October 7, 2024
A once-wealthy JPMorgan Chase & Co. client whose portfolio crumbled as he slid into dementia lost a legal battle seeking to recoup his fortune from the bank. A federal judge in Boston threw out a lawsuit filed by Peter Doelger, …
April 15, 2024
The family of an elderly JPMorgan Chase & Co. client who lost tens of millions of dollars on investments as he slid into dementia faces a major setback in their years-long legal battle with the bank, after a magistrate judge …
March 15, 2023
US prosecutors were investigating Signature Bank’s work with crypto clients before regulators suddenly seized the lender this past weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. Justice Department investigators in Washington and Manhattan were examining whether the New York bank …
June 21, 2019
Walmart Inc. agreed to pay $282 million in penalties and a Brazilian unit admitted to violating a U.S. anti-bribery law, providing a relatively subdued ending to a seven-year investigation that spanned the globe and at one point looked poised to …
November 30, 2018
The U.S. Justice Department will make executive accountability a part of every investigation of corporate wrongdoing, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said. “Under our revised policy, pursuing individuals responsible for wrongdoing will be a top priority in every corporate investigation,” …
November 16, 2018
Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America Corp. have been contacted by U.S. criminal investigators for information about transactions they handled for a small bank branch in Estonia that’s at the center of one of the biggest money-laundering investigations in …
November 17, 2015
The U.S. Justice Department renewed its push to charge executives in corporate fraud cases, encouraging companies to come to them early even if they can’t yet identify individual wrongdoers. Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates clarified the department’s new policy …
October 4, 2013
U.S. Justice Department lawyers from New York to San Francisco are asking judges to delay civil cases as the government partially shuts down, and in Manhattan already won a halt to litigation except one trial. The Justice Department made the …
September 18, 2013
Using Facebook Inc.’s “Like” feature to show support for a candidate in an election is speech protected under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said, handing a victory to the social networking company which argued such protection is vital …
August 12, 2013
The four largest U.S. railroad companies won their bid to reverse a ruling that turned a price- fixing lawsuit against them by shippers into a group lawsuit with potential damages of at least $10 billion. A three-judge panel of the …