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The article focuses on a series of lawsuits threatening to impede the shareholder vote on the merger between former President Donald J. Trump's social media company and a shell company, as two early founders file a lawsuit claiming Trump Media is attempting to dilute their ownership stake.

The article focuses on a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan by lawyers representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein, suing his longtime personal lawyer, Darren Indyke, and his accountant, Richard Kahn, for "aiding, abetting, and facilitating" Epstein's sex trafficking activities.

The article focuses on JPMorgan Chase agreeing to pay 75 million U.S. dollar to settle claims that it facilitated Jeffrey Epstein's activities, including his sex trafficking operation, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, just before a scheduled trial on the matter.

The article reports on the potential lawsuits against bank JPMorgan Chase due to its relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 after being charged with sex trafficking lawsuit. Based on federal probes, several JPMorgan employees already filed many suspicious activity reports (SAR) against Epstein. Also cited are the alleged close relationship of Epstein with several top officials of the bank.

The article focuses on the U.S. Virgin Islands seeking 190 million U.S. dollar in penalties from JPMorgan Chase in a lawsuit related to the bank's alleged failure to detect and report the sex trafficking operation of Jeffrey Epstein, as the government aims to compensate for the bank's roles.

The article reports on the move by the estate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to defend the latter against his accusers as of October 2019. Also cited are the petition filed by Epstein's lawyers with a Virgin Islands judge to allow payment of fees to a New York law firm defending the estate, the continuous operation of Epstein's company Southern Trust, and the will of Epstein putting his estate into a trust.

The article discusses the law firm King & Spalding's March 2014 internal investigation, led by Anton R. Valukas, of General Motors after previously representing the manufacturer in lawsuits from consumers. Details related to the company's lawsuits regarding its recalled automobiles, the reasons behind the investigation, and internal investigations launched by other institutions are provided. Commentary from lawyers Lance Cooper, William R. McLucas, and Ellen S. Podgor are provided.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed against real estate adviser Clayton Morris, his wife Natali and their company Morris Invest, by several of their clients who claim they were sold ramshackle homes as investment properties. Topics discussed include Morris Invest's efforts to connect mom-and-pop investors with turnkey investment homes across the U.S., the Morrises' insistence that they were not to blame for the properties' problems, and the growing interest in real estate speculation.

The article reports on how lawyers are profiting from litigation in the U.S. over transvaginal mesh. Topics discussed include the implantation of pelvic mesh in women to treat their urinary problems, mass torts filed against several medical device manufacturers due to complications associated with pelvic mesh, and reduced settlement payouts to the women because of high legal fees.

The article reports on the filing by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a fraud lawsuit on September 27, 2018 against Elon Musk, chief executive officer (CEO) of electric vehicles manufacturer Tesla, by misleading investors with false public statements on the microblogging site Twitter. Topics covered include the how the case could force him out of the company's leadership and the impact of the case on how companies use Twitter to communicate to the investing public.

The article focuses on a new trend in funding slip-and-fall lawsuits in the field of litigation-finance business. Some litigation-finance firms involved in the scheme such as Fast Trak Legal Funding are backed by hedge funds and private equity companies to bankroll defendant's lawsuit with large cash advances. The business of litigating claims in slip-and-fall cases is considered to have a long history of abuse, with insurance companies spending large amount of money in detecting fraud.

The article focuses on how some women in the U.S. are being coaxed into having unnecessary surgery so that they become plaintiffs in lawsuits against medical device manufacturers. Topics covered include how lawyers build up such cases with the help of marketing firms and finance companies that offer high-interest loans to clients, mass tort cases surrounding mesh implants to treat pelvic organ prolapse, and overview of litigation against mesh implants manufacturers such as Boston Scientific.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by a woman employee of investor Steven A. Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management LP, who alleges animosity and describes a toxic working environment for women.

The article discusses settlement-advance companies is trying to cash in by offering money to plaintiffs in anticipation of future legal settlements are racing to capitalize on sexual harassment lawsuits. It mentions settlement-advance firms get paid back only if a plaintiff collects money from a lawsuit. It also mentions the views of Michael Gibson, a former case manager at Oasis, on the same.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court Justices' questions to lawyers involved in the insider trading court case Salman v. United States. The case's involving the defendant Bassam Salman for alleged insider trading based on confidential information from his future brother-in-law Maher Kara is discussed.

