New York-founded boutique Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider is handing out bonuses ranging as high as $25,000, as small law firms outpace the awards handed out by large rivals.

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. shareholders can’t pursue a lawsuit accusing the company’s CEO, bankruptcy counsel Jackson Walker LLP, and other restructuring professionals of fabricating a bogus bankruptcy connection to Texas.

Andrés Loera joined DLA Piper as a partner in its finance practice in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.

Brian Bewley joined McGuireWoods as a partner in its healthcare and life sciences practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

Immigration officers may consider pending criminal charges when deciding whether to readmit green card holders into the country on temporary status, the US Supreme Court said.

Monica Kwok joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its search fund practice in Boston, the firm announced Tuesday.

A former state and federal parole agent won his appeals court bid to revive his tort suit against the US government for injuries he sustained while attempting to arrest a fugitive.

Gichner Shelter Systems defeated a former designer’s disability bias claims when a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled his request to extend his cancer treatment leave without a potential return date was unreasonable as a matter of law.

A divided US appeals court lifted a temporary hold on a Trump administration policy that allows federal agents to rapidly remove undocumented immigrants without due process from anywhere in the US if they can’t quickly prove they’ve been in the country for more than two years.

Two seafood distributors agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle claims they suppressed prices paid to Dungeness crab fishers in the Pacific Northwest, an “icebreaker” deal in the case after three years of litigation.

New York employers must pay prevailing wages to laborers on public works projects, even if it’s not explicitly laid out in the employment contract, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday.

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a Lancaster County deputy sheriff sergeant’s termination for failing to arrest individuals on outstanding warrants, finding sufficient evidence of duty violation. Schmuecker v. Lancaster Cnty., 2026 BL 228340, Neb., S-25-465., 6/18/26

President Donald Trump has nominated Jim Gadwood, a private sector tax controversy attorney, to serve as the top lawyer at the IRS.

Artificial intelligence doesn’t belong in the OECD-led discussions about taxing the digital economy, the top US delegate to the organization said Tuesday.

TV streaming giants Hulu LLC , Netflix Inc., and Disney Platform Distribution Inc. aren’t on the hook to pay Texas municipalities to distribute content, a state appeals court said.

The UK is proposing to allow online marketplaces to collect value-added taxes from UK-based businesses to close a loophole costing the government hundreds of millions of pounds annually.

The UK tax authority wants to press criminal charges on individuals making reckless, untrue statements about direct tax matters, without having to prove dishonesty.

Bargain-hunting consumers across the European Union will start feeling the pinch of higher online shopping costs next week when a new levy primarily targeting China comes into force, adding a layer of trade friction between the two economies.

The Archdiocese of New York failed to convince a state court that it can withhold documents related to global mediation over child sexual abuse claims from Chubb Ltd. units defending the Catholic organization.

SpaceX met with plenty of fanfare when it first sold shares this month, making history with the biggest- ever initial public offering. In the debt markets, it’s encountering more questions.

Cash flows from derivatives used to manage risk against fluctuations in the value of securities, currencies or other underlying assets should be treated in the same way as the risks being hedged against, global standard setters said Tuesday.

SpaceX shares rose Tuesday, on track to snap a three-day selloff that wiped more than $600 billion from the Elon Musk-led rocket and satellite company’s market value.

Two seafood distributors agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle claims they suppressed prices paid to Dungeness crab fishers in the Pacific Northwest, an “icebreaker” deal in the case after three years of litigation.

West Virginia residents lost their bid to prevent a major power plant and data center project from being built after a court dismissed the case, saying they sued before federal permits were approved.