Alex Hastings has joined Morgan Lewis as a partner with the regulatory practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Thursday.

Nancy B. Ryan has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York, the firm said Thursday.

Lawyer Sidney Powell can’t be disciplined by the State Bar of Texas for advancing false claims that Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election, a state appeals court said, affirming a trial court.

Jenner & Block attorneys say state attorneys general are seeking to rescue the abortion pill case by intervening in the matter, but the FDA argues if the Supreme Court finds standing lacking, the case should be dismissed.

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Cooley recruited Heather Sawyer, a 13-year Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill, as special counsel to help build the firm’s new congressional investigations practice.

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Toronto-Dominion Bank is confronting shareholders at a moment when investors and executives alike are clamoring for clarity on potential penalties in a US probe and the future of the firm’s leadership.

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.

Global ESG investors with $9.5 trillion under management say it’s time to demand more accountability from private markets, amid evidence they’re increasingly absorbing fossil-fuel assets.

Where there’s fire, there’s smoke, as the saying sort of goes; and wildfire smoke will be one of the most noticeable ways climate change threatens human health in the years to come.

DHL Express (USA) Inc. will pay $8.7 million dollars to resolve a long-running race discrimination suit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Jenner & Block attorneys say state attorneys general are seeking to rescue the abortion pill case by intervening in the matter, but the FDA argues if the Supreme Court finds standing lacking, the case should be dismissed.

A mainstay since the ‘70s, employee resource groups are caught up in the battle against woke capitalism.

A distressed prison health-care company is forcing complex corporate bankruptcy machinations onto inmates, a group with limited access to legal information.

David Hoffman is a University of of Pennsylvania law professor who specializes in contracts. When he looks into the future of contract disputes, he sees a world that’s been dramatically altered by the technology underpinning ChatGPT. Big Law partners might not enjoy the view.

The North Carolina correctional system needs to provide a transgender inmate the gender-affirming surgery their expert recommends, or re-review their request with at least two medical doctors possessing gender dysphoria expertise, a federal judge said in issuing an injunction.

Idaho is getting a big discount from Supreme Court heavy hitters to help defend the state’s abortion ban, a deal that falls well below the typical going rate for representation before the justices.

Lawyer Sidney Powell can’t be disciplined by the State Bar of Texas for advancing false claims that Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election, a state appeals court said, affirming a trial court.

Jenner & Block attorneys say state attorneys general are seeking to rescue the abortion pill case by intervening in the matter, but the FDA argues if the Supreme Court finds standing lacking, the case should be dismissed.

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical that prosecutors could use the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to go after Jan. 6 rioters. It’s a closely watched case in part because Special Counsel Jack Smith also cited this statute in his criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

Cooley recruited Heather Sawyer, a 13-year Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill, as special counsel to help build the firm’s new congressional investigations practice.