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1. Donald Sobey's sexual-assault conviction was an open secret. It left his victim shattered

Author

Kimber, Stephen and Castaldo, Joe

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Businessmen -- Crimes against, Child sexual abuse -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: STEPHEN KIMBER, JOE CASTALDO HALIFAX, TORONTO -- One afternoon before an August long weekend in 1991, a criminal lawyer appeared in a Halifax courtroom on behalf of his client, [...]

Published
2022

2. Business

Subjects
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- Officials and employees, Chief executive officers -- Succession -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Biotechnology industry -- Intellectual property, Philanthropists -- Cases, Divorce -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Officials and employees, Public health -- Finance, Patents -- Control, Company legal issue, Company business planning, Company financing, Patent/copyright issue, Insurance industry, Business, Economics, Business, international, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- Officials and employees -- Donations
Abstract

After 56 years at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett named Greg Abel to succeed him as chief executive. It is not clear when the 90-year-old Mr Buffett will [...]

Published
2021

3. Turkish philanthropist sentenced to life term after widely criticized trial

Author

Fahim, Kareem

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Sedition -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kareem Fahim ISTANBUL - Osman Kavala, a Turkish philanthropist whose long imprisonment has been criticized by the United States and European states, was sentenced Monday to life in prison [...]

Published
2022

4. Bryant wins court ruling in suit over crash photos

Author

Schrotenboer, Brent

Subjects
Privacy, Right of -- Cases, County government -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Negligence -- Cases, Company legal issue, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY A federal judge made a pivotal ruling in favor of Kobe Bryant's widow, rejecting a request by Los Angeles County to throw her lawsuit out [...]

Published
2022

5. Diplomacy Halts Erdogan's Push To Expel Envoys

Author

Gall, Carlotta

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Ambassadors -- Planning, Executive dismissals -- Planning, Diplomacy -- Forecasts and trends, Political prisoners -- Cases, Presidents -- Powers and duties, Company legal issue, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The threatened expulsions had risked severe economic consequences and a rupture in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ISTANBUL -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey stepped back on Monday from [...]

Published
2021

6. In Deposition, Vanessa Bryant Recalls a Day of Loss

Author

Abrams, Jonathan and Draper, Kevin

Subjects
Los Angeles County, California -- Cases, Mental distress (Law) -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Basketball players -- Death of, Aircraft accidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Bryant was being questioned by a lawyer defending Los Angeles County in her lawsuit about the sharing of photos of human remains from the helicopter crash that killed nine people. [...]

Published
2021

7. Turkey's Erdogan brands western ambassadors 'persona non grata,' escalating confrontation with the U.S. and Europe

Author

Fahim, Kareem

Subjects
Political activists -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Ambassadors -- Political activity, Reformers -- Cases, Social reformers -- Cases, Presidents -- Foreign policy -- Political activity, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kareem Fahim ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday branded ambassadors from 10 western countries, including the United States, 'persona non grata' in Turkey after the diplomats [...]

Published
2021

8. The Gateses Officially End Their Marriage After 27 Years

Author

Kulish, Nicholas

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Divorce -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Details of how the couple split their assets were not made public. The couple was married for 27 years. The divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates is now [...]

Published
2021

9. The Gates Foundation Avoids a Custody Fight

Author

Kulish, Nicholas

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Divorce -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- Officials and employees -- Management
Abstract

Following their divorce, they will continue to work together for now at the foundation, which they gave an additional $15 billion in resources, and will add new independent trustees. Bill [...]

Published
2021

10. The Week in Business: Where Are the Jobs?

Author

Cowles, Charlotte

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Divorce -- Cases, Unemployment -- Forecasts and trends -- United States, Ex-presidents -- Censorship, Online social networks -- Censorship, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Good morning and happy Mother's Day. (Hi, mom!) Here's the news you need to know for the week ahead in business and tech. -- Charlotte Cowles What's Up? (May 2-8) [...]

Published
2021

11. The Separate Worlds of Bill and Melinda Gates

Author

Kulish, Nicholas, Ruiz, Rebecca R., and Gelles, David

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Divorce -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- Management
Abstract

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates were stuck at home. When the pandemic hit last March, the couple retreated to their 66,000-square-foot home on the shore of Lake Washington, venturing [...]

Published
2021

12. Judge says officers who allegedly shared Kobe Bryant crash-scene photos can be identified

Author

Bonesteel, Matt

Subjects
Los Angeles County, California. Sheriff's Department -- Officials and employees, Privacy, Right of -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Basketball players -- Death of, Police -- Cases, Aircraft accidents -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Matt Bonesteel A federal judge in California ruled Monday that the names of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies who allegedly shared photos of the remains of NBA [...]