The article focuses on the insider trading case of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) against Leon Cooperman, owner of Omega Advisors, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund firm in the U.S. Topics include the nature of the accusation against Cooperman and the firm and Cooperman's response to the accusation. The effect of Cooperman's actions on public confidence in the securities markets, based on a statement by Andrew J. Ceresney, S.E.C.'s chief of enforcement, is mentioned.

The article discusses a Minnesota Federal District Court case filed by St. Jude Medical against cyber security firm MedSec and investor Carson Block for allegedly making false statements and conspiring to manipulate its shares. It presents facts of the case, the profit being obtained by short-sellers from stocks, and the security flaws in St. Jude's pacemakers and defibrillators identified by MedSec.

The article reports that Elon Musk, co-founder of the Tesla Inc., has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve securities fraud charges s that will require Musk to step down as chairman for three years and pay a $20 million fine.

The article discusses a statement written by founder and chairman Ray Dalio of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates rebutting the publication's article which allegedly mischaracterized and distorted the hedge fund's business practices and business culture. Topics include the article's reporting on the hedge fund's culture as detailed in a sexual harassment complaint, a National Labor Relations Board filing, and interviews with former employees, and the hedge fund's policy of recording meetings.

The article presents information on the criminal case of former Morgan Stanley banker Morris E. Zukerman pending at the Federal District Court in Manhattan, New York, the concept of crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege, and the order from a Manhattan federal judge for James A. Bruton III and James T. Fuller III, lawyers of Williams & Connolly, to testify on their client, Morris Zukerman.

The article discusses the impacts that former Park Hill Group investment firm partner Andrew Caspersen's fraudulent investment scheme is having on his family, his colleagues, and America's securities industry (Wall Street) as of 2016. According to the article, Caspersen is accused of swindling various victims including his former college classmate James McIntyre and several members of the wealthy Caspersen family. Securities and wire fraud charges are also examined.

The article reports on the arrest of Andrew Caspersen, a 39-year-old executive from Wall Street, New York City due to criminal complaint with securities and wire fraud. It mentions that his father Finn M. W. Caspersen was suspected of hiding tens of millions of dollars in a tax shelter. It notes the parallel civil charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Caspersen.

The article discusses the work of President Robert W. Seiden and his staff at the Confidential Global Investigations firm with regards to their efforts to track down the executives that operated Chinese companies on stock exchanges in the U.S. and swindled American investors. According to the article, Seiden is currently targeting Chairman Ren Baowen of the Sino Clean Energy Inc. firm who has been battling with investors in a Nevada state court since 2014. Reverse merger lawsuits are assessed.

The article discusses the settlement reached between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) and the U.S. billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen regarding the banning of Cohen from investment money management for two years. An overview the lawsuit against Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital for insider trading is provided.

The article discusses Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC chief executive officer Martin Shkreli who was arrested and indicted on hedge-fund fraud charges in New York, New York, and it mentions how Shkreli gained notoriety for his decision to raise the prices of pharmaceuticals. According to the article, Shkreli is being charged with securities fraud for his role in deceiving investors about the viability and performance of the MSMB Capital Management LLC hedge fund firm where he was formerly employed.

The article announces that on December 2, 2015, federal judge P. Kevin Castel of the Federal District Court in Manhattan, New York City, sentenced hedge fund insider trading witness Richard Choo-Beng Lee to 21 days in prison. The author explains that Lee had provided information relating to the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, which was founded by Steven A. Cohen.

The article discusses the legal complaint filed against the nonprofit whistle-blower organization National Whistleblowers Center in Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) by its former employees Richard Renner and Lindsey Williams due to their layoffs. The relationship between Williams' and Renners' efforts to unionize the organization and the center's co-founder Stephen M. Kohn's laying off of them is discussed.

The article discusses the Manhattan, New York City, New York district attorney Cyrus R. Vance's prosecution of white-collar crime trials, including his failure to gain criminal convictions, a mistrial against executive of the law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf and Vance's appeals to courts' judgements.

The article announces that the 2013 insider trading conviction of SAC Capital Advisors employee Michael S. Steinberg and the guilty pleas for six other cooperating witnesses were dropped on October 22, 2015. Topics include the U.S. attorney in Manhattan who made the decision Preet Bharara and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to not review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

The article discusses the mistrial in the criminal case against the former executives of the global law firm Dewey & (and) LeBoeuf Steven H. Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders. An overview of the Manhattan, New York City District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.'s prosecution of the case is provided.

The article discusses the partial verdict in the trial of Steven H. Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders, executives and lawyers of the law firm Dewey & (and) LeBoeuf, for several alleged white collar crime charges, including grand larceny, defrauding and manipulating financial records. An overview of the Manhattan, New York City, New York District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.'s prosecution of the trial is provided.

