The FTC says company that pitched financial freedom scammed people out of $1 billion
The financial training platform said it could help subscribers make money. Some got soaked instead, the feds say.
Nicole Einbinder
Correspondent
DOGE cuts have arrived at a federal weather agency. Air travel forecasts and hurricane alerts are at risk.
As hurricane and tornado seasons ramp up, DOGE cuts have reached the federal agency that tracks extreme weather.
Why these federal workers regret voting for Trump: 'This is not The Apprentice'
"I feel betrayed. This is not what I wanted, to let everybody lose their job," said a two-time Trump voter who works for Veterans Affairs.
'Thirsty for Elon': Local politicians across America are copying the DOGE playbook
Officials in at least 18 states, including Florida and North Carolina, want their own mini DOGEs. The age of GOAT, FLOGE, and BullDOGEr is upon us.
Few prisoners claiming abuses have access to a jury trial. The Supreme Court could soon change that.
A Clinton-era law, the PLRA, stymied prisoner lawsuits claiming serious harm. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether certain prisoners deserve jury trials.
It's extremely rare for prisoners to win lawsuits on Eighth Amendment claims.
Most civil suits settle in the outside world. But among prisoner Eighth Amendment lawsuits, only 14% settle, and less than 1% win in court.
Federal courts have allowed prisons and private medical contractors to neglect prisoner health
Federal courts have rarely upheld claims of medical neglect in US prisons, even when healthcare providers failed to diagnose cancer or treat heart disease.
Prison guards' use of force is rarely deemed excessive by federal courts and judges, analysis shows
Supreme Court standards prohibit officer use of force only if it is "malicious and sadistic." Courts rarely rule that extreme violence hits that bar.
'Deliberate indifference': The Supreme Court standard that requires prisoners to prove mindset to win Eighth Amendment claims
Farmer v. Brennan was a landmark case for trans rights. It also cemented a standard that makes it almost impossible to win Eighth Amendment claims.
The PLRA was meant to end frivolous prisoner lawsuits. It's stymied most legitimate Eighth Amendment cases too.
The Clinton-era law created a separate, unequal justice system for prisoners, placing obstacles in their way before civil rights claims can be heard court.
The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect against prisoner abuse. Less than 1% of cases succeed.
The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws have obliterated it.
How Business Insider investigated the state of the Eighth Amendment
BI analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been dramatically weakened.
San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.
Dozens needed medical care, men incarcerated at San Quentin said. Officials call it a gastrointestinal outbreak, but inmates say it was the chicken.
Inside a prison healthcare company's ownership shell game
Experts say YesCare's corporate structure was highly unusual and may have been designed to divert profits and evade accountability for prisoner health care.
Justice Department calls for dismissal of the Corizon bankruptcy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren applauded the DOJ's intervention, saying, "Corizon does not belong in a bankruptcy court."
Sen. Warren asks Justice Department to consider nixing Corizon's bankruptcy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has asked a federal regulator to probe a controversial bankruptcy maneuver by leading prison healthcare provider Corizon.
Florida prisons may violate policy by locking people in unsanitary shower stalls for hours on end
Prisoners say the stalls are often filthy, with feces, urine, black mold, and mice; one man said he got a near fatal infection while detained in a stall.
6 troubling questions about the Corizon bankruptcy deal
An undisclosed romantic relationship, a secret data breach, payments to insiders, "dishonest" testimony, shortchanging injured prisoners — the Corizon bankruptcy just keeps getting wilder.
Powerful senators fire off letter decrying 'abusive' tactics in Corizon bankruptcy
Nine senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have sent a letter calling prison health provider Corizon's use of the Texas Two-Step "unjust." The letter raises "serious questions" about successor company Tehum's proposed bankruptcy deal.
Federal judge hits the brakes on Corizon bankruptcy deal
Yesterday a bankruptcy judge called for a re-do on a settlement plan put forward by Corizon successor Tehum. The deal now faces multiple objections following the resignation of the mediator, the bankruptcy court's chief justice.