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Harrison Floyd is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24. Harrison Floyd said at his first court appearance that he could not afford a private lawyer and had been denied representation by a public defender because he did not qualify. Floyd, who appeared virtually, said that it typically cost between $40,000 to $100,000 just to retain a private lawyer to fly to Georgia. Richardson told Floyd that he could either hire a lawyer or represent himself. In a separate case, Floyd was arrested in Maryland in May and charged with assaulting FBI agents who tried to serve him with a subpoena, court records show.

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The 3M logo is seen at its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. on March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies 3M Co FollowAug 25 (Reuters) - 3M Co (MMM.N) has agreed to pay more than $6.5 million to resolve U.S. charges of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations (FCPA) related to a 3M subsidiary in China, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday. 3M did not admit or deny the SEC's findings, according to the statement. "This matter highlights the dangers to companies with global operations posed by inadequate internal accounting controls," said SEC's FCPA unit chief Charles Cain. 3M said it discovered in 2018 that some employees had circumvented company controls and ethics policy, and the company reported the matter to the U.S. government and fully cooperated with its investigation.

Persons: Nicholas Pfosi, Charles Cain, 3M, Susan Heavey, Ismail Shakil, Rami Ayyub, Caitlin Webber, Mike Harrison Organizations: REUTERS, Securities and Exchange, SEC, Employees, Thomson Locations: Maplewood , Minnesota, U.S, China

REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 25 (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Friday blocked a Republican-backed state law banning so-called gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery for transgender minors from taking effect while she hears a legal challenge to it. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed the law in June, making Texas one of at least 20 states to ban gender-affirming care. The offices of Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Mainstream U.S. medical groups including the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics oppose the measure and maintain that gender-affirming care improves transgender patients' mental health and reduces risk of suicide. Several other similar state laws have been blocked by judges, though a federal appeals court this week revived Alabama's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Persons: Jonathan Drake, Judge Maria Cantu Hexsel, Greg Abbott, Brian Klosterboer, Ken Paxton, Brendan Pierson, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, Republican, Texas, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, U.S, American Medical Association, American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Thomson Locations: Durham , North Carolina, United States, Texas, Travis County, Austin, Abbott, New York

[1/2] Wells Fargo Bank branch is seen in New York City, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo (WFC.N) has agreed to pay a $35 million civil penalty to settle U.S. charges that the company overcharged advisory fees, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Friday. The SEC said it charged Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC for overcharging more than 10,900 investment advisory accounts more than $26.8 million in advisory fees. Wells Fargo settled without admitting or denying the charges, the SEC said in a statement. Wells Fargo paid affected account holders about $40 million, including interest, to reimburse them for the overcharging, according to the statement.

Persons: Wells, Wells Fargo, Ismail Shakil, Nupur Anand, Susan Heavey, Mark Potter Organizations: Wells, REUTERS, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Services, Financial, Advisors, Thomson Locations: Wells Fargo Bank, New York City, U.S, Wells Fargo, Wells, Ottawa, New York

That trial date will not necessarily apply to Trump or the other 17 defendants. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was stone-faced in his mug shot while lawyer Jenna Ellis smiled. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4, but moved it up after Chesebro asked that his trial start by October. Trump is due to enter a plea on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

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It will be a more popular image than the Mona Lisa," said Laura Loomer, 30, a Republican former congressional candidate who mingled with other Trump supporters outside the jail on Thursday morning. In the Georgia case, Trump faces 13 felony counts including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss and setting up an illegitimate slate of electors to undermine the formal congressional certification of Biden's victory. Trump, 77, is due to enter a plea in the Georgia case on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. Trump has agreed to post $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case. 'I'M APPALLED'About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Trump, Joe Biden, Al Capone, Frank Sinatra, Mona Lisa, Laura Loomer, Fani Willis, Rudolph Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jack Smith, Steve Sadow, Willis, Bragg, Bob Kunst, Trump's, Tucker Carlson, I've, Biden, Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Mafia, Manhattan, Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S . Justice Department, Republicans, . House, Miami Beach, U.S, Capitol, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia, Manhattan, Fulton County, New York, Washington, Miami, Manhattan , Miami, Milwaukee

