BREAKING: Jury Finds Ex-Ecuador Official Guilty Of Money Laundering
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A Florida federal jury on Tuesday found the former comptroller of Ecuador guilty on all counts charged against him by the government, which accused him of taking millions of dollars in bribes and directing his son, a banker in Miami, to launder the money ..read more
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Judge Finds Feds Own Historic Virgin Islands Resort
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A U.S. Virgin Islands federal judge has found the government owns the title to the historic Caneel Bay resort on a St. John peninsula, ruling against an operator in a dispute that arose after the resort suffered damage from back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes in 2017 ..read more
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Miami Seaquarium Operator Fights Eviction Bid In $35M Suit
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The operator of the Miami Seaquarium is fighting an alleged attempt by Miami-Dade County to unlawfully terminate its lease, saying in a federal lawsuit it will lose $35 million from a possible eviction that occurred after the company's CEO criticized county officials in an email over the facility's condition ..read more
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Texas, Mo. Seek Full Vacatur Of DHS Border Wall Plan
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Texas and Missouri on Monday urged a Texas federal court to fully vacate the Biden administration's plans to redirect border wall construction funds, saying the plan adopted an overarching policy the court had declared was unlawful ..read more
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Watchdog Nixes Unfair Treatment Claims In $310M VA IT Deal
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office was unconvinced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair graded an IT firm's bid for a $310.3 million deal more harshly than a competitor's, saying the rankings reflected differences in the bids ..read more
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Jury Begins Deliberating In Ex-Ecuador Official's Bribery Trial
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Jurors began deliberating Monday afternoon in Florida federal court on the fate of the former comptroller of Ecuador, who prosecutors say took millions of dollars in bribes and directed his son, a banker in Miami, to launder the money ..read more
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Feds Botched Building Contract Prices, Watchdog Reports
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Federal building overseers in the Southeast U.S. used distorted pricing for medium-term construction contracts that produced significantly inflated and unreasonably low-cost estimates, according to a government watchdog ..read more
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Court Tosses Shipbuilders No-Poach Case As Untimely
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A Virginia federal court found that a pair of warship designers haven't shown that major shipbuilders for the U.S. military, including General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries, concealed a "gentlemen's agreement" to not poach workers from one another ..read more
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Hedge Funder's IRS Suit Over Leaked Tax Info Gets Trimmed
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A Florida federal judge on Monday dismissed part of a hedge fund executive's case seeking to hold the Internal Revenue Service accountable for a leak of his private tax data to the media, saying he failed to show he suffered any damages ..read more
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New Atlanta-Area City Beats Constitutional Challenge
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A Georgia state court judge Friday tossed a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of a newly incorporated city in suburban Atlanta, ruling that a provision of the cityhood referendum allowing it to create a special tax district wasn't a violation of the state constitution ..read more
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