Elon Musk’s lawyer is firing back at the attorney who accused him of trying to sabotage the tech billionaire’s deposition in a Texas defamation case.

Federal judges are wrestling with how to define artificial intelligence when dealing with evidence presented in trials, with some raising concerns that too broad a definition could sweep in items as common as receipts and thermometers.

Julie A. Frusciente and Katherine Kulik have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the firm said Friday.

The bribery trial of US Senator Bob Menendez and two businessmen was pushed back a week to May 13 by a judge who cited negotiations on a statement that averts the need to disqualify a co-defendant’s lawyer.

Netflix Inc.‘s legal chief counted on stock awards for the bulk of his pay last year after the company shifted to incentive-based compensation for senior executives.

Schneider Electric SE is in talks about a potential deal with engineering software maker <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f75b-d583-afbf-f7df2b340002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Bentley Systems Inc., potentially paving the way for one of the biggest takeovers of a US company by a French business.

A Florida federal district court granted dismissal to Mondelez Global, LLC on the claims of a driver who suffered a disability-causing back injury on the job, alleging discrimination and discharge in retaliation for asserting his disability workplace rights in violation of state law. Hernandez v. Mondelez Glob., LLC, 2024 BL 131526, M.D. Fla., 2:24-cv-00012-SPC-NPM, 4/17/24

A Florida federal district court ruled that a parts manager is entitled to summary judgment on his FLSA claims for unpaid overtime and liquidated damages against Starboard Yacht Group LLC and its CEO, awarding him $56,250.00. Forsythe v. Starboard Yacht Grp., LLC, 2024 BL 130189, S.D. Fla., 22-60854-CIV-SINGHAL, 4/15/24

A Maryland federal district court held Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab. isn’t liable under the ADA for failing to accommodate an engineer seeking an exemption to its Covid-19 policy, where she refused to sign a medical release. Tarquinio v. Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., 2024 BL 125902, D. Md., RDB-23-0727, 4/11/24

Participants in a sheet metal workers’ pension plan negotiated a class settlement valued at more than $2.5 million that would boost the pensions of about 25 retirees who were approved for unreduced early retirement benefits.

A federal district court partially denied the University of Illinois Board of Trustees’ motion to dismiss the claims of a Ghanaian registered nurse alleging that she was denied a staff nurse position and subsequently terminated because of her national origin in violation of Title VII. Bediako v. Bd. of Trs. for the Univ. of Ill., 2024 BL 130117, N.D. Ill., 23 C 1468, 4/16/24

A Department of Veterans Affairs worker failed to show the agency discriminated against her because of her race and national origin when it declined to promote her to a chief nurse role, a federal appeals court said.

Magazine and website publisher Future US LLC collected the IP addresses of visitors to its TechRadar.com website without their consent in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, a proposed federal class action said.

Federal judges are wrestling with how to define artificial intelligence when dealing with evidence presented in trials, with some raising concerns that too broad a definition could sweep in items as common as receipts and thermometers.

When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system.

Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.

Apple Inc. removed social media services including <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f4d9-d583-afbf-f6dd61c90001","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store, responding to orders from Beijing to close more loopholes in the country’s longstanding internet firewall.

Nebraska residents will have more control over the personal information businesses collect on them under a consumer privacy law signed Wednesday by Gov. Jim Pillen (R).

A Department of Veterans Affairs worker failed to show the agency discriminated against her because of her race and national origin when it declined to promote her to a chief nurse role, a federal appeals court said.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington and associated entities reached a finalized settlement with a class of hearing-disabled people over Kaiser’s prior refusal to cover most hearing loss treatments.

Nevada may enforce restrictions on the sale or transfer of “ghost guns” because they are not unconstitutionally vague, the state high court ruled.

The corporate entities behind the Los Angeles arena formerly known as the Staples Center secured a pretrial win ending a lawsuit alleging they wrongly fired a worker who sought a religious exemption to a Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

CVS Pharmacy Inc. must defend against allegations that its policy of distributing specialty drugs through the mail intentionally discriminated against HIV/AIDS patients by depriving them of in-person counseling from pharmacists.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent request for Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.’s diversity, equity, and inclusion documents after serious defects were found in airplane parts it manufactured for Boeing Co. nods to a newer strategy to challenge corporate DEI policies.