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Jury Selection Completed in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
Legal // October 04, 2023

Jury selection has been completed in the criminal fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX cryptocurrency exchange.  The trial, which began Tuesday (Oct. 3) in Manhattan federal court, will determine whether Bankman-Fried is guilty of using billions of dollars in customer deposits for...

Legal Woes Threaten To Ground Beyond Meat’s Stock
Investments // January 29, 2020

Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat is facing a lawsuit from former business partner Don Lee over fraud allegations, saying the company misappropriated its trade secrets and broke a contract. This could hurt its stock rates, according to CCN.com. Don Lee alleges that it helped Beyond...

The Data Breach Case Against Facebook Is Moving Forward
Facebook // June 25, 2019

Facebook is still legally on the hook for a September data breach that affected 30 million of their customers. Hackers were reportedly able to exploit several software failings in order to obtain login access to consumer accounts.  Facebook had moved to have the case dismissed...

Ex-Barclays Head: Qatar Capital Was Not Vital To Bank’s Health
Security & Fraud // February 19, 2019

During a fraud trial on Tuesday (Feb. 19), the former chairman of Barclays bank said that Qatar was “not as central” to the bank’s plans to fundraise billions in 2008, according to a report in the Financial Times. Marcus Agius was speaking during a trial...

Quick Reads
Bankman-Fried Asks for Access to Medication in Ongoing Trial

October 16, 2023
Disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded for access to his long-release Adderall in a late-night plea to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan Sunday, per a CNBC report Monday (Oct. 16). The controversial trial, which is ongoing in federal court in New York, stands to decide the future of Bankman-Fried and whether he may spend the rest of […]

Legal Woes Threaten To Ground Beyond Meat’s Stock

January 29, 2020
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat is facing a lawsuit from former business partner Don Lee over fraud allegations, saying the company misappropriated its trade secrets and broke a contract. This...

The Data Breach Case Against Facebook Is Moving Forward

June 25, 2019
Facebook is still legally on the hook for a September data breach that affected 30 million of their customers. Hackers were reportedly able to exploit several software failings in order...

Ex-Barclays Head: Qatar Capital Was Not Vital To Bank’s Health

February 19, 2019
During a fraud trial on Tuesday (Feb. 19), the former chairman of Barclays bank said that Qatar was “not as central” to the bank’s plans to fundraise billions in 2008,...