Tag: Trials

Former Volkswagen boss Winterkorn faces trial over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn faced a trial Tuesday on charges of fraud and market manipulation in connection with...

Tech tycoon, defense attorney, and Morgan Stanley banker among those missing in freak yacht sinking

LONDON -- A superyacht that sank Monday off the Sicilian coast during a storm left six passengers missing, including British tech kingpin Mike...

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was trying to bounce back from HP fraud case before being lost at sea

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon...

Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US copyright case

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this week to halt...

Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules

WASHINGTON -- A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle...

Judge hears NFL's motion in 'Sunday Ticket' case, says jury did not follow instructions on damages

LOS ANGELES -- The judge who presided over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL said the jury did...