lindsey also accused Citigroup of tolerating a "notoriously hostile" environment in its equities division. Lindsey's lawsuit also seeks damages under New York's Adult Survivors Act for an alleged sexual assault by another Citigroup executive following a December 2007 holiday party. The case is Lindsey v Citigroup Global Markets Inc, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Ardith Lindsey, Mani Singh, Lindsey, Singh, Lindsey's, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, Jeremiah Iadevaia, Jonathan Stempel, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Citigroup Inc, Citi, REUTERS, Citigroup, North America Markets, U.S, Lindsey, Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, New York, Americas, Manhattan, Singh, Southern District, Southern District of New York

☆ Why it's now easier for student loan borrowers to get rid of their debt in bankruptcy court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Richard Levine | Corbis News | Getty ImagesFor decades, it was nearly impossible for student loan borrowers to walk away from their debt in bankruptcy court. Congress has set a high bar for discharging student loan debt in bankruptcy. Under the new process, student loan borrowers complete a form to assist the government in evaluating their discharge request. "It makes it easier for student loan borrowers to qualify for bankruptcy discharge by clearly setting out the policy," said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Federal student loan borrowers have several ways to reduce their debt burden, including payment plans with $0 monthly payments and economic hardship and unemployment deferments.

Persons: Richard Levine, That's, Biden, —, Mark Kantrowitz, Kantrowitz Organizations: United State Bankruptcy Court Southern District of NY, Corbis, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S . Department of Education, American Bar Association, Consumer, Federal

☆ Sean Combs Accused of Physical, Mental Abuse by Former Partner
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sean Combs, through a lawyer, denies all of the allegations against him in the lawsuit. Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision/Associated PressA former romantic partner of producer and entrepreneur Sean Combs has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the music mogul of physical and mental abuse spanning roughly a decade. In a suit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, R&B singer Cassie, who was once signed to Combs’s Bad Boy Records label, accused him of using drugs and alcohol to control her during their relationship. The pair first met in late 2005, when she was 19 years old and he was 37, the suit said.

Persons: Sean Combs, Jordan Strauss, Cassie Organizations: Press, Southern, of, Bad Boy Records Locations: U.S, of New York

☆ Rio Tinto to pay $28 million fine to settle US SEC fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. Former chief executive Tom Albanese agreed to pay a $50,000 civil fine to settle related SEC claims. Neither he nor Rio Tinto admitted wrongdoing. Rio Tinto confirmed the settlement but declined additional comment. The case is SEC v Rio Tinto Plc et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Analisa Torres, Rio, Tom Albanese, Rio Tinto, James Loonam, Guy Elliott, Torres, Riversdale, Albanese, Theodore Wells, Wells, Jonathan Stempel, Bill Berkrot, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Rio Tinto, Developers Association of Canada, REUTERS, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, U.S, District, SEC, Rio Tinto Coal, Tinto, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Rio, Toronto , Ontario, Canada, U.S, Mozambique, Manhattan, Rio Tinto, Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Sean Combs, Cassie settle her bombshell rape, sex trafficking lawsuit day after filing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cassie Ventura and Sean 'Diddy' Combs attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. Terms of the settlement between Combs and his former romantic partner Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, were not disclosed. In his own statement that was contained in the email, Combs said, "We have decided to resolve this matter amicably." The settlement was a remarkably quick and stunning end to a shocking civil suit Cassie filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court. And Cassie in her suit said Combs forced her to have sex with "male sex workers while masturbating and filming the encounters."

Persons: Cassie Ventura, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Cassie, Sean Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Douglas Wigdor Organizations: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States, Court, Southern, of, Bad Boy Records Locations: New York City, of New York, Manhattan

[1/2] Lawyer David Boies gestures as he walks out of the Southern District of New York court, New York, U.S., July 15, 2019. Boies' tenure as chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner ends December 2024, a firm spokesperson said on Friday. Boies Schiller has lost nearly half of its lawyers over the last three years. Another who briefly held the role, Natasha Harrison, left Boies Schiller last year to found her own firm. Boies Schiller is now managed by a trio of managing partners, who praised Boies' leadership in a statement on Friday.

Persons: David Boies, Andrew Kelly, Harvey Weinstein, Boies, Boies Schiller Flexner, Boies Schiller, Nicholas Gravante, Cadwalader, Taft, Natasha Harrison, David, Matthew Schwartz, Sigrid McCawley, Alan Vickery, Al Gore, George W, Bush, Weinstein, David Thomas, David Bario, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Southern, of, REUTERS, Microsoft, U.S, Supreme, Thomson Locations: of New York, New York, U.S, Hollywood, Wickersham

☆ Manhattan counterfeit goods: Two arrested in largest seizure in US history, retailing at more than $1 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Two people have been arrested in the largest seizure of counterfeit goods in US history, including knock-off designer goods with an estimated retail value of more than a billion dollars, officials in New York said. Sow and Jalloh ran the trafficking operation out of a Manhattan storage facility from January to October, the news release from the attorney’s office said. Counterfeit goods were also found during searches of separate locations controlled by Sow and Jalloh, according to prosecutors. NY/ Two arrested in largest counterfeit goods seizure in Manhattan, retailing at more than $1B U.S. Attorney's OfficeApproximately 219,000 counterfeit items with an estimated retail value of $1.03 billion were found during the seizure, including bags, clothes, shoes and other products, prosecutors said. The trafficking charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, the attorney’s office said.

