Steve Stroth

A Wisconsin state judge indicted for allegedly obstructing the arrest of a Mexican immigrant by US authorities said the charges should be dismissed because she’s immune from prosecution for official acts — a legal defense similar to one used by President Donald Trump.

A Wisconsin state judge indicted for allegedly obstructing the arrest of a Mexican immigrant by US authorities said the charges should be dismissed because she’s immune from prosecution for official acts — a legal defense similar to one used by President Donald Trump.

Here are the key takeaways from today’s arguments in front of the US Supreme Court in the TikTok case:

Here are the key takeaways from Bill Hwang’s sentencing for fraud and market manipulation over the 2021 collapse of his $36 billion family office, Archegos Capital Management.

A Texas federal judge reviewing Boeing Co.’s plea deal with US prosecutors over two fatal crashes asked for more information to determine whether he should approve it, including how a diversity and inclusion pledge would impact the choice of an outside monitor.

A former jet-setting Chicago billionaire was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for a $1 billion fraud at an advertising startup that included investors such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s venture capital firm.

Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital Inc. and DRW Securities LLC won dismissal of a lawsuit accusing them and others of manipulating the VIX index in 2018, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to investment funds that bought options contracts tied to the widely watched benchmark.

The former head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s precious-metals desk and his top trader were sentenced to prison for spoofing, fraud and attempted market manipulation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s former precious-metals desk head and his top gold trader asked to be spared prison sentences for spoofing.

The former head of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. precious-metals business and his top gold trader should get multiyear prison terms after they were convicted of spoofing the market for years, the US government said in a court filing.