Published
2021

13. California mother sentenced to five months of prison in college admissions scandal

Author

Weintraub, Karen and Svrluga, Susan

Subjects
Conspiracy -- Cases, College admissions, Scandals, Philanthropists -- Cases, Food industry, Fraud, Money laundering, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Karen Weintraub and Susan Svrluga BOSTON - A California mother was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison for conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering to ease her [...]

Published
2020

14. Civil society activist's arrest is another sign of Erdogan regime's cruelty and paranoia

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Powers and duties, Government resistance -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Human rights, Prisons, Activists, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

For Print Use Only. This editorial appears in The Washington Post. - - - For a few hours on Tuesday, it appeared that there had been a breakthrough in Turkey's [...]

Published
2020

15. Political Trial in Turkey Ends With 9 Acquittals, and a Set of New Charges

Author

Gall, Carlotta

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Powers and duties, Human rights activists -- Cases, Coups d'etat -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Public prosecutors, Detention, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Many were pleasantly surprised when a court cleared a prominent philanthropist and eight others of charges that they tried to overthrow Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He was immediately arrested again. SILIVRI, [...]

Published
2020

16. 'High priest' of art: the man who saved Koons' tall Puppy

Author

Turner, Brook

Subjects
Modern art -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Priests, Entrepreneurs, Public art, Company legal issue, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Byline: Brook Turner Feb 21, 2019 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Arts philanthropist Neil Balnaves claims that Australian businessman and art entrepreneur John Kaldor can lay [...]

Published
2019

17. From Heiress to 'Sex Cult' Defendant

Author

Meier, Barry

Subjects
Conspiracy -- Cases, Racketeering -- Cases, Self help groups -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

In the summer of 2013, with his health failing, the billionaire businessman Edgar M. Bronfman was visited at home by his youngest daughter, Clare. She brought with her a production [...]

Published
2018

18. Nxivm Case Spurs Arrest Of Heiress To Seagram's

Author

Piccoli, Sean

Subjects
Conspiracy -- Cases, Racketeering -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram's liquor fortune, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn after her arrest on conspiracy and racketeering charges in connection with [...]

Published
2018

19. Bermuda Court Rules in Dispute Over Lucerne Opera House

Author

Cooper, Michael

Subjects
Opera companies -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Payment -- Cases, Company legal issue, Arts and entertainment industries
Abstract

Byline: MICHAEL COOPER A court ruling in a lawsuit over a philanthropist's pledge does not mean the end of the dispute. To view this article at nytimes.com, click here: [...]

Published
2014

20. Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman charged with conspiracy in probe of secretive 'self-help' group

Author

Swenson , Kyle

Subjects
Conspiracy -- Cases -- Investigations, Philanthropists -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Kyle Swenson The heiress to the massive Seagram's liquor fortune was arrested Tuesday as part of an ongoing federal criminal case involving a secretive self-help group authorities have described [...]

Published
2018

21. $1-Million Settlement in 'Three Cups' Scandal Offers Warning to Boards

Author

Gose, Ben

Subjects
Fraud -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Charities -- Officials and employees -- Finance, Company legal issue, Company financing, Sociology and social work
Abstract

Byline: Ben Gose A state regulator's settlement this month with the charity co-founded by Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, drives home the importance of maintaining an independent [...]

Published
2012

22. Charity's Onetime Leader Begins a Work-Release Program

Author

Southall, Ashley

Subjects
Work release of prisoners, Philanthropists -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A former Jewish community leader serving up to 10 years in prison for his role in stealing more than $9 million from the charity he ran has been moved to [...]

Published
2015

23. A Cautionary Tale for Donors

Author

Fox, Richard L.

Subjects
Donor advised funds -- Usage, Philanthropists -- Cases, Charitable foundations -- Reorganization and restructuring -- Services -- Cases, Company organization, Company legal issue, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Sociology and social work
Abstract

Byline: Richard L. Fox The implosion of the National Heritage Foundation -- at its peak, a more-than $200-million organization­ -- provides a cautionary tale for donors, especially the growing number [...]

Published
2010

24. Think Tank Drops Lawsuit Alleging Theft of Information

Author

Panepento, Peter

Subjects
Confidential communications -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Charities -- Cases, Sociology and social work, Company legal issue, Cases
Abstract

Byline: Peter Panepento A conservative think tank in Delaware has dropped a lawsuit that had accused one of its major donors and three former executives of stealing confidential information. A [...]

Published
2007

25. $264-Million Bequest Sparks Court Fight

Author

Barton, Noelle

Subjects
Salvation Army -- Cases, Charitable bequests -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Sociology and social work, Company legal issue, Cases
Abstract

Byline: Noelle Barton A legal fight has erupted over a bequest of $264-million from a couple who kept quiet about their wealth throughout their lives. Doris and Hector Guy Di [...]

