July 16, 2015
A former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. executive was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his role in a fraud that prosecutors say led to the collapse of an Oklahoma insurance company. Allen Reichman, 54, and three others scammed …
June 1, 2015
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos pleaded not guilty to charges that he exploited his position to enrich his son Adam. The two men were arrested early last month on corruption charges, and federal prosecutors last week …
February 26, 2015
The three biggest U.S. tobacco companies agreed to pay $100 million to settle 400 Florida lawsuits, potentially resolving a group of cases filed after a 2006 ruling by the state’s highest court that made it easier for individuals to sue …
May 21, 2014
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked a judge to dismiss American International Group Inc.’s lawsuit against the state’s top financial regulator, saying the insurer is trying to interfere with a probe of unlicensed overseas insurance sales. “The investigation of …
May 14, 2014
American International Group Inc. defrauded the U.S. by failing to disclose it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations with the government over a bailout in the financial crisis, a former executive claimed in a lawsuit. Alex Grabcheski, a …
April 3, 2014
American International Group Inc. sued to block New York’s top financial regulator, Benjamin Lawsky, from fining it over marketing insurance overseas without a state license, claiming it would be unconstitutional. AIG, criticizing what it called a “flawed and unconstitutional” interpretation …
March 25, 2014
As the final hours of Malaysian Air Flight MH370 remain wrapped in mystery, the question of who bears full liability for the jet’s disappearance is also unresolved. This much is clear: Families of the 227 passengers aboard the flight that …
March 7, 2014
Three former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, once the No. 3 legal adviser to banks handling merger deals, were charged with a “blatant” $200 million fraud that spurred the largest law firm bankruptcy in history. The three, including the …
December 19, 2013
Facebook Inc. and the underwriters of its May 2012 initial public offering must face a class-action lawsuit by investors claiming the company misled them about its financial condition, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet in Manhattan rejected arguments …
September 9, 2013
Reynolds American Inc.’s R.J. Reynolds Tobacco unit lost its bid to overturn jury verdicts over smoking-related deaths after arguing that federal courts shouldn’t apply a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court that made it easier for smokers to prove their …