Providence Financial files Chapter 7; hundreds of investors may lose millions
Providence Financial Investments, a Miami-based firm that took in millions in investors’ money in South Florida and across the nation, filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Southern District of...
View ArticleUber slapped by judge for hiring firm to dig up dirt on lawsuit plaintiff
Uber was banned from using information gathered by a secretive, CIA-linked research firm on the plaintiff who...
View ArticleJudge inclined to deny Trump's request to dismiss lawsuit
A federal judge said Friday that he is inclined to deny a request by Donald Trump's lawyers to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the Republican presidential nominee of...
View ArticleThe Latest: Judge inclined to deny Trump request
The latest developments on Donald Trump's lawyers seeking to dismiss one of three lawsuits involving Trump University alleging the Republican presidential contender defrauded customers at the now...
View ArticleLawsuit over audits seeks $5B from PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jury selection is beginning in Miami for trial of a lawsuit seeking more than $5 billion in damages from the...
View ArticleGawker’s Denton Wins Short Halt to $140 Million Hogan Award
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton, seeking to stave off personal bankruptcy, won a reprieve of as long as 30 days from the $140 million jury verdict he lost in Hulk Hogan’s invasion-of-privacy lawsuit....
View ArticleGawker’s Denton Tries Again to Halt $140 Million Court Judgment
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton, seeking to stave off personal bankruptcy, asked a Florida appeals court to temporarily block wrestler Hulk Hogan from collecting the $140 million jury verdict in an...
View ArticleJudge tentatively rejects bid to toss Trump University lawsuit
Republican U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump takes to the stage to introduce his wife Melania at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday...
View ArticleSports Authority plans to pay top executives $2.85 million in bankruptcy bonuses
Sports Authority’s creditors and the Justice Department have challenged the fading retailer’s plans to pay top executives as much as $2.85 million in bankruptcy bonuses. Once an operator of 460...
View ArticleJudge shrinks Madoff trustee's $905M suit versus firm
Irving Picard cannot recover alleged improper transfers made before 2001. ......
View ArticlePwC must face $1 billion MF Global malpractice lawsuit: U.S. judge
By Jonathan Stempel PwC must face $1 billion MF Global malpractice lawsuit: U.S. judge Advertisment of Gallery: Facebook icon Twitter icon Pinterest Mail icon NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge...
View ArticleLargest lawsuit against an auditor goes to court for $5.5 billion
The largest-ever lawsuit against an auditing firm is set to open Monday in a Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, pitting Big Four firm PwC against a trustee of the defunct Taylor, Bean & Whitaker...
View ArticleJudge fines foreclosure law firm $1.8 million for bogus billings
A Denver judge has fined one of the city’s prolific foreclosure attorneys $1.8 million for running a scheme in which thousands of consumers facing the loss of their homes were charged for title...
View ArticleJudge shrinks Madoff trustee $905 mln lawsuit vs Florida firm
NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday narrowed a $905 million lawsuit filed by the trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims against executives who ran a......
View ArticleJudge shrinks Madoff trustee $905 million lawsuit versus Florida firm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday narrowed a $905 million lawsuit filed by the trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims against executives who ran a now-defunct...
View ArticleGawker Founder Files For Bankruptcy In Wake Of Hulk Hogan Lawsuit
Gawker founder Nick Denton filed for personal bankruptcy Monday in the aftermath of a Florida jury's awarding $140 million to Hulk Hogan in a privacy case revolving around a sex tape posted on...
View ArticleUPDATE 2-Judge rules against nearly 1,300 lawsuits over Bayer's Mirena IUD
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - A New York federal judge has ruled in favor of Bayer AG against nearly 1,300 lawsuits filed by women who say they suffered internal injuries from the company's Mirena...
View ArticleJudge denies Lunada Bay Boys’ attempts to dismiss lawsuit
A federal judge has denied the Lunada Bay Boys’ first attempts to extract themselves from a lawsuit seeking to ban them from the Palos Verdes Estates surfing spot they are accused of ruthlessly...
View ArticleU.S. judge hears lawsuit over Seattle law allowing Uber and Lyft drivers to...
(Reuters) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday wrestled with whether a lawsuit could proceed against the city of Seattle over a local law which allows Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. The litigation is...
View ArticleBankrupt teen retailer Aeropostale is thinking of selling to a private equity...
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Aeropostale Inc has been negotiating a potential sale to private equity firm Versa Capital Management LLC that would save thousands of jobs at the bankrupt U.S. teen retail...
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