Trump, 77, has denied wrongdoing and attacked the case as politically motivated. Trump's lead in opinion polls has widened since his first indictment, and his supporters say they believe the charges are politically motivated. In Georgia, Trump is accused of pressuring state officials and setting up a slate of illegitimate electors to reverse his 2020 defeat. He is due to enter a plea in the Georgia case on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three cases. Nine of Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case, including his former lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, have surrendered to authorities.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden, Trump, Tucker Carlson, I've, Trump's, Biden, Rudolph Giuliani, Andy Sullivan, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Trump, White, Republican, Democratic, U.S . Justice Department, U.S . Capitol, Authorities, Washington , D.C, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Atlanta, Fulton, New York, Manhattan , Miami, Washington, Milwaukee, Washington ,, Florida, Georgia

Judges in Georgia rarely revoke bail and would be extremely unlikely to do so over social media posts or inflammatory statements on the campaign trail, according to legal experts. Trump is seeking the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 U.S. election. His social media postings have become a point of contention in the Washington case in which he is also charged with election subversion. Trump's bond bars him from discussing the facts of the case with potential witnesses without lawyers present. Unlike in Georgia, it does not explicitly restrict his social media posts.

Persons: Dustin Chambers, Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump, Joe Biden, jailing Trump, Scott McAfee, Tanya Chutkan, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Will Dunham Organizations: Jail, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Democrat, Democratic, TRUMP, U.S, Washington , D.C, Prosecutors, Trump, Thomson Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia, Washington ,, Florida, New York, Washington

Aug 24 (Reuters) - A Las Vegas restaurant whose parent is led by Michelin-starred chef Thomas Keller was sued on Thursday by a U.S. government agency, which accused managers of sexually harassing female and male employees on a daily basis. Keller's company, Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, is also a defendant. The EEOC filed its lawsuit in federal court in Las Vegas. It also filed three other sexual harassment lawsuits on Thursday against restaurants in the Las Vegas area. The EEOC said the misconduct at Bouchon included sexual advances, sexually charged comments and unwanted advances, primarily by men.

Persons: Thomas Keller, Keller, Mario Batali, John Besh, Ken Friedman, EEOC, Carol Zavala, Zavala, VII, Jonathan Stempel, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Michelin, U.S, Employment Opportunity Commission, Thomas Keller Restaurant, Civil, District of, Thomson Locations: Vegas, Las Vegas, California , New York, Miami, Northern, Napa Valley, Se, New York City, U.S, District, District of Nevada, New York

A supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a banner at the entrance of the Fulton County Jail, as Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in to be processed after his Georgia indictment, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers Acquire Licensing Rights

Persons: Donald Trump, Dustin Chambers Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Fulton, Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S

The American Alliance for Equal Rights sued Perkins Coie in Dallas and Morrison & Foerster in Miami two months after the Supreme Court sided with another group founded by activist Edward Blum and rejected affirmative action policies used by many colleges to increase enrollment of racial minorities. The federal lawsuits accused both law firms of unlawfully discriminating against white candidates by limiting which law students could be considered for paid fellowships designed in part to help support the recruitment of people of color. "Excluding students from these esteemed fellowships because they are the wrong race is unfair, polarizing and illegal," Blum, who is white, said in a statement. Perkins Coie, founded in Seattle, offers "diversity fellowships" that provide stipends of $15,000 to $25,000 and paid positions as summer associates, a position that at major law firms can lead to full-time jobs with six-figure salaries. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Edward Blum, Perkins Coie, Morrison, Foerster, " Blum, Perkins, Nate Raymond, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Harvard University, University of North, Activision, American Alliance for Equal Rights, Activision Blizzard, Kellogg, Gannett, Civil, American, American Alliance for Equal, Atlanta, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina, Washington , U.S, Dallas, Miami, Seattle, United States, Asia, San Francisco, Blum's Texas, Boston

