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Back to news homeSam Bankman-Fried Said to Be in Talks With Prosecutors Over Bail Deal
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is discussing a deal with federal prosecutors that could allow the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul to be released on bail when he is extradited to the United […]
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas After US Prosecutors File Charges
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday after U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges.“S.B.F.’s arrest followed receipt of formal notification […]
Why Losing to Meta in Court Could Still Be a Win for Antitrust Regulators
President Biden’s antitrust regulators have adopted a mantra: In order to win, they need to be willing to lose.Since Mr. Biden took office in January 2021, the leaders of the […]
Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster Deal Collapses, Breaking Pattern in Publishing
Among its successes are several novels by Colleen Hoover, who has dominated the fiction best seller lists, and a surprise best-selling memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” by Jennette McCurdy, […]
TikTok Seen Moving Toward US Security Deal, but Hurdles Remain
The Biden administration and TikTok have drafted a preliminary agreement to resolve national security concerns posed by the Chinese-owned video app but face hurdles over the terms, as the platform […]
Twitter Worker Accused of Spying for Saudi Arabia Heads to Trial
SAN FRANCISCO — While working at Twitter from 2013 to 2015, Ahmad Abouammo was responsible for helping celebrities, journalists and other notable figures in the Middle East promote their Twitter […]
U.S. Tries New Tactic to Protect Workers’ Pay: Antitrust Law
In 2007, the Justice Department sued the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association for fixing the rates that hospitals paid to nursing agencies for their temporary nurses, putting a cap on […]
FBI operation aims to take down massive Russian GRU botnet
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has disclosed it carried out an operation in March to mass-remove malware from thousands of compromised routers that formed a massive botnet controlled by Russian […]
Justice Dept. Sues to Block $13 Billion Deal by UnitedHealth Group
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block a $13 billion acquisition of a health technology company by a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, in the latest move by […]