Alibaba Employee Was Sexually Abused Multiple Times, Say Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities said they found that a female Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. employee was sexually abused both by her boss...
Crime/Legal Action
Huawei Accused in Suit of Installing Data ‘Back Door’ in Pakistan Project
A long-running dispute between Huawei Technologies Co. and a small U.S.-based contractor has escalated to U.S. federal court, with the...
Eviction Moratorium Left in Place by Judge Despite Legal Doubts
WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Friday allowed the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium to remain in place, saying she didn’t have...
Alibaba Sets Anti-Sexual Harassment Measures After Employee Allegations
TAIPEI— Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has announced new policies to combat sexual harassment, a response to sexual-assault allegations by a...
Jay Y. Lee, Samsung’s De Facto Leader, Wins Parole From Prison
SEOUL— Samsung ’s de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, will be released from prison on parole later this week, though it...
A Gold Mine Takeover Highlights Increasing Mining-Sector Risk
Canada’s Centerra Gold Inc. invested more than $3 billion over nearly three decades to turn a remote gold prospect in...
Disney Lawyer Defends Distribution of ‘Black Widow’ in Scarlett Johansson Fight
A lawyer representing Walt Disney Co. in its legal battle against actress Scarlett Johansson defended Disney’s distribution of “Black Widow”...
Activision Replaces Blizzard Head J. Allen Brack as It Faces Gender-Bias Lawsuit
Activision Blizzard Inc. said an executive named in a gender-bias lawsuit filed by California regulators is leaving the videogame publisher....
WSJ News Exclusive | MyPillow to Pull Ads From Fox News in Disagreement With Network
The chief executive of MyPillow Inc., one of Fox News’s big advertisers, said he is pulling his ads from the...
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Charged With Securities Fraud
Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola Corp. and onetime executive chairman of the electric-truck startup, was indicted Thursday on securities-fraud...
Aon, Willis Towers Scrap $30 Billion Merger Amid Antitrust Impasse
Aon PLC and Willis Towers Watson PLC abandoned a more than $30 billion tie-up to create the world’s largest insurance...
Kaseya Gets Tool to Unlock Data After Ransomware Attack
The technology provider at the center of a ransomware attack this month said it obtained a tool to unlock data...
Medicare Payment Collector Targets Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts
A collection agent for Medicare service providers is suing one of the dozens of trusts established by bankrupt asbestos manufacturers...
Elon Musk Returns to Court to Defend Tesla’s SolarCity Purchase
WILMINGTON, Del.— Tesla Inc. TSLA -2.50% Chief Executive Elon Musk wrapped up two days of grilling over the car maker’s...
Michael Avenatti Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years for Trying to Extort Nike
Michael Avenatti, whose star turn as Stormy Daniels’s pugnacious lawyer ended two years ago in a flurry of criminal charges,...
President Biden Signs Bill to Fund CFTC Whistleblower Program
President Biden has signed into law legislation that would temporarily set up a new account to pay for the operations...
WSJ News Exclusive | Ransomware Hackers Demand $70 Million to Unlock Computers in Widespread Attack
The boss of the company at the heart of a widespread hack that has affected hundreds of businesses said he...
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
HONG KONG— Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could...
Court Strikes Down Attempt to Expand Summer Ethanol Sales
A federal appeals court Friday struck down a 2019 rule-change to expand summertime ethanol sales, saying the Trump administration overreached...
Chinese Regulators Target Ride-Hailing Company Didi Just Days After IPO
Chinese regulators zeroed in on Didi Global Inc. on Friday, days after the ride-hailing company went public, by blocking its...
