Letitia James

A Citibank branch in the central business district of Singapore on Feb. 12, 2018.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud.The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, misleads victims of fraud and illegally denies reimbursements, according to a release. The attorney general's office said the alleged failure on Citi's part…

Intuit is once again facing consequences for misleading advertising that claims it offers "free" services. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is banning TurboTax's maker from claiming services are free when most customers will end up having to pay. "We find that Intuit's ads on their face, expressly or by strong implication, conveyed to reasonable consumers the message that they can file their taxes with TurboTax for free," the FTC concluded. "Respondent's claims of free filing are false for roughly two-thirds of U.S.…

During a break in the closing arguments of his New York civil fraud trial, Donald Trump claimed that Attorney General Letitia James was responsible for forcing the oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil to leave the state and move to Texas. There is one small problem with the former president’s accusation: ExxonMobile left New York in 1989, three decades before James assumed the role of attorney general.  Speaking to reporters outside of the courtroom, Trump said James should “be criminally liable for this. She did…

Closing arguments in New York’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump took place on Thursday without an in-court word from the former president — who spent days rehearsing what he thought would be a blistering, dramatic conclusion to the case that will determine the fate of his business empire. On Wednesday, the theatrical plan by Trump and his attorneys to have the former president personally deliver his own closing statement fell apart after Trump’s legal team, led by Chris Kise, refused to agree to conditions…

Judge Arthur Engoron and his law clerk Allison Greenfield have been inundated with death threats and antisemitic attacks after Donald Trump targeted the judge and his assistant on social media. According to an affidavit filed by attorneys for the New York state court system, Engoron and Greenfield have been subjected to a “deluge the court’s chambers phone and the law clerk’s personal cell phone, personal emails and social media accounts hundreds of threatening, harassing, disparaging and antisemitic messages.”…

Donald Trump has filed for a mistrial in his New York civil fraud case, claiming that Judge Arthur Engoron and his law clerk Allison Greenfield have unfairly skewed the proceedings against the former president.  Trump’s attorneys accuse Engoron, who has clashed with the former president and his legal team throughout the trial, of improperly “co-judging” the case with Greenfield, writing in a Wednesday filing that the court had “impermissibly exceeded its discretion in granting unprecedented status and input into…

Although Donald Trump is on trial for inflating his property values, that hasn’t stopped his legal team and his son, Donald Trump Jr., from exaggerating details about his buildings during the trial. Trump Jr. testified again Monday, spending most of his time on the stand recounting various Trump real estate deals in glowing terms — prompting an objection from the state that the testimony was “unfocused to anything relevant” to the case. The former president’s eldest son attempted a charm offensive, beginning with a…

Image: Chicken Strip (Shutterstock)Juul is requesting FDA approval for an updated version of its e-cigarette a year after it was forced to briefly remove its fruity-flavored devices from the market. The new e-cigarette reportedly has age-verification capabilities and a unique Pod ID chip that will prevent consumers from using counterfeit pods with the device.Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter KillerThe company claimed in its news release that its new next-generation product will provide a…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference in advance of Super Bowl LVII at Phoenix Convention Center on February 08, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.Peter Casey | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesThe attorneys general of New York and California said Thursday they had opened an investigation into the workplace practices and culture of the National Football League, including claims of gender discrimination.The AGs have issued subpoenas to the NFL in connection with the probe."The joint investigation will…

WASHINGTON—An appeals court said it wouldn’t revive a major antitrust case against Meta Platforms Inc., handing a defeat to dozens of state attorneys general who sought to undo the Facebook parent’s acquisition of messaging platform WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram. In a 3-0 decision on Thursday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a June 2021 ruling that dismissed the case. WASHINGTON—An appeals court said it wouldn’t revive a major…