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An energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio has been ordered by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pay a $100 million civil penalty for misleading investors about its role in the scandal. Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. violated anti-fraud provisions by misrepresenting its role in the political corruption scheme [...]
The Election Integrity Unit of the Ohio secretary of state’s office recently sent evidence of more than 600 election law violations to the state attorney general’s office for review. In a press release, Secretary of State Frank LaRose said state law empowers him as the state’s chief elections officer to investigate administration of election laws, [...]
A Tenth District appellate panel upheld a ruling in favor of an insurance company’s denial of an underinsured-motorist claim by the estate of a Gahanna man killed in a traffic accident on Feb. 25, 2020, at a southeast Columbus interchange. The panel affirmed the Franklin County Common Pleas Court’s decision to grant summary judgment in [...]
LONDON (AP) — Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty after the bloc’s top court ruled this week against it in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies. The European Union’s top court rejected Google’s appeal against [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed cryptocurrency empire and his former girlfriend, is seeking no prison time at her sentencing later this month. Lawyers for Ellison made the request in a filing in Manhattan federal court in advance of a sentencing scheduled for Sept. 24. [...]
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel reversed the trial court’s decision in favor of a cleaning services provider in a negligence claim brought by a UPS driver who was injured in a fall caused by a wet spot on a carpeted surface. The 3-0 panel found that a genuine issue of material fact — [...]
A Fifth District appellate panel affirmed the conviction of a former Delaware attorney on five counts of theft and a single count of grand theft, despite assertions the court was wrong to order payment of restitution and not grant his request for treatment in lieu of conviction. The 3-0 panel found Robert Owens’ arguments insufficient [...]
Few people who live near the East Palestine train derailment site opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents’ reservations about whether the deal offers enough, so lawyers say the agreement should be approved later this month. The lawyers who negotiated the deal with Norfolk Southern on behalf of everyone affected by [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The federal government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles, including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks, so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this week said that for the first time it's proposing a new rule setting testing and performance [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report that shows a 45 percent jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud involving bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies, according [...]