The Federal Aviation Administration’s authority to regulate civilian drones was upheld Tuesday in a ruling that gives the U.S. government more power to police the fast-growing use of unmanned aircraft.
Read More »Air-bag settlement deals keep details from crash victims
Confidential settlements over defective Takata Corp. air bags are sealing off relevant information that other victims could use to pursue injury claims.
Read More »Commentary: Will Supreme Court really pull plug on Obamacare?
An upcoming Supreme Court case could severely damage, even potentially kill, Obama’s signature program.
Read More »Obama’s attorney general choice avoids political tangles
Until Republicans won control of the Senate in midterm elections, Loretta Lynch was an ideal candidate to serve as deputy to the next U.S. Attorney General.
Read More »Ex-UBS banker’s acquittal shows tax prosecution difficulty
Raoul Weil, who once ran UBS AG’s global wealth-management business, was cleared at trial of tax conspiracy despite the bank’s historic admission in 2009 that it helped thousands of U.S. clients abuse Swiss bank secrecy to cheat the Internal Revenue Service.
Read More »AIG lawyer has an upset shot in bailout case
Lawyer David Boies has a shot at an upset win in the trial of Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s $25 billion bailout case against the U.S. government, a turnaround from the weak odds he was given just a month ago.
Read More »Record Wall Street money flows to Republicans in pricey midterms
Most of America isn’t interested in this week’s elections. Wall Street is an exception.
Read More »Blunt ponders younger Republicans as Jeb Bush gains steam
“Republicans have to re-evaluate how we’ve looked at presidential candidates in the past because we’ve got more young candidates than we normally have,” U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said this week.
Read More »Boston bomb suspect’s friend found guilty of lying to FBI
A former college student and close friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty of lying to federal agents about visiting the suspect’s dorm room when incriminating evidence was removed.
Read More »Law enforcement requests for U.S. mail lack controls, audit says
The U.S. Postal Service granted 49,000 law enforcement requests to track mail in 2013 under a program that often lacked proper approval, adequate justification and neglected required annual reviews, an agency audit found.
Read More »BofA’s mortgage settlement stalls over SEC policy fight
A final piece of Bank of America Corp.’s record $16.7 billion toxic-mortgage settlement is being held up by an internal fight at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said four people familiar with the case.
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