Court approves PG&E’s $23B bankruptcy financing package

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday won court approval to raise $23 billion to help pay its bills over destructive California wildfires after Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped his opposition to a financing package designed to help the nation’s largest utility get out of bankruptcy. The milestone reached during an unusual court... Read More

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PG&E

March 12, 2020

California AG drops challenge to T-Mobile-Sprint merger

NEW YORK (AP) — California’s attorney general said Wednesday that the state will not appeal a judge’s decision approving T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion purchase of Sprint, bringing the companies closer to creating a new wireless giant on par with AT&T and Verizon in size. Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Letitia James led... Read More

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Sprint, T-Mobile

March 11, 2020

Panda and poke: Restaurant trademarks can stir legal fights

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — When picking a name for their Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant in suburban Phoenix, Paul and Nicole Fan settled on “Panda Libre,” hoping the mix of China’s iconic bear and the Spanish word for “free” would signal to customers the type of cuisine it offered. That decision could cost them dearly. Chinese takeout... Read More

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Panda Express, Panda Libre

March 11, 2020

PG&E settles key battle over $13.5B wildfire victims’ fund

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric told a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday that it has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened to siphon money away from a $13.5 billion fund earmarked for victims of catastrophic wildfires in California caused by the nation’s largest utility. The breakthrough disclosed by a PG&E lawyer... Read More

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PG&E

March 9, 2020

Date set for guilty plea from UAW ex-president Gary Jones

DETROIT (AP) — The former president of the United Auto Workers will appear in court on March 19 to plead guilty to corruption. The date was set Friday, a day after charges against Gary Jones were unsealed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. He’s accused of conspiring with UAW cronies to embezzle more than $1... Read More

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United Auto Workers

March 5, 2020

Airline mechanic gets 3 years for sabotaging jetliner

MIAMI (AP) — A veteran airline mechanic was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner with 150 people aboard in a bid to earn overtime fixing the plane. In sentencing 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke said she found no evidence to support allegations that... Read More

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March 2, 2020

Buffalo Roman Catholic Diocese seeks bankruptcy protection

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The embattled Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, taking another major step in its effort to recover from a clergy misconduct scandal that’s been the basis for hundreds of lawsuits, Vatican intervention and the resignation of its bishop. With its filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the western... Read More

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Catholic Church

February 27, 2020

California wildfire victims fear coming last in PG&E payout

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires and the utility blamed for causing them was supposed to bring some peace and hope to people still reeling from the devastation. Instead, the deal has sparked confusion, resentment, suspicion and despair as the victims, government agencies and lawyers grapple for... Read More

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California wildfire, PG&E

February 25, 2020

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publicly mourned their deaths Monday in an emotional public ceremony. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los... Read More

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Kobe Bryant

February 19, 2020

Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy, urge victims to step forward

The Boy Scouts of America urged victims to come forward Tuesday as the historic, 110-year-old organization filed for bankruptcy protection in the first step toward creating a huge compensation fund for potentially thousands of men who were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters or other leaders. The Scouts resorted to Chapter 11 in hopes... Read More

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The Boy Scouts of America

February 18, 2020

Trial to begin over Arkema chemical plant fire during Harvey

HOUSTON (AP) — Hurricane Harvey’s historic flooding in 2017 overwhelmed power systems at Arkema Inc.’s chemical plant in suburban Houston, eventually causing organic peroxides made at the facility to catch fire and explode, sending noxious black smoke into the air. The blaze forced the evacuation of more than 200 residents from the area and sent... Read More

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Arkema

February 18, 2020

Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing

Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on. The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could be one of... Read More

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The Boy Scouts of America

February 14, 2020

In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft’s work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the U.S. government last year for awarding the contract to its rival. Amazon’s lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that President Donald Trump’s bias against the company... Read More

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Amazon

February 12, 2020

Price worries remain after judge OKs T-Mobile’s Sprint deal

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has cleared a major path for T-Mobile to buy Sprint for $26.5 billion, citing T-Mobile’s track record in promoting competition, even as legal scholars and consumer advocates warn about higher phone bills. Judge Victor Marrero in New York said he believed the new T-Mobile would continue to compete... Read More

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Sprint, T-Mobile

Court approves PG&E’s $23B bankruptcy financing package

California AG drops challenge to T-Mobile-Sprint merger

Panda and poke: Restaurant trademarks can stir legal fights

PG&E settles key battle over $13.5B wildfire victims’ fund

Date set for guilty plea from UAW ex-president Gary Jones

Airline mechanic gets 3 years for sabotaging jetliner

Buffalo Roman Catholic Diocese seeks bankruptcy protection

California wildfire victims fear coming last in PG&E payout

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy, urge victims to step forward

Trial to begin over Arkema chemical plant fire during Harvey

Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing

In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

Price worries remain after judge OKs T-Mobile’s Sprint deal

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