Was FTX an empire ‘built on lies’ or a startup that ‘grew too quickly’?

The criminal trial of former cryptocurrency magnate Sam Bankman-Fried completed its second day on Wednesday. The prosecution and defense both gave opening statements, and interviewed the first two witnesses, including a customer of FTX and Bankman-Fried’s former friend and ex-Alameda and FTX employee Adam Yedidia. The prosecution painted Bankman-Fried as someone who knowingly committed fraud …

Yelp and Texas Attorney General at odds over disclosing anti-abortion centers

Texas’ tense reproductive health environment is once again under legal scrutiny, as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and business review site Yelp have both filed suits over the site’s description of anti-abortion centers, also known as “crisis pregnancy centers.” On Sept. 27, Yelp filed a preemptive lawsuit against the Attorney General of Texas, citing that …