The article reports on the settlement of chemical and manufacturing firm 3M with U.S. cities and towns over their claims that the company contaminated drinking water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Terms of the settlement include pay out to cities and counties over 13 years to test for and clean up PFAS in public water supplies. An analysis shows the estimated total liabilities of 3M related to PFAS as state, foreign and personal injury claims are factored in.

The article discusses an insider trading scheme involving rogue U.S. stock traders receiving instructions from hackers in the Ukraine on how to access to corporate earnings news releases prior to being made public. Topics include the filing of indictments and a lawsuit against the stock traders such as hedge fund manager Vitaly Korchevsky and hackers by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the associations between hacking and securities fraud.

The article discusses a U.S. federal investigation into an online attack against the investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. The alleged perpetrators are said to have linked to Florida State University as students. It is said that Bitcoin exchange owner Anthony R. Murgio was involved in taking over the credit union Helping Other People Excel Federal Credit Union in Jackson, New Jersey. Also said to have been involved were Florida State alumni Joshua Samuel Aaron and Yuri Lebedev.

The article reports on the overturning of the corporate espionage conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, a former programmer for the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, including in regard to his lawyer Kevin H. Marino's response to the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York judge's ruling. An overview of the Justice Daniel P. Conviser's role in the case is provided.

The article reports that the hedge fund industry consulting firm Gerson Lehrman Group Inc. is engaged in a rebranding effort following the departure of an investment in the firm by the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners PLC. Topics include a line of credit for Gerson Lehrman from several banks, the focus of the firm on the expert network business in relation to hedge fund insider trading scandals, and the insider trading conviction of hedge fund trader Matthew Martoma.

The article discusses U.S. federal prosecutors' calls for a prison term for private investigator Eric Saldarriaga, who is facing trail on charges that he hacked email accounts on the behalf of various clients. Topics addressed include the implications in terms of the severity of authorities' prosecution of hacking of email and social media accounts, as well as arguments that Saldarriaga should only receive home detention and probation following his plea of guilty to conspiracy charges.

The article discusses the beginning of the trial of Steven Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders, former executives at the Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm, on charges, regarding their role in Dewey's causing bankruptcy. Topics addressed include allegations that the executives manipulated the firm's accounting in order to defraud its lenders, as well as the defense's claims that lawyers who abandoned the firm and took large clients with them led to the bankruptcy.

The article discusses a jury's split verdict in the trial of Sergey Aleynikov, a former programmer for financial services firm Goldman Sachs, which is accused of stealing confidential computer trading code from Goldman. Topics addressed include a near mistrial and the dismissal of two jurors due to allegations of food poisoning; the arguments of Aleynikov's lawyer, Kevin Marino; and Justice Daniel P. Conviser of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York's oversight of the case.

The article profiles entrepreneur Joshua Bryce Newman, focusing on a number of lawsuits brought against him or companies he controls by investors claiming unpaid debts, misrepresented intentions, and fraudulent checks. It examines how Newman has received favorable media coverage of his career since graduating Yale University that has included founding a film production company and gyms.

The article reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied a request from Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to reconsider a December 2014 ruling that reduced the definition of insider trading. Details are provided on how the 2014 ruling overturned Bharara's convictions of hedge fund traders Anthony Chiasson and Todd Newman. The authors go on to examine how a new insider trading law from Congress could help Bharara.

The article discusses the United States Justice Department's decision to ease its efforts to prosecute luxury car exporters who bought cars in the U.S. and sold them at increased prices in China and other countries. Topics addressed include the U.S. Secret Service's role in instigating the initial crackdown, as well as the Justice Department's directive for prosecutors to be more selective in pursuing civil asset forfeiture actions

The article discusses a lawsuit filed by David Ganek, the former owner of the Level Global hedge fund, against Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, New York City, alleging that the US. Justice Department fabricated accusations against Ganek. Topics addressed include the impact of the lawsuit on Bharara's reputation as being tough on financial crime and pursuing financial firms, as well as a government raid of Level Global and the hedge fund's eventual closure.

The article discusses the K&L Gates law firm's establishment of the Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project, which focuses on prosecuting cases involving the unauthorized online posting of sexually explicit videos or photographs by former relationship partners. Topics addressed include lawyers David A. Bateman and Elisa J. D'Amico's leadership of the project, the use of copyright law to sue for unauthorized postings on pornography websites, and a case involving a law student and her ex-boyfriend.