Published
2007

26. College Says Name of Donor Who Is Accused of Stealing Won't Appear on Building

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases, Gifts -- Cases, Universities and colleges -- Names -- United States -- Cases, Company legal issue, Education
Abstract

Byline: ERIN STROUT Alberto W. Vilar, the financier and philanthropist who was charged in June with defrauding an investor, will have his name taken off a building on his alma [...]

Published
2005

27. A Montanan parable; Sex, drugs and the rural poor

Subjects
Illegal drugs -- Usage -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Prostitution -- Cases -- Usage, Prostitutes -- Cases, Business, Economics, Business, international, Company legal issue, Usage, Cases
Abstract

Dasen lost his way A businessman lost to a mire of colliding addictions WHEN the police arrested Kalispell's most prominent philanthropist, Dick Dasen, in a prostitution sting at a cheap [...]

Published
2005

28. AN UPDATE ON THE 'THREE CUPS OF TEA' LAWSUIT

Subjects
Class actions (Civil procedure) -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141019156 MELISSA BLOCK, host: Millions of people bought Greg Mortenson's book 'Three Cups of Tea' about his work building schools for girls in [...]

Published
2011

29. SOCIAL STUDIES

Author

Kesterton, Michael

Subjects
Komodo dragon -- Observations -- Health aspects, Philanthropists -- Cases, Veterans -- Health aspects -- Death of, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MICHAEL KESTERTON mkesterton@globeandmail.com Veteran's weighty secret 'Ronald Brown stepped on a landmine while on a mission to France in August, 1944,' The Telegraph reports. '[B]ecause of medical conditions of [...]

Published
2012

30. Hedge Fund Wife Puts Price On Making Husband Less Selfish (50% Of Assets)

Subjects
Women -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Divorce -- Cases, Company legal issue, Banking, finance and accounting industries
Abstract

Sure, TCI's Chris Hohn has made all of the $1 billion to $3 billion he and his soon-to-be-ex-wife are fighting over, as he so modestly explained to the judge overseeing [...]

Published
2014

31. Defense Finishes Closing in Astor Case

Author

Sulzberger, A.G.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Philanthropists -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases
Abstract

The changes that Brooke Astor made to her will giving her son a greater share of her fortune reflected the clearheaded love of a mother, not a failing mental state […]

Published
2009

32. Prosecution Finally Rests In the Brooke Astor Case

Author

Eligon, John

Subjects
Company legal issue, Decedents' estates -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases
Abstract

Juror No. 2 clutched his heart at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Joel J. Seidemann, an assistant district attorney, had just said something that the jurors probably had no idea was coming: […]

Published
2009

33. Astor Fraud Trial Plods On, Trying the Patience of Many

Author

Sulzberger, A.G. and Eligon, John

Subjects
Company legal issue, Decedents' estates -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Fraud -- Cases
Abstract

The Astor trial, three months in, had bogged down once again. With the jury out of the room, John R. Cuti, a defense lawyer, voiced what has become a common […]

Published
2009

34. Big Investor Counters Charges in Madoff Case

Author

Kouwe, Zachery

Subjects
Company legal issue, Fraud -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases
Abstract

Jeffry M. Picower, the secretive philanthropist accused of helping Bernard L. Madoff perpetuate his vast Ponzi scheme, outlined his defense in an extensive court filing on Friday, calling the claims […]

Published
2009

35. Trial Expected to Hinge On Astor's Competence During Will Revisions

Author

Eligon, John

Subjects
Company legal issue, Philanthropists -- Cases, Estates (Law) -- Cases
Abstract

With Brooke Astor's son scheduled to go on trial this week on charges that he took advantage of his ailing mother to gain access to her fortune, who would better […]

Published
2009

36. Philanthropist's death still a mystery

Author

Cheney, Peter

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Murder -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: PETER CHENEY The killing of Glen Davis had the ruthless precision of a gangland slaying: Around 2 o'clock on the afternoon of May 18, two men slipped into an [...]

Published
2007

37. Lawyer Charged in Astor Case Has Been Accused of Other Improprieties

Author

Kovaleski, Serge F. and Moynihan, Colin

Subjects
Company legal issue, Forgery -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Attorneys -- Cases
Abstract

Ever since the family battle broke out over Brooke Astor's care and fortune, most of the attention has focused on her only son, Anthony D. Marshall, 83, who served as […]

Published
2007

38. BU forfeits $3-million gift. (Updates)

Subjects
Boston University -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Library and information science, Company legal issue, Cases
Abstract

Boston University has agreed to give up a $3-million donation it received in 1993, after philanthropist David Mugar threatened to sue the school if he didn't get back his unused [...]

