Following five days of a deliberation, a Brooklyn-based jury found Martin Shkreli guilty of two counts of securities fraud as well as conspiracy. The 34-year old businessman was acquitted of five charges of conspiracy. Shkreli’s sentence hasn’t yet been set. After tossing a nervous smirk to his legal counsel, Skhreli headed outside to decry the
Former U.S. Attorney Agrees To Psychiatric Treatment For Stalking
Right v. Wrong. It’s a concept most of us were taught as children. It’s also one that many, especially those in positions of power, sometimes forget. This true story on air pollution, science, and the law is a perfect example.
Thief Steals Rare Vehicle, Disguises It in a Different Color
Airline Employees Fired After Damaging Luggage
When most people book a stay at an Airbnb, the last thing they expect to experience is discrimination of any form. Unfortunately for Dyne Suh, a 26-year-old law clerk, she faced racial discrimination when she booked a “mountain cabin in Big Bear, California, for $250 a night from Tami Barker for a skiing weekend with friends.” As a result, “Suh complained to both Airbnb and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH),” and Barker was “fined $5,000 for racial discrimination and will have to take a course in Asian-American studies.”
The recently-released transcript of a January phone call between Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto showed the commander-in-chief boasting about his electoral victory and pressuring his southern counterpart to stay silent on the subject of a border wall. The conversation’s contents were released Thursday by The Washington Post, which were purportedly obtained from
On Wednesday, President Trump threw his weight behind a bill that would slash legal immigration to the United States in half within a decade. While the proposal isn’t likely to gain enough traction to pass into law, the commander-in-chief’s support showcases the latest item on the administration increasingly anti-immigration agenda. The effort, introduced to Congress
This helpful look at debt is a guest post from the team at InvestmentZen. As cost of living rises, leaving behind the slower rise of median income, many people have turned to credit cards and personal loans to make ends meet. In the short term, this approach can help, but it holds significant hazards over the long-term. Particularly with interest rates rising to alarming levels, allowing debt to accumulate can bring disaster to a financial plan.
Trump is about to landfill the Office of Environmental Justice, which worked to protect powerless, poor communities like the ones where his supporters live.