Legal

Judge rejects Dakota Access request for emergency order

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request for an emergency order to delay the process of shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline while attorneys appeal a ruling to shutter the pipeline during the course of an environmental review.

TikTok to leave Hong Kong as security law raises questions

The short-form video app’s planned departure from Hong Kong comes as various social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter balk at the possibility of providing user data to Hong Kong authorities.

Tell-all book by Trump niece to be released next week

President Trump's niece will release her tell-all book about the Trump family next week. The book, published by Simon & Schuster, was originally set for release on July 28 but will now arrive on July 14.

Novartis pays $678M to resolve suit over sham doctor outings

The settlement of the lawsuit was announced by Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, who said the company splurged on “speaking fees, exorbitant meals, and top-shelf alcohol that were nothing more than bribes to get doctors across the country to prescribe Novartis’s drugs.”