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Bank of America Settles Epstein Trafficking Claims Without Admitting Wrongdoing

Bank of America has paid $72.5M into a fund for Jeffrey Epstein's victims. Learn how much of it reaches them, who signed off on it, and which two lenders paid first.

International Business Times UK · Sep 2

FKA Twigs is victorious in first stage of trademark infringement trial

FKA Twigs, real name Tahliah Barnett, has been accused of infringing indie band The Twigs, aka twins Laura and Linda Good, with her moniker.

BANG Premier · Aug 19

'47 Ronin' Director Turned Netflix Funds Into $27M Dogecoin Fortune, Then Bought Two $638K Mattresses

Carl Rinsch was jailed after prosecutors said he diverted $11 million in Netflix production funds into Dogecoin and luxury purchases.

International Business Times UK · Jul 2

Sarah Palin’s libel claims against The New York Times is taken to a new jury

Palin has asserted that the newspaper defamed her by falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

Sarah Palin’s defamation case against the New York Times returns to trial

‘The case is, in many respects, an old-school media libel action resurrected into a newly complicated defamation landscape,’ one legal expert said about the new trial

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2025

Judge sets April trial date for Sarah Palin's libel claim against The New York Times

A federal judge has set an April retrial date for Sarah Palin's libel case against The New York Times, even as lawyers on both sides for the first time said they hope they can settle the case

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Feds May Need Warrants To Search Cell Phones at the Border After All

Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.

Reason · Jun 16, 2023

Epstein survivors secure a $290 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan agreed to the settlement on the same day a federal judge granted class-action status to the lawsuit, saying the number of plaintiffs involved could be "well over 100 people."

WEKU · Jun 12, 2023

Obama, Bush Protected White-Collar Criminals And Upended The Rule Of Law

Failure to prosecute those responsible for the 2008 financial meltown made a mockery of the criminal-justice system.

Zenger · Oct 27, 2022

Sarah Palin’s bid for new libel trial against New York Times thrown out

Judge rules former Alaska governor failed to provide ‘even a speck’ of evidence that the newspaper acted maliciously

The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2022