Blackstone Inc. agreed to sell a student-housing portfolio to <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/9990531D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-159d-d583-afbf-d7dd12790000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">KKR & Co. for $1.64 billion.

Zach Hong has joined Perkins Coie as a partner in the intellectual property practice and patent prosecution subgroup in the New York office, the firm said Thursday.

A Houston personal injury lawyer and his former office manager have been charged in connection with a $2.4 million scheme to defraud clients of settlement proceeds, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.

Ian Keefe and George Weavil will join Goodwin’s private equity practice as partners in the London office, the firm said Thursday.

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-153c-d583-afbf-d7fcf19a0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">BHP Group Ltd. proposed a takeover of Anglo American Plc that valued the smaller miner at £31.1 billion ($38.9 billion), in a deal that would create the world’s top copper producer while sparking the industry’s biggest shakeup in over a decade.

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The Ninth Circuit granted the NLRB’s application for enforcement against Permanente Medical Group of penalties for unfair labor practices, citing failure to timely produce requested information to the union, in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. NLRB v. Permanente Med. Grp., Inc., 2024 BL 129397, 9th Cir., 23-519, 4/16/24

Seven Black water management employees for the City of Chicago are entitled to a trial on their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 hostile work environment claim alleging subjection to racially derogatory comments, jokes, epithets and nicknames, an Illinois federal district court ruled. Edmond v. City of Chicago, 2024 BL 126123, N.D. Ill., 17 C 4858, 4/11/24

A Louisiana federal district court denied a putative collective action for unpaid wages under the FLSA by former employees of McDermott International, Inc. and other contractors, where they and putative collective members weren’t similarly situated. Hampton v. McDermott Int’l, Inc., 2024 BL 131652, W.D. La., 2:19-CV-00200, 4/17/24

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the union representing most of its workers reached a tentative agreement on compensation.

New York’s highest court overturned <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-158f-d583-afbf-d7df57780000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault conviction on Thursday, saying the former Hollywood movie mogul’s trial judge had improperly allowed witnesses to describe being attacked by him.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/WHR%20US%20Equity/FA%20Q","_id":"0000018f-1587-d583-afbf-d7df2fcf0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Whirlpool Corp., the owner of the Maytag and Amana appliance brands, is cutting about 1,000 salaried positions worldwide to reduce costs as slow US home sales limit demand.

Mark Zuckerberg is asking investors for patience again. Instead, they’re alarmed.

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-14cf-d583-afbf-d6df42b50000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook should be blocked from exploiting public information on a users’ sexual orientation for targeted advertising under the European Union’s data protection rulebook, an adviser to the bloc’s top court warned.

A measure to change a 2023 law that gave Californians the ability to more conveniently delete their data from all brokers will not advance this legislative session.

Loren Brown is the rare law firm leader I’ve spoken with who can articulate a business plan around generative artificial intelligence.

K&L Gates’ Bruce Heiman assesses identity verification on social media platforms, examining California legislation that would require more authentication.

A Los Angeles County Assistant District Attorney was charged on Wednesday with 11 felony counts alleging she repeatedly accessed confidential sheriff’s deputy files without permission.

The Biden administration issued new minimum energy standards for homes built with federal dollars, a move that the government says will result in millions in annual cost savings for renters and homeowners.

US births declined in 2023 to their lowest level in more than 40 years, continuing a two-decade trend of Americans having fewer children.

A former lieutenant at a Texas county jail has reached a settlement with the county to resolve allegations that her right to free speech was violated after she was terminated for her pre-approved attendance at the Jan. 6 rally for then-President Donald Trump.

D’Youville University and a former employee, who alleges the school wrongfully terminated her part-time role as its archivist because she is a nun, have reached a settlement in principle of her religious discrimination suit, according to a joint status report.

A former Ascension Providence Hospital front desk clerk can pursue federal disability, pregnancy, and sex discrimination claims against the health care provider, but she failed to sufficiently allege violations of state civil rights laws, a federal judge said.

MLB was sued Wednesday by a former minor league umpire who says he was fired because he complained about a female umpire’s harassment based on his gender and sexual orientation.