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William D. Cohan • September 4, 2024

A $500 Million Comp War Morality Tale

A cohort of former AIG Financial Products executives—the same guys who helped precipitate the 2008 financial collapse—have come to collect the hundreds of millions they claim they’re owed. Only on Wall Street…
Eriq Gardner • September 3, 2024
The Murdoch Succession Trial Will (or Won’t!) Be Televised
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Barricaded doors and records kept secret? Inside the Nevada battle for control of the Fox News empire—and whether the whole drama should be sealed off from public view.
Eriq Gardner • August 1, 2024
Goodell’s $5 Billion Triumph & Michael Rubin Blowback
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A secret arbitration has ordered the NFL union to pay $7.8 million to Fanatics’ rival for breach of contract. Meanwhile, the league has prevailed in a major counteroffensive in the Sunday Ticket case.
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Eriq Gardner • July 16, 2024
Skydances With Wolves
David Ellison’s $8 billion takeover of Paramount is already facing legal challenges, including a new suit from Mario Gabelli, the long-suffering Paramount shareholder who is now questioning whether Shari’s sweetheart deal was just a little too rich. Here, Gabelli explains his beef. Plus: there’s another unexpected wrinkle in the deal.
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Eriq Gardner • July 9, 2024
Alec Baldwin’s Code Red
At the dawn of the ‘Rust’ trial, the star actor is fighting a prosecutor’s gambit to connect a frenzied set with the shocking fatality. And yet, while Baldwin’s trial may be an engrossing televised event, it’s likely a cautionary tale rather than a catalyst for change in Hollywood.
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Eriq Gardner • March 11, 2024
Zero to OneTaste
Notes on one of the most bizarre criminal cases in recent memory: Was OneTaste another NXIVM, or the victim of prosecutorial overreach?
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Eriq Gardner • January 15, 2024
A Fugee’s Legal Reunion
Another surprising bend in Pras Michel’s tragic quest to reclaim his name, and $75 million, in the face of seemingly endless legal woes.
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Eriq Gardner • November 27, 2023
An Interview With the Legal World’s $16 Billion Man
Christopher Bogart, the litigation financier who scored a 10-figure judgment against Argentina, goes on the record about his beef with Mike Johnson, Elon Musk’s legal fixer, and how he’s using A.I.
Alvin Bragg’s efforts have resulted in several museums parting with their Schieles.
Eriq Gardner • November 6, 2023
The Art World’s Russian Prisoner Dilemma
A fight over a century-old portrait, which ended up in Chicago after being uprooted by the Nazis, has the potential to reshape the landscape of art ownership disputes and even draw in the Biden administration.
Eriq Gardner • July 31, 2023
Trump Has Subpoenaed Fox News for Tucker’s Unaired Jan. 6 Interview
The former president is demanding the network turn over footage and communications that he could use to defend himself against a civil lawsuit from police officers who blame him for the Capitol riot.