Jenkins denied a motion by McDonald's and Kempczinski to dismiss Peaster's race discrimination and retaliation claims. The judge did dismiss claims that McDonald's had created a hostile work environment and intentionally caused Peaster emotional distress. Carmen Caruso, a lawyer for Peaster, said he looks forward to bringing the surviving claims to trial. At a 2021 meeting at McDonald's corporate headquarters, Peaster, the company's vice president of global safety, security, and intelligence, said Kempczinski's response to the incident had been insufficient. Peaster claims that following the meeting, Kempczinski and other executives retaliated against him by refusing to meet with him and making it impossible for him to do his job.

Persons: Chris Kempczinski, District Judge Linsday Jenkins, Michael Peaster, Peaster, Jenkins, Kempczinski, McDonald's, Carmen Caruso, Lori Lightfoot, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: McDonald's, McDonald's Corp, District, Chicago, Peaster, Thomson Locations: Chicago, U.S, Albany , New York

Antrim Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreAug 23(Reuters) - A trial for the last three men to face charges in a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer began on Wednesday in state court, where they are accused of terrorism and firearms crimes. The Michigan men face up to 20 years in prison if they are convicted of the charges. The three defendants are the last of more than a dozen men to face federal and state charges in the kidnapping conspiracy. The group of men were accused of taking part in an elaborate plot to abduct the governor from her vacation home, then put her on trial for treason. Both men were convicted of domestic terrorism, conspiracy to kidnap and other crimes in a federal trial.

Persons: William Null, Eric Molitor, Michael Null, Shawn Fix, Gretchen Whitmer, William, Charles Hamlyn, Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr, Brendan O'Brien, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Antrim County Sheriff's, Prosecutors, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Antrim County, Michigan, Antrim, Antrim County , Michigan, Chicago

South Carolina Republican state senator Katrina Frye Shealy debates a six-week abortion ban at the state legislature in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 23 (Reuters) - South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday upheld a new state law banning abortion after fetal heart activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, months after it blocked a similar ban. "With this victory, we protect the lives of countless unborn children and reaffirm South Carolina's place as one of the most pro-life states in America," South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, a Republican, said in a statement. The new law came after the state Supreme Court in January struck down a previous abortion law, by a 3-2 vote. South Carolina's Republican legislature in February replaced Hearn, who was the sole woman on the five-member court, with Justice Garrison Hill, who voted to uphold the new law on Wednesday.

Persons: Katrina Frye, Sam Wolfe, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, Justice Kaye Hearn, Hearn, Justice Garrison Hill, John Few, Donald Beatty, Brendan Pierson, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: South, South Carolina Republican, REUTERS, South Carolina Supreme, South Carolina Governor, Republican, Democrat, South Carolina's Republican, Justice, Thomson Locations: South Carolina, Columbia , South Carolina, U.S, America, South Carolina's, New York

Trump was set to turn himself in on Thursday to face his fourth criminal indictment this year. [1/7]Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 23, 2023. Giuliani and other Trump allies were also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election. Four co-defendants also surrendered at the jail on Wednesday, according to records posted on the Fulton County sheriff's office website. Trump also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case involving hush money paid before the 2016 election to a porn star.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani, Fani Willis, Trump, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Dustin Chambers, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Ray Smith, Trump's, John Eastman, Scott Hall, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Shafer, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Meadows, Jack Smith, Biden, General Merrick Garland, Jack Queen, Susan Heavey, Jacqueline Thomsen, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Matthew Lewis Organizations: New York City, Democratic, Trump, Jail, REUTERS, Republican, Georgia Republican, White House, Justice, Clark, U.S, Thomson Locations: Fulton County , Ohio, ATLANTA, Atlanta, U.S, Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Manhattan, Washington