Published
2003

39. The Boston Globe Downtown column

Author

Bailey, Steve

Subjects
Hospitals -- Cases -- Massachusetts, Philanthropists -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Steve Bailey Jun. 15--BAD MEDICINE: World-famous Boston hospital to wealthy Washington philanthropist: Pay up or we'll sue you. In fact, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary is doing just that. [...]

Published
2005

41. Prosecutors Say That Donor Has Failed to Show Remorse

Author

Hanley, Robert

Subjects
Company legal issue, Felonies -- Cases, Lex talionis -- Cases, Tax returns -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Financial statements -- Cases, Businessmen -- Cases, Revenge -- Cases
Abstract

Charles Kushner, the real estate executive, philanthropist and political donor who pleaded guilty to 'crimes of greed, power, and excess' last August, failed to show any remorse or humility, prosecutors […]

Published
2005

42. Judge Releases Letters Seeking Leniency for Donor

Author

Hanley, Robert

Subjects
Company legal issue, Lex talionis -- Cases, Conduct of life -- Cases, Tax returns -- Cases, Real estate developers -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Revenge -- Cases
Abstract

In an emotional handwritten letter in August, Charles Kushner, a major developer, political donor and philanthropist in New Jersey, apologized to his sister for hiring a prostitute to seduce her […]

Published
2005

43. Once a Violin-Collecting Philanthropist, Now a Prisoner: A Fugitive Is Brought to Court

Author

Cave, Damien

Subjects
Company legal issue, Philanthropists -- Cases, Musical instruments -- Valuation -- Donations -- Cases, Tax evasion -- Cases
Abstract

Herbert R. Axelrod, the pet care publishing tycoon and violin collector who fled the county after he was indicted on tax fraud charges last April, shuffled into a federal courtroom […]

Published
2004

44. Incoming Arts Chief Sues a Major Donor; Courts: The stock fraud litigation has nothing to do with O.C. Performing Arts Center, where both have leading roles. But some fear that relations, fund-raising will suffer

Author

Pasco, Ann Conway And James S. Granelli Jean O.

Subjects
Broadcom Inc. -- Officials and employees, Securities fraud -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Telecommunications equipment industry -- Officials and employees, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Orange County Performing Arts Center -- Finance
Published
2002

45. Scandals don't erase names cast in stone

Author

Jeffrey, Nancy Ann

Subjects
Philanthropists -- Cases, Scandals -- Public opinion, Business, Business, general, Independent Order of B'nai B'rith -- Donations
Published
2000

46. ASTOR settlement benefits New York PL

Subjects
New York, New York. Public Library -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Donor advised funds -- Cases, Compromise and settlement, Company legal issue, Library and information science
Abstract

The dispute over socialite philanthropist Brooke Astor's estate has been settled, according to the. Wall Street Journal. Among the beneficiaries is the New York Public Library (NYPL), to the tune [...]

Published
2012

47. Charitable efforts left wanting? Philanthropist goes to court over losses from meltdown of AIG.

Author

Hyland, Alexa

Subjects
Insurance -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, American International Group Inc. -- Cases, Company legal issue, Insurance industry
Abstract

It turns out that another of L.A.'s big philanthropists got stung by the near collapse of insurance giant American International Group Inc. Glorya Kaufman, widow of Donald Kaufman, the late [...]

Published
2009

48. Pickens' financial ties to college draw probe

Author

Williams, Scott

Subjects
Mesa L.P. -- Donations, Limited partnership -- Officials and employees, Ex-public officers -- Ethical aspects, Philanthropists -- Cases, Endowments -- Cases, Securities industry -- Ethical aspects, Business, Business, regional, West Texas A&M University -- Donations
Abstract

Picken's financial ties to college draw probe A grand jury impaneled in T. Boone Picken's abandoned West Texas power base has begun an investigation that ultimately will turn to questions [...]

Published
1991

49. CUP pays damages to Saudi sheikh

Subjects
Cambridge University Press -- Cases, Libel and slander -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Book publishing -- Cases, Business, international, Publishing industry, Retail industry, Company legal issue, Cases
Abstract

Cambridge University Press has been forced to pay compensation and pulp its 2006 title Alms for Jihad, which accused a Saudi businessman of funding terrorism. Sheikh Khalid Bin Mahfouz, a [...]

Published
2007

50. 'The New Yorker': Alberto Vilar's travails

Subjects
Arrest -- Cases, Philanthropists -- Cases, Mail fraud -- Cases, Sociology and social work, Company legal issue, Cases
Abstract

WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED for mail fraud last May, Alberto Vilar, the opera enthusiast and arts patron, was on his way to Austria to attend a new production of Wagner's [...]

Published
2006

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