The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

For the ultrarich, even just an extra day in the wrong place could mean millions in income-tax liability.

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American International Group Inc. saw its new vice chair Luciana “Lucy” Fato leave the company, six months after she relinquished its top legal job.

The US Labor Department is pursuing some of the toughest remedies for child labor violations, such as company profits, an escalation the agency’s top lawyer says is needed to end an alarming trend of minors working in dangerous conditions.

Welcome to ESG Week Ahead, a column that expands on environmental, social and governance challenges as their impact on corporate bottom lines continues to grow. The risks and opportunities may be long-standing or emergent, but here’s how they affect the companies reporting next week.

Enagas SA, Europe’s largest LNG terminals operator, is planning to enter the business of processing ammonia and CO2, as it seeks to gradually diversify away from natural gas distribution and into markets that will gain importance with the energy transition.

A new post-pandemic strike pattern is emerging among union workers: They aren’t waiting to be covered under a collective bargaining agreement before they engage in organized walkouts at work, according to a recent Bloomberg Law statistical report on union strike patterns.

As homeowners invest in solar panels, EV chargers, heat pumps and batteries, many are finding that a little electricity arbitrage can be addictive.

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.

Madeline Meth and Brian Wolfman applaud their client’s SCOTUS win, and say the Title VII opinion didn’t signal intent to undermine DEI at work.

A Nevada initiative petition that would establish a constitutional right to reproductive freedom meets the state’s requirements to be on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled.

Madeline Meth and Brian Wolfman applaud their client’s SCOTUS win, and say the Title VII opinion didn’t signal intent to undermine DEI at work.

Stinson’s Krista Larson advocates for well-being discussions, saying law firms should fold wellness activities and awareness into other meetings.

The George School will face a jury in the case of a former employee who alleges the school’s decision to terminate him was racially motivated, a federal judge said.

A lower court wrongly sided with the city of Seattle in a Christian speaker’s First Amendment lawsuit over his arrests at an abortion rally and a LGBTQ pride event and must stop restricting his speech, the Ninth Circuit said Thursday.

Banking regulators are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas federal judge’s order putting their overhaul of anti-redlining rules on hold.

A Nevada initiative petition that would establish a constitutional right to reproductive freedom meets the state’s requirements to be on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled.

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

American International Group Inc. saw its new vice chair Luciana “Lucy” Fato leave the company, six months after she relinquished its top legal job.

A patent licensing company that squeezed $40 million out of Amazon is still fighting with the law firm that helped it land the settlement, two decades later.

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.

Madeline Meth and Brian Wolfman applaud their client’s SCOTUS win, and say the Title VII opinion didn’t signal intent to undermine DEI at work.