Speaking in New York, Giuliani denied wrongdoing and defended Trump. Giuliani played a prominent public role in the Trump campaign's efforts to push false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Giuliani and other Trump allies were also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election. Ray Smith, a lawyer who previously represented Trump in Georgia, also surrendered on Wednesday. Trump also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case involving hush money paid before the 2016 election to a porn star.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's, Fani Willis, Giuliani, Trump, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Ray Smith, Trump's, John Eastman, Scott Hall, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Shafer, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Jack Smith, Biden, General Merrick Garland, Jack Queen, Susan Heavey, Jacqueline Thomsen, Scott Malone Organizations: ATLANTA, Trump, New York City, Republican, Democratic, Former New York City, Acquire, Georgia Republican, White House, Justice, U.S, Thomson Locations: Georgia, U.S, Fulton County, Atlanta, New York, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Manhattan, Washington

The logo of non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea is seen through a magnifying glass amid NFT items displayed on its website, in this illustration picture taken February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sentenced a former product manager at OpenSea, the world's largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to three months in prison on Tuesday for buying NFTs he knew would soon be featured on the site's home page. Nathaniel Chastain, 33, was convicted of fraud and money laundering in federal court in Manhattan in May for what prosecutors called the first insider trading case involving digital assets. Chastain's attorneys had asked for no prison time, saying he had already lost his reputation, job and equity in OpenSea worth millions of dollars. Prosecutors unsealed charges against Chastain in June 2022, after a boom in NFT sales saw the market grow to about $40 billion in 2021.

Persons: Florence Lo, Nathaniel Chastain, Chastain, Ishan Wahi, OpenSea, Jody Godoy, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Prosecutors, Global Inc, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: U.S, OpenSea, Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies CURO Group Holdings Corp FollowAug 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. consumer finance regulator sued a subsidiary of fintech lender Curo Group Holdings Corp. (CURO.N) on Tuesday, alleging it pushed struggling borrowers to refinance short-term loans to keep them in debt and reap fees. Curo acquired Heights Finance for $360 million in late 2021 from private equity firm Milestone Partners. The agency said Heights Finance generated 40% of its net revenue from repeated refinances. The case is CFPB v. Heights Finance Holding Co. et al., No.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Rohit Chopra, Curo, refi, Jody Godoy, Mark Potter Organizations: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, CURO Group Holdings, Curo Group Holdings Corp, U.S, Finance Holding Co, Heights Finance, Milestone Partners, Finance, Heights Finance Holding, District of, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, U.S, Greenville , South Carolina, Texas , Oklahoma , Alabama, Georgia , Tennessee, South Carolina, District of South Carolina, New York

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden named former federal prosecutor and Chicago lawyer Ed Siskel as his top White House lawyer on Tuesday, saying the former White House deputy counsel would start his new post next month. Siskel served in the White House Counsel's office for nearly four years when Biden was vice president under former President Barack Obama, including as deputy counsel, the White House said in a statement. "For nearly four years in the White House when I was vice president, he helped the Counsel’s Office navigate complex challenges and advance the president’s agenda on behalf of the American people," Biden wrote. He previously was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois and was a clerk for then-Justice John Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said. Siskel replaces Stuart Delery, who is stepping down after serving as White House counsel since July 2022.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Ed Siskel, Siskel, Biden, Barack Obama, I, Biden’s, Hunter, Obama, Rahm Emanuel, John Stevens, Stuart Delery, Susan Heavey, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Lahaina Civic Center, REUTERS, Rights, White, . House Republicans, Chicago, Trump, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S, Attorney’s, Northern District of Illinois, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S, Chicago, Northern District

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen prior to the start of the court's 2022-2023 term in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 21 (Reuters) - A parents group backed by a conservative legal organization asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to consider whether an admissions policy aimed at diversifying an elite Virginia high school is racially discriminatory. But unlike the higher education cases, the admissions policy adopted in 2020 by Virginia's Fairfax County School Board for the state-chartered magnet high school was on its face race neutral. In February 2022, U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton sided with the parents' group lawyers at the libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation. Last year the Supreme Court declined an emergency request to block its policy, though three conservative justices dissented.

Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Thomas, Claude Hilton, Appeals, Nate Raymond, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Fairfax, Fairfax County School Board, TJ, Coalition, District, Pacific Legal Foundation, Circuit, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Virginia, Fairfax County, Alexandria, Constitution's, U.S, Richmond, Boston

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. Bankman-Fried was jailed after sharing the personal writings of his former romantic partner and colleague, Caroline Ellison, with a New York Times reporter. Bankman-Fried has acknowledged risk management failures at FTX but denied stealing funds. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried disclosed that he also may assert an advice-of-counsel defense at trial, prosecutors said in court papers on Friday. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Fried, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, Fenwick, Luc Cohen, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, District, Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention, New York Times, Alameda Research, Prosecutors, Bankman, West, Fenwick, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan, Brooklyn's, Alameda, Silicon Valley

A customer browses Apple watches at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Apple Inc FollowNEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that the blood oxygen sensor on its Apple Watch exhibits "racial bias" against people with darker skin tones. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan dismissed the proposed class action with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again. Doctors have long known that pulse oximeters, which help assess potential heart and respiratory problems, are less accurate in estimating blood oxygen of non-white patients. The case is Morales v Apple Inc, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Apple, Lucy Nicholson, Jed Rakoff, Alex Morales, Morales, Jonathan Stempel, Andy Sullivan Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Monday, Apple Watch, Apple Inc, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Manhattan, Manhattan's, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

A Boeing 737 MAX-10 lands over the Spirit AeroSystems logo during a flying display at the 54th International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 22, 2023. Spirit AeroSystems did not immediately respond to a request for comment. After the grounding, Boeing reduced production of the 737 MAX from 52 shipsets per month to 42 but kept purchasing 52 shipsets from Spirit. Spirit reassured investors in October 2019 it would continue to produce 52 shipsets for an extended period. In December 2019, Boeing told Spirit to stop delivering shipsets for the 737MAX.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, AeroSystems, Gilson, Spirit, Nate Raymond, David Shepardson, Jonathan Oatis, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Boeing, International Paris Air, Le, REUTERS, Spirit, Circuit, Appeals, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomson Locations: Le Bourget, Paris, France, Denver, Boston, Washington

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., July 7, 2023. The document, a bond agreement signed by Trump's attorneys and Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis, sets out release terms including restrictions on intimidating witnesses and obstructing justice. "The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media," states the order, signed by Fulton County Superior Court judge Scott McAfee. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and 18 co-defendants were indicted in the Georgia case on Aug. 14. Prosecutors in the case have proposed that the trial start on March 4, 2024, while Trump's lawyers have asked for a 2026 trial.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Willis, Jasper Ward, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Fulton Country District Attorney, Fulton, Trump, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Bluffs , Iowa, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Indivior (INDV.L) has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by health plans accusing the drugmaker of illegally suppressing generic competition for its opioid addiction treatment Suboxone. The settlement, disclosed on Saturday in a filing by lawyers for the health plans in federal court in Philadelphia, must still be approved by a judge. Indivior is still facing claims by drug wholesalers that bought Suboxone from the Virginia-based company directly, with a trial scheduled in October. Lawyers for the health plans did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Indivior agreed in June to pay $102.5 million to settle related claims by 41 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

Persons: Indivior, Mark Crossley, Suboxone, Brendan Pierson, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: U.S, D.C, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Thomson Locations: U.S, Philadelphia, Virginia, Washington, United States, New York

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