Legal

A bitcoin hack that's now worth billions of dollars and a scheme to launder those proceeds resulted in Ilya Lichtenstein being sentenced to five years in prison.

The attorneys general argue that the SEC’s industry-wide crackdown has unfairly targeted crypto firms without establishing clear, consistent rules of the road for them to operate.

A Chipotle shareholder is suing the company after the social media frenzy that occurred due to the allegedly small and inconsistent portions across its restaurants.

A court in the Netherlands has overturned a 2021 ruling ordering Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, dealing a blow to climate activist groups.

A man fired by Disney is facing allegations that he had tampered with restaurant menus through unauthorized access to menu technology Disney World used.

Subway was hit with a lawsuit on Monday claiming the restaurant chain “materially overstates" the amount of meat in visual ads for sandwiches.

A JetBlue passenger is suing the carrier after she was allegedly served a "frozen solid" ice cream sandwich, causing her to sustain injuries, including a fractured tooth.

A federal judge issued a ruling blocking the pending merger of luxury fashion brands Tapestry and Capri on the grounds it would undercut competition in the handbag market.

Pennsylvania House Bill 2481, dubbed the Bitcoin Rights bill, sailed through with strong bipartisan support, winning by an overwhelming majority of 176 votes to 26.

A Colorado man has filed the first of what is expected to be multiple lawsuits against McDonald's over an E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food chain's Quarter Pounder hamburgers.

Three passengers filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines, alleging they suffered injuries when a flight caught on fire while landing at a Las Vegas airport.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $4 million fine against Lufthansa, accusing the airline of discriminating against Jewish passengers in a 2022 incident.

Voters in the state of California will have the opportunity to roll back a decade-old criminal justice reform measure and toughen punishments for theft and drug crimes in the state.

The Justice Department offered potential options for addressing Google's monopoly over internet search that could include divestment of business units and other restrictions.

McDonald's filed a lawsuit against multiple meat companies over allegations they engaged in a price-fixing scheme for beef specifically the last nine years.

Federal law lets the president intervene in labor disputes to impose a "cooling off" period for negotiations, though President Biden doesn't plan to use that if there is a port strike.

Employers at East and Gulf Coast ports filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the dockworkers' union in an effort to restart negotiations and prevent a potential strike.

Nippon Steel's bid to buy U.S. Steel was given the green light by an arbitration board tasked with reviewing the United Steelworkers union's complaints with the transaction.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's ex-girlfriend and co-conspirator, Caroline Ellison, was sentenced to 24 months behind bars for her role in the collapse of the crypto empire.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Visa on Tuesday, alleging the financial services giant used its clout to maintain a monopoly over the U.S. debit card market.