David T. Hayek and Brian A. Paino have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in the Los Angeles office, the firm said Thursday.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan secured a license to practice law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following at least 30 other global firms that are vying to gain a foothold in the region.

A federal judge overseeing litigation over allegedly inadequate side effect warnings on Ozempic and similar drugs appointed eight firms to leadership roles on the plaintiffs’ committee.

The former National Enquirer publisher, <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-15ea-d583-afbf-d7feefb00000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">David Pecker, said he spoke to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign before agreeing to buy and bury a former Playboy Playmate’s story about having an extramarital affair with Trump.

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.

Adidas AG shareholders should vote against the reelection of chairman <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-1615-d583-afbf-d6dd906a0001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Thomas Rabe because the supervisory board isn’t diverse enough and he has too many outside responsibilities, a key proxy adviser said.

A global standard-setter decided Thursday to let companies decide on their own when they should report the cost of their commitments to achieve net zero carbon emissions, rather than introducing specific requirements.

A US insurance firm with at least $2 billion in exposure to <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1615Z%20LN%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-15cf-d583-afbf-d7df7a3b0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Thames Water Utilities Finance Plc is working with bondholders and advisers to protect their interests ahead of potential debt talks, according to people familiar with the matter.

Greenhouse gas emissions made recent deadly <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/SC87A3T1UM0W","_id":"0000018f-1614-d583-afbf-d6dc6a690000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman anywhere from 10% to 40% more intense than it would have been in the preindustrial era, according to a rapid analysis of the event by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) research initiative.

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-15fc-d583-afbf-d7fca93a0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., the utility under <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SAREM1DWRGG0","_id":"0000018f-15fc-d583-afbf-d7fca93a0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">scrutiny for its role in last year’s deadly Lahaina wildfire, is exploring options including a sale of American Savings Bank FSB, according to people familiar with the matter.

Barclays Plc says more money needs to go toward climate transition projects that are too advanced to interest venture capitalists, and too nascent to attract infrastructure investors.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will face trial on a cardiovascular sales specialist’s claim that she was paid less than a male colleague despite performing substantially equal work.

Walmart Stores East LP and a Black former assistant manager, that alleged his Connecticut store’s racially hostile work environment forced him to quit, have agreed to settle his suit, according to a docket entry.

Maryland will require businesses to include a pay range in job postings under legislation that Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law Thursday.

A former Amazon.com Services LLC worker didn’t show she deserves a trial on her claims of disability, sex, and race discrimination and retaliation, a federal appellate court said.

CNN didn’t place Trump advisor Michael Flynn’s brother and sister-in-law in a false light when it ran a story that showed them at a QAnon rally with a headline-style chyron that said, “CNN Goes Inside a Gathering of QAnon Followers,” a federal court said.

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.

The US Supreme Court suggested it might drag out Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution, an outcome that could doom any chance of a pre-election trial on charges of trying to stay in power illegally.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan secured a license to practice law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following at least 30 other global firms that are vying to gain a foothold in the region.

Holiday Inn Club Vacations Inc. isn’t liable to two clients for allegedly sending inaccurate debt reports to a credit reporting agency, the Eleventh Circuit said.

A former Amazon.com Services LLC worker didn’t show she deserves a trial on her claims of disability, sex, and race discrimination and retaliation, a federal appellate court said.

<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-15ea-d583-afbf-d7feefaf0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault conviction was overturned by the state’s highest court, which found that the judge in the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul’s 2020 trial had made fundamental errors.

The former National Enquirer publisher, <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-15ea-d583-afbf-d7feefb00000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">David Pecker, said he spoke to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign before agreeing to buy and bury a former Playboy Playmate’s story about having an extramarital affair with Trump.