Supreme Court wary about widening whistleblower protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative and liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared reluctant to broaden protections for corporate insiders who blow the whistle on securities law violations or fraud by their companies.
Connecticut cardiologist is convicted of insider trading
(Reuters) – A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a Connecticut cardiologist of insider trading based on confidential information he learned about a clinical drug trial, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
N.Y. murder conviction tossed because juror applied for prosecutor job
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court on Tuesday threw out the April 2014 conviction of a man in Manhattan’s East Harlem section for killing his girlfriend, because a juror failed to disclose she had applied for a prosecutor’s job in the …
Man charged in New York truck attack pleads not guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people by speeding a rental truck down a New York City bike path in October pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and other criminal charges.
U.S. top court wary about widening whistleblower protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative and liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared reluctant to broaden protections for corporate insiders who blow the whistle on securities law violations or fraud by their companies.
Turkish gold trader becomes star witness in U.S. case over Iran sanctions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish gold trader has pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran and will testify against a Turkish bank official who is charged with arranging illegal transactions involving American banks, a U.S. prosec…
Fraternity members accused in hazing death return to Pennsylvania court
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – More than a dozen former members of a New York fraternity returned to a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday to face charges in the 2013 hazing death of a Baruch College freshman during an initiation ritual in the state’s Pocono M…
Hawaii, ACLU ask U.S. top court not to allow full Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Hawaii and the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to allow President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban that would bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countries to go in…
Scaramucci quits advisory post at Massachusetts school after lawsuit threat
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former White House spokesman Anthony Scaramucci resigned his advisory position at a Massachusetts university following a dust-up in which he threatened to sue the school’s student newspaper, Tufts University officials said on Tuesday…
Police search for missing three-year-old girl in North Carolina
(Reuters) – Local and federal law enforcement officials were searching on Tuesday for a 3-year-old girl who went missing from her bedroom in Jacksonville, North Carolina, after being put to bed on Sunday night, the local sheriff’s office said.