Persons: Adama Sow, Abdulai Jalloh, Jalloh, Damian Williams Organizations: CNN, US, Office, Southern, of, Attorney's Locations: New York, of New York, Sow, Manhattan, New York City

☆ Trump 'made his own bed,' cannot add witness for writer's trial - judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Trump had claimed he would suffer "extreme prejudice" without a new damages expert for the scheduled Jan. 16, 2024, trial. That Trump's chosen expert "was unreliable and would not testify had been known to him for months. Trump's lawyers are defending him at trial against New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud claims related to his family business, the Trump Organization. In May, a jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million for sexual assault and defamation in a second lawsuit, after Trump again denied her claims in October 2022. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Donald Trump, Steve Marcus, Donald Trump's, Jean Carroll, Trump, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Letitia James, Carroll, Jonathan Stempel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Republican U.S, Republican Jewish Coalition, Leadership, REUTERS, U.S, District, New York, Trump Organization ., Elle, Trump, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ This is what the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit shoes, bags, and other luxury items looks like
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Authorities in New York recently announced the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods in the US. The 219,000 counterfeit items seized included 219,000 bags, clothes, shoes, and other luxury products. AdvertisementFederal authorities in New York City just made the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods — worth an estimated $1.03 billion. Boxes full of counterfeit goods were seized from the storage facility. AdvertisementPhotos released by authorities show boxes upon boxes full of counterfeit goods, as well as units with floor to ceiling shelves absolutely overflowing with counterfeit luxury handbags, shoes, wallets, clothing, sunglasses, and more.

Persons: —, it's Organizations: Service, Southern, of, Attorney's, Southern District of New York Authorities, Southern District of, US Department of Homeland Security, Chamber of Commerce, Frontier Locations: New York, Manhattan, New York City, of New York, Southern District, NYC's Chinatown, Southern District of New York

☆ Trump 'Made His Own Bed,' Cannot Add Witness for Writer's Trial - Judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Trump had claimed he would suffer "extreme prejudice" without a new damages expert for the scheduled Jan. 16, 2024, trial. He said he hadn't foreseen a need for one until after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversees the case, on Oct. 5 excluded testimony from another expert. That Trump's chosen expert "was unreliable and would not testify had been known to him for months. Trump's lawyers are defending him at trial against New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud claims related to his family business, the Trump Organization. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Jonathan Stempel, Donald Trump's, Jean Carroll, Trump, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Letitia James, Carroll, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, District, New York, Trump Organization ., Elle, Trump, Court, Southern District of Locations: Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ NYU is sued by Jewish students who allege antisemitism on campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - New York University (NYU) was sued on Tuesday by three Jewish students who accused the school of creating a hostile environment in which Jewish students are subjected to pervasive antisemitic hatred, discrimination, harassment and intimidation. They also said Jewish students' complaints are "ignored, slow-walked, or met with gaslighting" by NYU administrators including Linda Mills, who became president in July. According to the complaint, Mills this month dismissed a petition from 4,000 NYU members expressing concern about antisemitism, saying the problem had been blown "out of proportion" and chiding Jewish students as "alarmist." "NYU's deliberate indifference toward the plight of its Jewish students under siege by egregious antisemitism has been outrageous," Marc Kasowitz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement. The case is Ingber et al v New York University, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Bella Ingber, Sabrina Maslavi, Saul Tawil, Hitler, Linda Mills, Mills, Tawil, Maslavi, Marc Kasowitz, Jonathan Stempel, Bill Berkrot Organizations: New York University, NYU, Hamas, Jewish, U.S, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, Israel, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Manhattan real estate brokerages are sued for inflating commissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Monday accuses the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and more than two dozen brokerages and companies of conspiring to artificially inflate commissions paid to agents who help sell residential real estate in Manhattan. That verdict, which a judge can triple to more than $5.3 billion, could upend decades-old practices that require sellers to pay commissions to buyers' brokers. March said it is unclear whether this would result in lower commissions, or delay sales while buyers' brokers negotiate with sellers. The lawsuit seeks damages for sellers of Manhattan residential property in the last four years who paid buyer brokers' commissions under REBNY rules. The case is March v. Real Estate Board of New York et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Douglas, Mike Segar, Douglas Elliman, Monty, Carl Hum, Corcoran, REBNY, Jonathan Stempel, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Real, Board, New, Corcoran, National Association of Realtors, NAR, ., Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan's, New York City , New York, U.S, New York, Manhattan, Missouri, Brooklyn, Southern District, Southern District of New York

☆ Peter Nygard trial verdict: Former fashion mogul found guilty on 4 counts of sexual assault
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court on Sunday, following a six-week trial. The accusers were then “forcibly sexually assaulted, drugged, and/or coerced into sexual contact with Nygard,” according to the US indictment. Nygard consented to be extradited to the United States in 2021 but in 2023 he appealed against extradition, according to court documents reviewed by CBC. Nygard served as chairman of Winnipeg-based women’s clothing company Nygard International, which he founded in 1967. In March 2020, Nygard International filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and the United States after the sex trafficking allegations.

Persons: Peter Nygard, Nygard, “, Ken Frydman, CNN’s Sheena Jones, Madeline Holcombe, Laura Ly, Sonia Moghe, Ray Sanchez Organizations: CNN, of, Prosecutors, CBC, Nygard International, Nygard Locations: Toronto, United States, Southern, of New York, Winnipeg, Canada

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