Legal

Cirque du Soleil Ok'd an offer to its lenders in a deal that forgives roughly $825 million of Cirque’s $1.2 billion in outstanding loans in exchange for ownership, while leaving its current owners — a group led by billionaire private titans like David Bonderman — empty-handed.

Beth Wilkinson’s hiring was confirmed amid rumblings that the Washington Post is preparing an expose on the team's culture.

The Free Minnesota Small Business Coalition, which includes leading individual businesses and several state legislators, claims that Walz’s orders amount to improper legislative action and that the statute that allows emergency declarations for an “act of nature” does not apply to a pandemic.

Karen Littlefair sought a discount on the cheating after the person earned a C in one of the courses, authorities said.

According to the suit, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim was sitting in his assigned seat on a Delta flight in November 2018 when he was bitten by a dog belonging to a boarding passenger.

Planned construction would irreparably harm the community, environment and desecrate a slave grave sites, according to legal papers.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced a suit against ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft.

The legal team will face their first major hurdle on Tuesday, when they’ll be tasked with trying to convince a judge that Maxwell is not a flight risk.

Maxwell is expected to virtually appear in court on Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST. If convicted, she faces up to 35 years in prison. 

Hernandez’s release from the team in 2013 came less than one year after he signed a five-year, $40 million contract extension with the Patriots.

Washington team officials have held off on announcing a new name due to trademark issues.

Johnny Depp is suing the Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers, at London’s High Court after the tabloid labelled him a “wife beater” in a 2018 article. In a libel case, the movie star said that ex-wife Amber Heard had thrown a "haymaker" punch at him on the night he found he had lost $650 million.

GM said it disagreed with the ruling and will pursue legal remedies.

Police in St. Louis, Missouri, searched the mansion of a couple who brandished guns at protesters marching outside their home last month in widely seen videos, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said.

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn refused to comment on allegations from prosecutors in the U.S., who said last week that he wired more than $860,000 to a company linked to one of the men accused of helping smuggle him out of Japan in a box in December.

According to the lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court by Adam Bauer, LinkedIn reads the Clipboard information without notifying the user.

Robert De Niro says he’s running out of dinero.

The state of California is launching an antitrust probe into search giant Google, according to Politico.

Several worker advocacy organizations have filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging that meat processing companies Tyson Foods and JBS have engaged in racial discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic.

Meghan Markle requested that a British court block the Daily Mail and its parent company from publishing the names of five friends who defended her while speaking to People magazine in anonymously but are named in confidential court documents.