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UBS - U.S. Settlement: Swiss Bank to Identify at Least 4,450 Names

By Joel Zand | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In another blow to Swiss bank privacy and secrecy laws, UBS agreed to identify 4,450 of its U.S. clients sought by the IRS for allegedly hiding assets...

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Virtual Reality Sex Toys Creator Sues Second Life: Get 'Em Outta' My Bed

By Joel Zand | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Kevin Alderman (inset, right), a virtual world entrepreneur whom Wired called 'Second Life's Porn Mogul,' filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit...

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Whistleblowers to Divide $102 Million in Pfizer $2.3B Fraud Settlement

By Joel Zand | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc., and its drug subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, Inc. are paying $2.3 billion to settle the largest criminal and...

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Tarek Mehanna's Shoppping Mall Terror Conspiracy Charges

By Joel Zand | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Tarek Mehanna, a Sudbury, Massachusetts man, was charged with conspiring with others in a terror plot to attack U.S. shopping malls in furtherance of violent...

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The Case of the Desert Cross Goes Before the Supreme Court

By Kevin Fayle | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence is, quite simply, a confusing mess when it comes to religious monuments on public land. So much so...

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The Supreme Court's First Day

By Kevin Fayle | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Ah, the leaves are turning, baseball is heading into the postseason, and the weather is becoming noticeably cooler - which means it must be time for the...

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