Tag: Corporate legal affairs
CEO calls FirstEnergy’s conduct ‘wrong and unacceptable’
CLEVELAND — FirstEnergy Corp.'s conduct in secretly funding a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants...
Blackhawks GM Bowman pledges to cooperate with investigation
Chicago Blackhawks executive Stan Bowman pledged Thursday to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010.
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Couple in eBay harassment case sues company, ex-officials
BOSTON — A Massachusetts couple subjected to threats and other bizarre harassment from former eBay Inc. employees filed a civil lawsuit against the Silicon...
Tennessee immigrant youth shelter sues state over suspension
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A group that runs a Tennessee shelter for unaccompanied immigrant youth has sued the state over its decision to suspend the...
Bragg officially declared winner in Manhattan DA primary
NEW YORK — Alvin Bragg, who would be Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, has officially been declared the winner of the Democratic primary race...
A year out, $60M bribery scandal felt in business, politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The arrests one year ago Wednesday of then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates in connection with an alleged $60...
Turkey criticizes European court’s ruling on headscarf ban
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman on Sunday condemned a European Union court decision to allow employers to ban staff wearing Muslim...
Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
BOSTON — An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group,...
Survivors of newspaper shooting, victims’ relatives sue
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The families of five Maryland newspaper employees killed in a mass shooting in 2018 and most of the surviving employees who...
US warns companies about doing business in Hong Kong
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration issued a blanket warning Friday to U.S. firms about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong as China...