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

A record ruling against Johnson & Johnson this month removed a major land mine from the deferred-payment M&A deals behind a surge of high-stakes litigation, but it left dealmakers plenty to fight about.

The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.

The House speaker expressed support recently for efforts to impeach two judges whose rulings have angered the Trump administration. Should this occur, it would dramatically lower the bar to impeaching a judge, which legislators urging this action may come to regret.

Advocates engaged in litigation involving complex science must be prepared to navigate technical evidence, expert testimony, and opposing arguments to effectively advance their client’s position.

With every development in white collar enforcement, multinational companies aim to interpret how the government’s evolving policy priorities might alter their risk exposure.

Anthropic PBC is finally having its own ChatGPT moment. A powerful new version of its Claude chatbot can now take actions on a computer, and the broad repercussions of that advance are impossible to predict. But they may well be painful for some white-collar workers.

US businesses risk hefty tax bills as thousands of their H-1B workers remain stranded in India because of months-long visa interview delays, complicating remote work options.

The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.

The House speaker expressed support recently for efforts to impeach two judges whose rulings have angered the Trump administration. Should this occur, it would dramatically lower the bar to impeaching a judge, which legislators urging this action may come to regret.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to halt its interest-rate-cutting cycle this week, as a steadier jobs market restores a degree of consensus at the central bank after months of growing division.

Breitling AG’s chief executive officer expects the US to cut tariffs on Swiss watches, underscoring his bullishness on the private equity-backed firm’s biggest market even as Washington keeps the industry guessing.

A travel association in Turkey filed a lawsuit to block access to 10 foreign travel sites including Airbnb Inc. and Expedia Group Inc., citing unfair competition, tax evasion and consumer protection risks.

Two stories last week, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, point to the same uncomfortable truth: Silicon Valley is running headlong into a legitimacy crisis of its own making.

US businesses risk hefty tax bills as thousands of their H-1B workers remain stranded in India because of months-long visa interview delays, complicating remote work options.

Lawmakers in at least five states are considering legislation placing new taxes on manufacturers and dealers of firearms and ammunition as a strategy for addressing gun violence, following a model established by California and Colorado in 2024.

A pending federal appeals court ruling involving an Illinois tax foreclosure case will address how immunity doctrines operate when a foreclosure is found to effect an unconstitutional taking and result in an excessive fine.

Anthropic PBC is finally having its own ChatGPT moment. A powerful new version of its Claude chatbot can now take actions on a computer, and the broad repercussions of that advance are impossible to predict. But they may well be painful for some white-collar workers.

A record ruling against Johnson & Johnson this month removed a major land mine from the deferred-payment M&A deals behind a surge of high-stakes litigation, but it left dealmakers plenty to fight about.

New CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is deepening his small agency’s reliance on crypto, prediction market, and trading exchange executives by forming a panel of industry bigwigs, even as the Trump administration slashes advisory committees across the federal government.

French lawmakers passed a bill banning children aged under 15 from accessing social media, the latest government to push forward rules to shield minors from toxic content following the passage of Australia’s landmark legislation last year.

Amazon.com Inc. reached a settlement valued at more than $1 billion to end claims that it fails to properly refund customers for their returns.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. has brought in Jon Connor, Thibaud de Maria and Richard Robinson as part of a hiring wave of senior investment bankers, said people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because it wasn’t public yet.