BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany—Four former employees of carmaker Volkswagen went on trial on Thursday over the Dieselgate scandal in which illegal software was used to cheat emission tests. The trial, being held in the city of Braunschweig, close to Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, started without former CEO Martin Winterkorn, whose separate trial will take place at a…
Ex-Wells Fargo Execs Square Off With US Regulator in Trial Over Phony Account Scandal
WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, kicked off its civil trial on Monday of three former Wells Fargo & Co. executives over their alleged roles in a scandal involving phony accounts at the San Francisco lender. The proceedings before an in-house OCC judge in Sioux Falls, South…
Judge: Woman Accused in Kids’ Slayings Still Unfit for Trial
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho—A judge has decided an Idaho woman charged with conspiring with her new husband to kill her two children is still not fit to participate in her own court proceedings. District Judge Steven Boyce made the decision Wednesday to extend Lori Vallow Daybell’s time in a state mental hospital by at least 180…
Security High in Paris as Bataclan Jihadist Attacks Trial Begins
PARIS—The trial of 20 men accused of involvement in a jihadist rampage across Paris in 2015 began under high security in the French capital on Wednesday, with the man widely believed to be the only surviving attacker appearing in a black mask. Some 130 people were killed and hundreds wounded when gunmen with suicide vests…
3 Ex-officers Ask to Block Streaming of Trial in Floyd Death
MINNEAPOLIS—Attorneys for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death asked a judge Thursday to bar their upcoming trial from being livestreamed, saying some witnesses won’t testify if the proceedings are broadcast. The request from attorneys for Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao is an about-face from their earlier request to have…
First Patient Gets Dose in Pfizer’s Oral COVID-19 Drug Trial
The first patient got dosed in a clinical trial analyzing Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug, the company announced Wednesday. The phase 2/3 study is analyzing a protease inhibitor currently known as PF-07321332. The drug is meant to combat COVID-19 in patients who experience symptoms from the disease but do not require hospital care. The randomized, double-blind trial…
Report: Two Hong Kongers Plead Guilty to Foreign Collusion
HONG KONG—Two Hong Kongers pleaded guilty Thursday to “conspiring to collude with foreign forces” as well as Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai to “endanger national security,” local media reported. In a separate case, local media reported seven pro-democracy activists pleaded guilty to organizing and inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly held in…
German on Trial for Killing 5, Injuring 18 in Car Rampage
BERLIN—A 51-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for a vehicle rampage that killed five people in the western city of Trier last year. The defendant, a local resident identified only as Bernd W. due to German privacy laws, was indicted on five counts of murder and 18 counts of attempted murder for intentionally…
Judicial Panel Moves Texas Lawsuit Against Google to New York
August 10, 2021
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WASHINGTON—A judicial panel on Tuesday said that Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google would be moved to the Southern District of New York, where other similar cases would also be heard. Google had asked that the case, which was filed against it by Texas and other states, be combined with similar cases in U.S. District…
Russian on Trial in Austria Over Execution-Style Killing
BERLIN—A Russian man went on trial Friday in Austria over the execution-style shooting death of a 43-year-old Chechen in a Vienna suburb last year. Prosecutors were unable to determine whether the killing was politically motivated or resulted from an argument the men had over a gun deal, Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported. Members of the…
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