Columnist David Lat explains the controversy behind universal injunctions and their impact on public policy and judicial power.

For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden plans to sign it Wednesday — beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition of the popular video-sharing platform.

Clear wouldn’t be able to expand its screening services to additional airports in California under a revised bill state lawmakers advanced on Tuesday.

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A judge allowed Ken Griffin’s lawsuit accusing the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0229544Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0d87-d583-afbf-cfdffab40000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Internal Revenue Service of leaking his confidential tax information to proceed, but dismissed his claim that the agency broke privacy laws by failing to safeguard his data.

Federal agencies would have to support research and accelerated adoption of privacy-enhancing technology under H.R. 4755.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/000660%20KS%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-0f88-d583-afbf-cfdcbade0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">SK Hynix Inc. plans to spend about $14.6 billion building a new memory chip complex in South Korea, preparing to meet rapidly growing demand for semiconductors employed in AI development.

Norton Rose Fulbright’s Alesha Dominique and Ani Galoyan discuss AI in fashion and how recent lawsuits should push lawmakers to adapt legal frameworks around tech.

Columnist David Lat explains the controversy behind universal injunctions and their impact on public policy and judicial power.

Temenos AG, the financial software company targeted by a short seller report earlier this year, announced its new chief executive officer after <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"S8YEZ8T0G1KW","_id":"0000018f-0ef6-d583-afbf-cefe319a0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">repeated activist calls to replace interim CEO <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-0ef6-d583-afbf-cefe319a0002","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Andreas Andreades.

For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden plans to sign it Wednesday — beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition of the popular video-sharing platform.

Clear wouldn’t be able to expand its screening services to additional airports in California under a revised bill state lawmakers advanced on Tuesday.

Early figures show that the CARE Court system, which has received about $200 million in state funding since 2022, has seen only a tiny fraction of the people it expected.

Baker McKenzie is picking up a 17-lawyer corporate group from Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles, the latest move to expand its deals roster.

A pair of top Boeing Co. bosses who announced their departures as the company faced scrutiny over near-catastrophic manufacturing flaws in its 737 series jets are still poised to collect a combined $45 million in compensation based on the most recent company disclosures.

The US Supreme Court is poised to reckon with what constitutes an official presidential act in weighing former President Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from being criminally prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Norton Rose Fulbright’s Alesha Dominique and Ani Galoyan discuss AI in fashion and how recent lawsuits should push lawmakers to adapt legal frameworks around tech.

Columnist David Lat explains the controversy behind universal injunctions and their impact on public policy and judicial power.

Early figures show that the CARE Court system, which has received about $200 million in state funding since 2022, has seen only a tiny fraction of the people it expected.

Baker McKenzie is picking up a 17-lawyer corporate group from Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles, the latest move to expand its deals roster.

The US Supreme Court will consider just how far states can go in prohibiting abortion Wednesday as it weighs whether emergency room doctors nationwide can perform the procedure when a pregnant woman’s health is at serious risk.

The US Supreme Court is poised to reckon with what constitutes an official presidential act in weighing former President Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from being criminally prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Norton Rose Fulbright’s Alesha Dominique and Ani Galoyan discuss AI in fashion and how recent lawsuits should push lawmakers to adapt legal frameworks around tech.

Columnist David Lat explains the controversy behind universal injunctions and their impact on public policy and judicial power.