In a case described as a “jungle novelist Tom Clancy would have been proud of,” a California appeals court set aside a default judgment against a small TV network whose assets were used as collateral for a loan taken out by a large shareholder and his friend — a former congressman — in order to invest in an overseas business opportunity in Ghana, which turned out to be a scam.
Read moreA California appeals court upheld a ruling setting aside an $8 million default judgment against Lena Katina, a member of the early 2000s pop duo t.A.T.u.. Her former manager, who claims Katina was the “most famous recording artist in Russian music history” and that he had changed the trajectory of her career, had sued her for wrongful termination.
Read moreA federal judge in New York entered a $233 million default judgment against a cryptocurrency company and its executives in a class action brought by investors after the SEC separately found the company was engaged in a widespread stock market fraud scheme.
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Thirteen years to date since the longest held captive in U.S. history, Bob Levinson, disappeared, a federal judge on Monday ruled the former FBI agent’s family is entitled to damages in a lawsuit seeking $1.5 billion from Iran.
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R&B star R. Kelly lost one of his many court battles Tuesday, with a Cook County judge granting a default judgment in a civil sexual assault case against him.
Read moreA federal judge granted default judgment of $154,600 to five veterans who claim BAIC Inc. et al. conspired to defraud them and other military veterans in the sale of pension benefits.
Read moreLodging his second federal complaint from behind bars Friday, former pharmaceutical wunderkind Martin Shkreli is taking aim at a man who testified against him at his securities fraud trial.
Read moreThe publisher of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website who unleashed a “troll storm” on a Jewish family in Montana failed to show up for a deposition in New York, leading to an entry of default against him Tuesday.
Read moreRecommending they read William Faulkner to learn the “boundaries of human decency,” a federal judge on Friday admonished former Mississippi police officers accused of forcing a mentally disabled man to eat a mouthful of cinnamon days after making him box a cop.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Boeing must produce its $16 billion contract with Iran Air, a historic agreement made possible by the Iran nuclear deal, in response to discovery requests filed by victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel.
Read moreAn attorney for “hot yoga” guru Bikram Choudhury on Wednesday asked a California appeals court to reject a legal motion that would end his bid to overturn a $7 million judgment because he has a warrant out for his arrest.
Read moreA federal judge awarded a default judgment of $178 million to the family of a infant killed in a truck attack on a Jerusalem light rail station in October 2014. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell entered the judgment against the Islamic Republican of Iran because of its material support of Hamas, the organization believed to have carried out the attack.
Read moreAn investor in deer antler spray asked a federal judge to void a $5.4 million default judgment in favor of a former NFL player who said he was suspended four games for using the spray.
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