Donald Trump’s lawyer at his “hush money” trial sought to cast doubt on claims that a tabloid publisher’s $150,000 deal with an ex-Playboy model to keep quiet about an alleged affair was an attempt to influence the 2016 election.

The executive director of the International Legal Finance Association is leaving the trade group for a role as chief of staff to the new republican commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission.

A Louisiana man lost an appeal seeking to undo his fraud convictions after Fifth Circuit said there was no problem with the district court’s decision to allow him to represent himself at trial.

The Texas Supreme Court said two out-of-state attorneys are permitted to defend age discrimination claims against AutoZone Inc., overturning a finding from two lower state courts that the lawyers engaged in unauthorized practice of law.

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/6152Z%20LN%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-1ad5-d583-afbf-daddbe6d0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">UK’s financial watchdog pushed back against criticism of its plan to name firms it’s investigating at an early stage, which it thinks will boost transparency and deterrence.

The top US auto-safety regulator is again investigating <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TSLA%20US%20Equity/BICO","_id":"0000018f-1ad5-d583-afbf-daddc3ef0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot, this time over whether a fix deployed months ago did enough to stop people from misusing the system.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service will submit its endangered species determination for the imperiled longfin smelt by July 22, according to a judgment involving the agency and San Francisco Baykeeper.

Conservation groups told a federal appeals court that they have standing to challenge the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of more than 4,000 drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/LMCADS03%20LME%20Comdty/GP","_id":"0000018f-1ae8-d583-afbf-dafc0fa50000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Copper hit $10,000 a ton for the first time in two years as speculation builds that the world’s mines will struggle to meet a coming wave of demand from green industries.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/XOM%20US%20Equity/SPLC","_id":"0000018f-1a03-d583-afbf-dadfd73e0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Exxon Mobil Corp. expects US antitrust regulators to approve its $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. by the end of June despite increased government <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SCD5W3T1UM0W","_id":"0000018f-1a03-d583-afbf-dadfd73e0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">scrutinyof corporate mergers.

Companies will have to pay millions of dollars to clean up more contaminated sites due to the EPA’s new Superfund PFAS rule, but site selection will take time and use predictable criteria, mandated data, and established processes, attorneys said.

Paul Weiss has been stymied in its effort to open a Houston office, as top equity partners at rival firms spurned recruitment efforts.

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.

Indicted investment fund founder Greg Lindberg is facing civil litigation over claims he illegally converted a wholly owned corporation into a limited liability company to evade a $580 million court judgment.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TEAM%20US%20Equity/BQ","_id":"0000018f-1af1-d583-afbf-dafd35e50000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Atlassian Corp. Co-Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-1af1-d583-afbf-dafd35e50001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Scott Farquhar is stepping down from the Australian software company he helped start more than two decades ago, a surprise move that rattled investors.

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<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/LMCADS03%20LME%20Comdty/GP","_id":"0000018f-1ae8-d583-afbf-dafc0fa50000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Copper hit $10,000 a ton for the first time in two years as speculation builds that the world’s mines will struggle to meet a coming wave of demand from green industries.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/nsc%20us%20%3Cequity%3E%20des1","_id":"0000018f-1afa-d583-afbf-dafe5c440000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Norfolk Southern Corp.’s chief executive officer was <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"RQFYU0T1UM0X","_id":"0000018f-1afa-d583-afbf-dafe5c440001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">lambasted by politicians as the epitome of everything wrong with the profit-obsessed railroad industry when a derailment caused a toxic disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, last year.

A Michigan law requiring a concealed-carry license for firearms doesn’t run afoul of Second and Fourteenth amendments of the US Constitution, the state Court of Appeals ruled.

A whistleblower can again allege that Arizona-based Radiology Limited LLC violated the False Claims Act by using Dell computer monitors that didn’t satisfy Medicare standards for radiology services, the Ninth Circuit said Friday.

Donald Trump’s lawyer at his “hush money” trial sought to cast doubt on claims that a tabloid publisher’s $150,000 deal with an ex-Playboy model to keep quiet about an alleged affair was an attempt to influence the 2016 election.

A Washington federal appeals court won’t let victims of a terrorist attack in Afghanistan go after the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to recoup Taliban assets.

The executive director of the International Legal Finance Association is leaving the trade group for a role as chief of staff to the new republican commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission.

A Colorado law requiring ballot measures affecting state or local tax revenues have a title reflecting their impact is government speech and doesn’t violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.