Jonathan Stempel
By Jonathan Stempel
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Fast Forward Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen For $95M Over ‘Pedophile Beeper’ Skit
Roy Moore, the failed Senate candidate from Alabama, on Wednesday filed a $95 million lawsuit accusing Sacha Baron Cohen of defamation for duping him into appearing on the actor’s Showtime television series “Who Is America?” Moore, a Republican and former chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court, also brought defamation claims against Showtime and its parent,…
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Fast Forward Museum Can Keep Nazi-Looted Masterpiece: Court
A federal appeals court on Monday said the Norton Simon Museum can keep two 16th century masterpieces depicting Adam and Eve by the German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, which had been looted by the Nazis during World War Two. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 against Marei von Saher, who…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Pollard Loses Bid To Ease Parole Conditions
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel, to relax his parole conditions. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the U.S. Parole Commission acted within its discretion in…
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Fast Forward Billionaire Ira Rennert Ordered To Pay $213M Over Hamptons Mansion Scheme
A federal appeals court said billionaire Ira Rennert must pay a $213.2 million judgment after a jury found him liable for looting his now-defunct magnesium company to build one of the country’s most expensive homes, a 21-bedroom mansion in New York’s Hamptons. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday let stand a jury…
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Fast Forward Judge Backs $7B Deal To Recoup Some Losses From Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme
A federal judge has blocked litigation that the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm said could undermine a $7.2 billion settlement meant to benefit the Ponzi schemer’s former customers. In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods in Manhattan said A&G Goldman Partnership and Pamela Goldman cannot pursue a Florida lawsuit to…
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Fast Forward Jury Considers Bond Trader Accused of Greed and Lies
The fate of a former Jefferies Group bond trader being tried a second time for defrauding clients now lies with a federal jury, after prosecutors and the defense battled over whether he told his customers “lies” or merely employed sales “banter” they knew to shrug off. Jesse Litvak, 42, was “motivated by greed,” and it…
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Fast Forward Schmaltz Brewing Sued Over ‘Menage a Trois’ Beers
Shmaltz Brewing Co says some of its beer names, including several with Jewish themes, “can be a bit unorthodox.” Now a large California winery wants one of those names to be reformed. Sutter Home Winery Inc sued Shmaltz late on Monday, accusing the brewery of infringing its “Menage a Trois” trademark by selling a 12-pack…
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Fast Forward Met Faces Suit by Jewish Family Over ‘Looted’ Picasso Masterpiece
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan was sued on Friday for the return of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece allegedly sold under duress in 1938 because of Nazi and Fascist persecution in Europe. A complaint was filed in Manhattan federal court by the great-grandniece of Paul Leffmann, a Jewish industrialist from Germany who once owned…
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