In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a group of plaintiffs including suspected Chinese dissidents sued Yahoo for allegedly mismanaging millions of dollars set aside in 2007 as part of a humanitarian aid fund for imprisoned political activists and their families. Harry Wu, the Chinese human rights activist tasked with overseeing the money, died last year. He left behind a complicated legacy and a void in the leadership of the museum he established to preserve a record of China's extensive human rights abuses. The money was set aside following intense Congressional scrutiny of Yahoo's work with foreign governments. Should the plaintiffs in the case win, it's unclear where any money awarded to them would come from.

Source: Forbes April 11, 2017 21:00 UTC