Ad giant Publicis paying $350 million to settle U.S. opioid claims

A sign for Publicis Groupe SA is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, July 28, 2013.  Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The health-care division of French ad giant Publicis agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims that its past marketing efforts for drugmakers helped fuel America’s opioid crisis, U.S. … Read more

Man pleads guilty in $1B scheme to dodge NY money laundering rules

Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A man described as an “experienced anti-money laundering specialist” pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally funneling more than $1 billion in lucrative, high-risk transactions through small financial institutions, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The massive transfer, which included hundreds of millions of dollars from … Read more

Sotheby’s wins art fraud lawsuit by Russian oligarch Rybolovlev

Dmitry Rybolovlev, president of As Monaco Football Club SA, arrives at court in New York on Jan. 9, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev on Tuesday lost a New York federal court lawsuit in which he had accused the Sotheby’s auction house of helping an art buyer defraud the oligarch … Read more

Trump judge conflict denied by E. Jean Carroll lawyer

Attorney Roberta Kaplan delivers her closing argument during E. Jean Carroll’s second civil trial as Carroll accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.  Jane Rosenberg | Reuters E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer on Tuesday rebutted a … Read more

New York sues Citibank for alleged failure to reimburse fraud victims

A Citibank branch in the central business district of Singapore on Feb. 12, 2018. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud. The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to … Read more

JetBlue Airways (JBLU) earnings Q4 2023

JetBlue planes at JFK’s Terminal 5 in New York. Leslie Josephs/CNBC JetBlue Airways swung to a loss in the fourth quarter and forecast lower capacity this year as it scrambles to return to profitability. The New York-based airline reported a net loss of $104 million for the last three months of 2023, compared with a … Read more

Cuomo subjected at least 13 women to sexually hostile environment: DOJ

Andrew Cuomo leaves Il Postino restaurant in Manhattan, New York City on Monday, December 19, 2022. Gardiner Anderson | New York Daily News | Getty Images Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo subjected at least 13 women to a “sexually hostile work environment” while he was in office, the Department of Justice said Friday as … Read more

Trump, E. Jean Carroll defamation trial closing arguments

Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court to attend his defamation trial in New York on January 26, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump on Friday stalked out of a New York federal courtroom as a lawyer for E. Jean Carroll gave her closing argument in … Read more

New York AG pushing for lifetime Trump ban cites Martin Shkreli ruling

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, exits court in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images What does former President Donald Trump have in common with “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli? A penchant for harshly trolling their enemies online and an attorney general who … Read more

What to expect from Trump, Haley and DeSantis

Campaign signs alongside the highway in Concord, New Hampshire on January 18, 2024. The state’s primary is scheduled for January 23, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images New Hampshire voters head to the polls Tuesday for the first primary election of the 2024 presidential cycle. But if former President Donald Trump has … Read more