Johanna Garcia claimed her merchant cash-advance business was so helpful to small businesses in Florida that she was like the Catholic saint Mother Teresa. But to the 15,400 investors who sank $194.1 ...
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Bed Bath & Beyond CFO who leapt to his death from New York skyscraper faced ‘pump and dump’ allegation just days earlier
Gustavo Arnal, the CFO of Bed Bath & Beyond who leapt to his death from a Manhattan skyscraper last week, had faced a “pump and dump” allegation less than two weeks earlier. On Friday Arnal fell t...
Wells Fargo Fined $22 Million for Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation
Wells Fargo & Co. was fined more than $22 million by the U.S. Labor Department for allegedly firing a senior manager in its commercial banking unit after the employee reported concerns about misco...
MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor Sued for Alleged Tax Fraud in Washington, D.C.
By Vicky Ge Huang and Richard Rubin Aug. 31, 2022 6:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The District of Columbia attorney general sued Michael Saylor, the founder and chairman of software intellige...
Sears Gets Green Light to Wrap Up Bankruptcy Case After 4 Years
A bankruptcy judge signed off on a $180 million settlement of a Sears Holdings Corp. creditor lawsuit against former Chairman Edward S. Lampert and other executives, clearing the final hurdle for the ...
NewAge Says Cost of Internal Probe Contributed to Bankruptcy
NewAge Inc., a publicly traded seller of beverages, supplements and other health and wellness products, said its bankruptcy filing is due in part to the cost of an investigation into a potential viola...
3M’s Bankruptcy Setback Deepens Earplug Litigation Troubles
3M Co. had good reason to bet that it could use U.S. bankruptcy laws to shield itself from a mountain of personal-injury lawsuits filed over its allegedly defective military earplugs. But after a bank...
3M Is Denied Bankruptcy Shield Against Mass Earplug Claims
A bankruptcy judge declined on Friday to shield 3M Co. from continued litigation involving its military earplugs, a setback for the conglomerate’s attempt to shift the mass injury claims to a friendli...
Brink’s driver was asleep during California jewelry heist, lawsuit claims
LOS ANGELES — One of the drivers of a Brink’s tractor-trailer was asleep inside the big rig, parked near a remote Southern California rest stop earlier this summer, when thieves broke a lock and stole...
3M Unit Defends Request to Shield Parent From Mass Earplug Lawsuits
Lawyers representing 3M Co. ’s bankrupt Aearo Technologies LLC subsidiary defended its request to a bankruptcy judge to extend a litigation stay to the parent company to resolve mass earplug lawsuits,...
Weighed Down by Opioid Litigation, Endo International Files for Bankruptcy
Text size Dreamstime The generic drugmaker Endo International , which faces thousands of lawsuits related to its alleged role in the opioid crisis, filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday morning, while ann...
J&J Unit Tells Appeals Court Only Bankruptcy Can Settle Talc Claims
A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary urged a federal appeals court to uphold the controversial legal strategy it used to move to bankruptcy roughly 38,000 lawsuits linking its talc-based products to can...
Endo International Files for Bankruptcy to Weather Opioid Lawsuits
Endo International PLC became the latest pharmaceutical company to file for bankruptcy under the weight of lawsuits alleging it played a role in fueling the opioid crisis. The drugmaker, domiciled in ...
WWE Says Probe of Vince McMahon Is ‘Substantially Complete’
By Joe Palazzolo and Ted Mann Aug. 15, 2022 8:29 pm ET An investigation by World Wrestling Entertainment board of directors into allegations of sexual misconduct against former chairman and chief exec...
Judge Knocks 3M Bankruptcy Strategy for Military Earplug Lawsuits
A federal judge criticized 3M Co. ’s attempt to use the protections of chapter 11 to resolve mass injury claims by U.S. military veterans, but will allow a bankruptcy court to decide whether to shield...
Sears and creditors reach $175 million deal with Eddie Lampert to settle litigation over allegations of self-dealing
After four years stuck in bankruptcy limbo, Sears Holdings and its creditors have reached a settlement with former Chief Executive and majority shareholder Eddie Lampert and other investors, clearing ...
Ex-Advisor Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme
A former financial advisor was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that swindled $9.3 million from investors, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern D...
3M stock extends bounce after UBS recommends investors stop selling, saying sentiment is ‘washed out’
Shares of 3M Co. extended their bounce Friday, after a long-time bearish analyst said investors should stop selling, as the recent “derating” in price suggests all litigation liability has already bee...