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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Morningstar in federal court in Manhattan on Feb. 16, 2021, for allegedly failing to transparently explain how it rated about $30 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities in 2015 and 2016.

Morningstar analysts tweaked ratings of paying clients, SEC alleges

February 17, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.

Morningstar Credit Ratings let analysts make undisclosed adjustments that resulted in higher ratings of mortgage-backed securities for issuers that paid for the rating, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said...

Trump files emergency Nevada appeal over ballots from biggest county

November 3, 2020 at 6:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's campaign asked Nevada's top court to halt ballots from being counted in the state's biggest county amid disputes over the accuracy of its signature-matching technology and public access for election...

Lawyers’ group reports ‘no systemic problems’ with in-person voting

November 3, 2020 at 6:09 p.m.

Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said Tuesday that the election so far appears to be successful in terms of in-person voting despite some isolated...

Federal court revives emoluments lawsuit alleging Trump illegally profited from his Washington hotel

May 14, 2020 at 10:44 a.m.

President Donald Trump must face a lawsuit accusing him of illegally profiting from his Washington hotel, a federal appeals court ruled, reviving a case that was dismissed last year. The...

Medical workers remove a body from a refrigerated truck outside of the Brooklyn Hospital on March 31, 2020 in New York, United States. Due to a surge in deaths caused by the Coronavirus, hospitals are using refrigerated trucks as make shift morgues.

More people are thinking about their wills, forcing lawyers to improvise

March 26, 2020 at 11:01 a.m.

The rising death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is prompting more people, from young health care professionals to the elderly, to prepare their wills in a hurry — a task...

Union accuses McDonald’s of gouging franchisees on $3 billion rent

June 5, 2018 at 12:08 a.m.

McDonald's should be investigated for gouging franchisees on rents and deceiving them about how the amounts are calculated, a labor union said in letters to attorneys general in Illinois and...

Mattel, maker of Barbie, is among several companies that agreed to stop tracking children's online behavior, after a settlement with the New York attorney general's office.

Toy companies agree to stop tracking kids’ online habits, will pay $835,000 fine

June 12, 2018 at 7:12 a.m.

Children visiting websites for SpongeBob SquarePants, Barbie and other popular kids' brands will no longer have their personal data illegally tracked for marketing purposes under a deal between New York's...

JP Morgan Chase settled a lawsuit from former federal inmates that it took advantage of them by charging exorbitant fees for debit cards issued to ex-prisoners.

JPMorgan pays inmates for fees on get-out-of-jail debit card

June 11, 2018 at 9:55 p.m.

JPMorgan Chase's contract to provide debit cards to inmates released from federal prison may have backfired after a former convict raised a ruckus. The bank agreed to pay a total...

GM switch plaintiff drops case after being accused of lying

June 11, 2018 at 6:39 a.m.

The Oklahoma mail carrier at the center of the first trial over General Motors's deadly ignition-switch defect is dropping his claims after he and his wife were accused of lying...

Boston bombing suspect loses last-ditch bid to delay trial

June 20, 2019 at 5:10 a.m.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose federal terrorism trial is set to start Jan. 5, lost a last-ditch bid to delay the proceeding after one of his best friends...

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