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Jegara Igbara, who gained more than one million followers under the Instagram account where he went by "Jay Mazini," allegedly defrauded at least $2.5 million from his followers through a Bitcoin scheme. 

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 146,804 checks and issuing 677 PayPal payments to students who first enrolled in a masters, bachelors, or associates degree program at University of Phoenix between October 15, 2012 and December 31, 2016, and paid more than $5,000 with cash, grants, federal and private student loans, or military benefits.

A coalition of 13 states filed one lawsuit in federal court in Louisiana, while Wyoming filed a its own lawsuit in federal court in that state. The states joining Louisiana’s suit included Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

Market disruptions caused by the pandemic and near-zero interest rates have made it harder for companies to manage their pension obligations, especially plans sponsored by a single employer.

Masterpiece Cakeshop and Jack Phillips case is latest in series of US cases against merchants' religious objections

McKinsey & Co will pay $45 million to settle an investigation by Nevada of the big consulting firm’s role in fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic.

The iPhone maker has been at loggerheads with Epic Games, the creator of the popular game Fortnite, which last year tried to avoid a 30% fee which Apple charges developers on the App Store by launching its own in-app payment system.

Congressional Democrats are seeking to prevent members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP from using the drug company’s bankruptcy to get legal releases freeing them from government lawsuits over the opioid painkiller.

On Wednesday, district attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles sued Handy.com for reportedly misclassifying its workers as independent contractors instead of employees.

After the police killing of George Floyd, a Connecticut law professor invited architects, planners and land use attorneys to a discussion of how local zoning worsens the state’s racial inequities. Over 200 people logged onto her impromptu Zoom meeting.

The nation's largest nursing home operator is also accused of discharging patients without adequate notice or preparation

A judge will consider the wider context of the actions in determining whether to enforce the fine.

Lindsey Boylan, one of several former staffers who have accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, said Friday that she intends to support efforts to unseat Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand after they trailed behind other party leaders in calling for the governor to resign.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ upcoming trial for alleged felony fraud will be delayed several weeks after attorneys for the prosecution and defense revealed in court documents that she is pregnant, according to multiple reports Friday.

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has been sued by a shareholder who accused him of violating his 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his Twitter use.

The suit alleges Lancaster "used his seniority" to get into meetings and access documents to gain company secrets.

Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $4.3 billion to resolve sprawling opioid litigation, up from $3 billion initially proposed in settlement discussions underway in the OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy proceedings, four people familiar with the matter said. 

A former Panda Express employee alleged in a lawsuit Wednesday that the fast-food chain pressured her to attend a "bizarre" self-improvement seminar that "quickly devolved into psychological abuse" when she was "forced to strip down to her underwear" in front of strangers and coworkers. 

The Justice Department has tapped victim compensation attorneys Ken Feinberg and Camille Biros to oversee the $500 million fund set up for the families of victims of fatal plane crashes involving Boeing 737 Max Aircraft.

President Biden will nominate Lina Khan, a prominent antitrust scholar and critic of Big Tech companies, to serve on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.