Crime/Legal Action

Axel Springer Stands By Business Insider Reporting on Bill Ackman’s Wife

HS 14/01/2024

Jan. 14, 2024 12:27 pm ETBusiness Insider owner Axel Springer said it stands by the publication after reviewing the reporting...

EBay to Pay $3 Million Penalty for Employees Sending Live Cockroaches, Fetal Pig to Bloggers

HS 12/01/2024

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 4:55 pm ETEBay agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty after employees engaged in a...

Aaron Rodgers Says His Comments About Jimmy Kimmel Didn’t Imply Connection to Jeffrey Epstein

HS 10/01/2024

When ESPN placed a big bet on a new star, Pat McAfee, to bring in young audiences with an edgy...

Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX

HS 07/01/2024

Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies....

SpaceX Sues Labor Board Over Employee Firings

HS 05/01/2024

SpaceX sued the U.S. government’s labor board a day after an official at the agency accused the company of violating...

Court Sides With FTC Finding Illumina-Grail Deal Anticompetitive

HS 16/12/2023

A federal appeals court said the U.S. government was right to challenge Illumina’s purchase of cancer-test developer Grail, but still...

How the Maker of ‘Fortnite’ Beat Google and Got Its Mojo Back

HS 16/12/2023

Videogame boss Tim Sweeney is on a winning streak.His company, closely held Epic Games, defeated tech behemoth Google in court...

WSJ News Exclusive | Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover

HS 16/12/2023

Updated Dec. 15, 2023 10:35 pm ETActivision Blizzard has agreed to pay more than $50 million to settle a high-profile...

Apple Makes Security Changes to Protect Users From iPhone Thefts

HS 13/12/2023

Updated Dec. 12, 2023 5:57 pm ETApple is rolling out a new security setting for iPhones following Wall Street Journal...

Activist Nuns, With Stake in Smith & Wesson, Sue Gun Maker Over AR-15 Rifles

HS 06/12/2023

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 3:49 pm ETA group of activist nuns filed an unusual shareholder lawsuit to pressure gun maker...

Bari Weiss’s Surging News Startup Lures Readers Miffed at Media Coverage of Israel

HS 30/11/2023

Bari Weiss realized that her news startup, the Free Press, was attracting a lot of attention with its coverage of...

WSJ News Exclusive | Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children

HS 27/11/2023

Listen to article(2 minutes)Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system...

Bayer Told to Pay $1.56 Billion After Losing Roundup Case

HS 19/11/2023

Updated Nov. 18, 2023 7:43 pm ETBayer faces a payout of $1.56 billion after a Missouri jury found in favor...

Elon Musk’s X Loses Bid to Scrap FTC Privacy Order

HS 17/11/2023

A federal judge denied X Corp.’s request to modify or terminate a consent order between the social-media company acquired by...

Cruise Recalls Driverless Vehicles Over Software Issue

HS 08/11/2023

Cruise, the self-driving vehicle unit of General Motors, has issued a voluntary software recall after California regulators suspended the company’s...