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M&A Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty to Leading Insider-Trading Ring

01. Juni 2026 um 19:51
A former mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top firms including Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter pleaded not guilty to charges that he led a massive insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illegal profits.

Nicolo Nourafchan arrives at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on June 1. Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg

Google Engineer Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket

27. Mai 2026 um 22:09
A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading on Polymarket, where he allegedly made more than $1 million betting on one of last year’s most popular Internet searches.

The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Alphabet Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 24. Photographer David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Elite M&A Lawyers Fed Massive Insider-Trading Ring, US Says

06. Mai 2026 um 21:01
Lawyers from top mergers and acquisitions firms provided tips on some of the biggest deals of the last decade to an insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illegal profits, federal prosecutors said.

Security guards walk the by the entrance to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, in Boston on April 14, 2023. Photographer: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images

Trump Administration to Appeal Ruling on NYC Congestion Toll

01. Mai 2026 um 17:13
President Donald Trump’s administration is continuing its push to end New York City’s congestion pricing program by appealing a decision by a federal judge that allowed the tolling plan to proceed.

Traffic on an Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge off-ramp in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. New York City's public buses and taxis are traveling at faster speeds after the start of a controversial congestion-pricing program that charges motorists to drive on Manhattan's busiest streets, according to a report from the Regional Plan Association. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

UK Man Agrees to Plead Guilty in ‘Singapore Solution’ Tax Case

30. April 2026 um 23:37
A UK citizen has agreed to plead guilty over his role in helping Americans use offshore accounts to evade taxes through a scheme known as the “Singapore Solution,” US prosecutors said.

The Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse in New York, US, on Monday, July 14, 2025. Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm is charged with scheming to help launder more than $1 billion for Tornado Cash clients that included a North Korean cybercrime organization. Photographer: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg

Soldier Pleads Not Guilty to Insider Trading on Maduro Raid

28. April 2026 um 18:47
A US Army special forces master sergeant pleaded not guilty to charges of trading on classified information about the operation to capture then-Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a US Army soldier, exits federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Van Dyke was charged with using classified information about the timing of the capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to make more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket’s prediction market, the Justice Department said.

Trump Restarts Funds for NYC Second Avenue Subway Extension

16. April 2026 um 18:49
The Trump administration said it will resume funding for a $7 billion project to extend the Second Avenue subway to Harlem after New York City’s transit system sued over a freeze in payments.

A construction site for the Second Avenue Subway extension at East 106th Street in New York, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. New York's transit authority sued the Trump administration to unpause federal funds tied to a $7 billion project that would extend the Second Avenue subway to Harlem.

Insider-Trading Scheme Born of Romance Snags Another Broker

30. März 2026 um 20:21
A second former Spartan Capital Securities broker was accused of making hundreds of thousands of dollars on insider trades from tips linked to a man who stole confidential corporate deal information from his girlfriend’s laptop while they were working at home during the pandemic.

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

New York City Sues to Ban ‘Unlawful’ Empower Ridehail App

27. März 2026 um 22:28
New York City sued ridehail app Empower and founder Joshua Sear, claiming the company has been operating unlawfully without a license the past few years even as the service gained popularity by offering cheap fares to customers.

Rideshare platform Empower's CEO, Joshua Sear, leads the rally while hundreds of Empower's drivers gather in front of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington on March 13, 2025, to demand that Empower not be shut down.

Musk Takes a Swipe at Bowtied Judge in Twitter Investor Case

27. März 2026 um 21:42
Elon Musk took to his social media network to attack the judge in the trial he lost last week when a jury found the billionaire defrauded Twitter Inc. shareholders before acquiring the platform in 2022.

Elon Musk, executive chairman and chief technology officer of X Corp., center, arrives at federal court in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Elon Musk’s brief effort to back out of buying Twitter Inc. in 2022 is the focus of a trial that kicked off Monday over claims the world’s richest person manipulated the company’s stock price to get himself a better deal.

Musk Rips Twitter Verdict, Claims Jury’s $4.20 ‘Joke’ Mocked Him

26. März 2026 um 17:33
Elon Musk’s lawyer says the billionaire didn’t get a fair trial because a San Francisco jury slipped a “bizarre and highly questionable” joke into a verdict form when it concluded he defrauded Twitter Inc. shareholders before acquiring the social media platform.

Elon Musk arrives at federal court in San Francisco on March 4.

Wall Street Groups Urge Judge to Toss Optimum Antitrust Suit

26. März 2026 um 15:41
Wall Street trade groups lined up behind Apollo Global Management and other firms seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by Optimum Communications Inc. accusing lenders of forming an “illegal cartel” to freeze the telecom company out of the US credit market.

The Optimum Communications logo is displayed on a smartphone screen arranged in Canada on Feb. 19, 2026. Photographer: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Musk Deepens Feud With Delaware Judge, Alleging Bias on LinkedIn

Elon Musk’s lawyers are urging the Delaware Chancery Court’s chief judge to step aside from lawsuits involving him and his companies, alleging she has shown bias against the billionaire after ruling against him in high-profile cases.

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 25: This is an exterior of Delaware Chancery Court in Georgetown, Delaware where the Disney vs Ovitz trial is taking place on Monday, October 25, 2004. (Photo by Pat Crowe Ii/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tricolor Founder Daniel Chu Gets October Trial on Fraud Charges

19. März 2026 um 21:37
Tricolor Holdings founder Daniel Chu is set to go on trial in October on charges that he defrauded the used-car dealer’s banks and investors before the company collapsed last year.

Daniel Chu, founder and chief executive officer of Tricolor Holdings, center, departs federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. US prosecutors charged the founder of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings with conspiring to defraud lenders and investors, in a sweeping indictment of the leadership of a used car dealer and financing company that collapsed in a wave of scandal in September.

NY’s MTA Sues Trump Administration Over Frozen Subway Funds

17. März 2026 um 13:58
New York City’s transit system sued the Trump administration to unpause federal funds tied to a $7 billion project that would extend the Second Avenue subway to Harlem.

Commuters board a southbound Q train at the 96th Street-Second Avenue subway station in New York, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. New York's transit authority sued the Trump administration to unpause federal funds tied to a $7 billion project that would extend the Second Avenue subway to Harlem.
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