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Turkey's Halkbank drew skepticism from a U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday, as the state-owned lender renewed its push to escape U.S. criminal charges that it helped Iran evade American sanctions. Arguing before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, a lawyer for Halkbank said the bank was entitled to immunity under common law principles that date back more than two centuries, warranting the dismissal of the U.S. indictment. But a Department of Justice lawyer told the three-judge panel it was up to the White House to decide when bringing charges was consistent with U.S....

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey's Halkbank drew skepticism from a U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday, as the state-owned lender renewed its push to escape U.S. criminal charges that it helped Iran evade American sanctions.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - JBS, the world's largest beef producer, was sued on Wednesday by New York state's attorney general, which ...

JBS, the world's largest beef producer, was sued on Wednesday by New York state's attorney general, which accused it of misleading the public about its impact on the environment in order to boost sales. Attorney General Letitia James said JBS USA Food Co, the Brazilian company's American-based unit, has "no viable plan" to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, making its stated commitment to achieving that goal false and misleading. James said JBS has admitted its "Net Zero by 2040" commitment did not incorporate the vast majority of greenhouse g...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will likely miss at least the start of a scheduled March 25 trial on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud charges because of a delay in extraditing him from Montenegro, his lawye...