Aram Zucker-Scharff

“Over the past two years, Univision has been expanding its reach into English-language digital media companies, in preparation for a planned IPO that is expected to take place next year. It bought The Root, an African-American news site, in May 2015 and acquired a controlling stake in satirical news site The Onion in January. In […]

“Aetna’s announcement comes less than a month after the Justice Department sued to stop the company’s planned merger with Humana, arguing that the combination would hurt competition. At the same time, the government also sued to block Anthem from purchasing Cigna. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, suggested Aetna’s change of heart was in response […]

“Thiel did not admit to financing the lawsuit until May 2016 hours after Forbes broke the news that the billionaire was financing a secretive campaign to bring down Gawker. “What’s more, Thiel still has not disclosed which other lawsuits against Gawker he’s financially backing. Charles Harder, the lawyer representing Hogan, also represents other plaintiffs suing […]

“Minority defendants tried by all-white juries are more likely to be convicted than black defendants who face more diverse juries. “A 2012 Duke University study found that all-white jury pools – the people called in for jury duty on any given day – in Florida convicted black defendants 16 times more often than white defendants. […]