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“If you talk to Bank of America about why they did it, you can’t really get a consistent explanation for that,” class attorney Neil R. Anapol said.        

The Department of Labor fined Morristown, Tennessee-based Tuff Torq $296,951 and secured a court order requiring it to disgorge $1.5 million—a month of profits—after a January inspection found 10 illegally employed children as young as 14 subjected to “oppressive” conditions.        

“Knowing that this testimony could evoke sympathy in the minds of the jurors, experienced trial lawyers used these improper and highly prejudicial statements to paint a detailed picture—one that graphically illustrated two independent, emotional conversations between a dying mother and her loving sons,” Third District Court of Appeal Judge Monica Gordo held in the opinion. […]

Bankman-Fried, 32, was also ordered to forfeit more than $11 billion. His attorneys at Mukasey Young, led by Marc Mukasey, have said he will appeal.        

Increasing regulatory scrutiny can mean more billable hours for a small group of legal advisers, but the “uninvestable” U.S.-China status is worrisome for most.