Elon Musk’s quick visit to China paid immediate dividends, with Tesla Inc. receiving in-principle approval from government officials to deploy its driver-assistance system in the world’s biggest auto market.

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The US Labor Department’s use of Trump-era wage calculations for the first phase of its expansion of federal overtime pay protections creates a potential legal shield for at least part of a policy change destined for court attacks.

The EEOC’s decision to file a brief in support of a plaintiff who alleged Workday’s artificial intelligence-based hiring tools discriminated against him has sparked widespread skepticism.

Corporate attorneys and former federal officials are praising the EPA’s bid to coordinate its civil and criminal enforcement teams as a sensible idea that will yield fairer outcomes, reduce unpredictability, and expedite resolutions.

The Labor Department’s new standard extending fiduciary duties to more retirement advice professionals appears set to encounter tough opponents from Wall Street and Capitol Hill now that it has been finalized.

Elon Musk’s quick visit to China paid immediate dividends, with Tesla Inc. receiving in-principle approval from government officials to deploy its driver-assistance system in the world’s biggest auto market.

Message to bond underwriters: Some big customers are sizing up your ESG credentials.

The EEOC’s decision to file a brief in support of a plaintiff who alleged Workday’s artificial intelligence-based hiring tools discriminated against him has sparked widespread skepticism.

Williams & Connolly is caught in the middle of an industry in fast transition: the country’s largest law firms are growing at a rapid pace with major players turning to the federal government’s revolving door to pad their rosters. Some former lawyers and other observers question just how long the firm can maintain a culture born in the 1970s.

Donald Trump’s blank-check merger will be the focus of preliminary hearings in separate cases before different judges in Delaware’s Chancery Court this week.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has a new lease on political life after the passage of a $237 billion state budget that includes policy wins on housing, education, and retail theft.

The Education Department would be required to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition and related “contemporary examples” of antisemitism when enforcing the Civil Rights Act’s anti-discrimination protections under H.R. 6090.

A cause celebre is ringing out across Harvard Yard, Columbia’s South Lawn, Yale’s Beinecke Plaza and UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza: Disclose and divest.

A Black ex-driver presented enough evidence that an oil company treated White employees differently when infractions arose in order to demonstrate a factual dispute as to pretext regarding his firing, a federal appeals court said Friday.

A former RBC Capital Markets branch manager failed to provide sufficient and timely evidence that the investment bank racially discriminated against him, engaged in retaliatory firing, or willfully denied him medical benefits, a federal judge said.

The Biden administration is bolstering civil rights protections for transgender and other LGBTQ people in a federal rule that could quickly face legal challenges.

Williams & Connolly is caught in the middle of an industry in fast transition: the country’s largest law firms are growing at a rapid pace with major players turning to the federal government’s revolving door to pad their rosters. Some former lawyers and other observers question just how long the firm can maintain a culture born in the 1970s.

Donald Trump’s blank-check merger will be the focus of preliminary hearings in separate cases before different judges in Delaware’s Chancery Court this week.

Alston & Bird’s Donald Hammett and Christina Heddesheimer analyze the FTC noncompete rule’s effect on M&A and private equity.

First Gen Law’s Anuj Gupta and Rebecca Neipris discuss a bill targeting deepfakes, saying federal legislation would better serve individuals and celebrities.

Indiana University’s Vivian Fang assesses the potential impact of the crypto tax reporting draft form 1099-DA on taxpayers, the IRS, and the digital assets industry.

A former president does not have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed in office. On that much, the justices of the Supreme Court seemed to agree while hearing oral argument about the Jan. 6 criminal charges against Donald Trump.