Clarissa Howley Mills joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its regulatory practice group in Dallas, the firm announced Thursday.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is advising SpaceX on what could become the largest initial public offering in history, targeting a valuation of as much as $2 trillion. Davis Polk & Wardwell is guiding the underwriting banks, with Goldman Sachs securing the lead underwriter role.

Law firm Baker Donelson doesn’t have to shell out for investor losses in a timber harvesting Ponzi scheme through its relationship to an attorney and a lobbyist it employed in Jackson, Miss., a jury said late Wednesday.

Private equity firm Uplift Investors made its second public investment in the personal injury law space by partnering with Kentucky firm Hughes & Coleman.

A group of conservatives took the unusual step of formally calling for attorneys to be nominated to federal judgeships in Texas.

Jon Brose joined Cooley as a partner in its tax practice in New York, the firm announced Thursday.

The Trump administration on Thursday secured approval for its regulatory proposal to remake the college accreditation system in line with its vision for higher education.

A federal judge Thursday struggled to accept how a Trump administration plan will streamline the government’s labor relations body by transferring power from its regional directors to a centralized three-person board in Washington.

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin said the ability of businesses and consumers to tolerate the latest in a series of supply shocks will determine whether the US central bank can continue to “look through” higher inflation without raising interest rates.

A Minnesota federal court partially granted Carpenters’ trustees’ motion against Top Down Construction, ordering production of specific records for ERISA violation but rejecting open-ended requests. Nilsen v. Top Down Constr. LLC, 2026 BL 58790, D. Minn., 25-cv-3174 (ECT/LIB), 2/23/26

Bankrupt prison healthcare provider YesCare Corp. won court approval to use roughly $21 million subject to liens from insider lenders to fund payroll and operations, even it announced plans to wind down its patient care business.

The National Labor Relations Board affirmed a decision finding that GE Appliances didn’t violate the National Labor Relations Act when it fired an employee who objected to mandatory overtime work. GE Appliances, a Haier Company, 374 N.L.R.B. 110, N.L.R.B., 09-CA-332521, 5/14/26

The global minimum tax creates the potential for cross-border disputes between tax authorities, a top Polish official warned Thursday.

A federal judge Thursday struggled to accept how a Trump administration plan will streamline the government’s labor relations body by transferring power from its regional directors to a centralized three-person board in Washington.

The IRS plans to address the timing of basis increases relating to a company’s sale of stock in a foreign affiliate when it revises its proposed regulations on previously taxed earnings and profits, an agency official said Friday.

Three Tyson Foods Inc. subsidiaries got mixed reactions from the Arkansas Supreme Court at oral arguments Thursday to their position that pallets they use to transfer food to customers are exempt from sales tax.

Stellantis NV announced a major investment push focused on four core brands in a broad reset to boost profitability.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK is closing a tax loophole on oil and gas companies, as she sought to pay for a raft of measures meant to soften the blow of a return of inflation pressures.

SpaceX is planning to build a massive, 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin as part of Elon Musk’s ambition to power artificial intelligence data centers in space.

Elon Musk’s reshaping of SpaceX, xAI and X into a tightly-bound conglomerate has already yielded a significant financial windfall: nearly $1 billion in annual interest savings.

President Donald Trump said he’s easing requirements on planet-warming refrigerants, touting the move as a way to cut costs for consumers as he looks to address voters’ affordability concerns before November midterms.

The EPA announced Thursday it’s delaying until May 21, 2027, the deadline for chemical manufacturers to submit health and safety data on 16 chemicals.

The Environmental Protection Agency is “aiming higher” in its deregulatory campaign following several US Supreme Court decisions that reined in the agency’s discretion, the EPA’s deputy administrator said Thursday.

The Trump administration has agreed to award $1 billion to International Business Machines Corp. to build a foundry for producing quantum computing chips, part of a broad strategy to bolster US leadership in an emerging industry.