A federal judge in New York punished Skadden Arps for filing “duplicative, vexatious litigation” to impose costs on a company suing its client Papaya Gaming Ltd.

Businessman Leon Black is accused of retaliating against New York law firm Wigdor LLP for its representation of women who have accused the Apollo Global Management founder of sexual assault and rape.

The Justice Department is backing out from a court battle with four major law firms that won rulings blocking President Donald Trump’s executive orders against them.

Adobe Inc. chief legal officer Louise Pentland earned $15.6 million in total compensation last year after she came from Roku Inc. in May, according to a new corporate filing.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft bolstered its financial restructuring practice ahead of its merger with Hogan Lovells by adding two partners who focus on creditor-side representation.

Lawyers nationwide are gearing up for bellwether ovarian cancer trials against Johnson & Johnson this year, but a plaintiff firm’s ethics quagmire is testing litigation management for roughly 70,000 cases in novel ways.

An Ohio federal district court granted judgment on the pleadings to Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown, LLC, dismissing a Nigerian-American doctor’s FMLA and EPA claims as time-barred and her Title VII claim for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Mezu-Chukwu v. Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown, LLC, 2026 BL 66608, N.D. Ohio, 4:24-CV-02213, 2/27/26

A New York federal district court recommends partial default judgment on FLSA and state law claims against Bushwick Public House, Chispa, and their owner, finding liability but awarding damages only to two plaintiffs who provided sufficient evidence. Pagano v. HN & Sons LLC, 2026 BL 67368, E.D.N.Y., 22 Civ. 4897 (BMC) (VMS), 2/26/26

Hard Rock Cafe International Inc. will pay nearly $1 million to resolve a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action alleging it underpaid its servers, bartenders, and other tipped employees.

A gay atheist pilot formerly employed by JetBlue Airways Corp. can’t continue litigating bias claims against the airline after he failed to participate in discovery proceedings.

The Justice Department is backing out from a court battle with four major law firms that won rulings blocking President Donald Trump’s executive orders against them.

Texas Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock unlawfully decertified thousands of women- and minority-owned contractors from a decades-old program intended to support “economically disadvantaged groups” in state contracting, a new lawsuit alleges.

Washington, home to tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, would end its sales tax exemptions for data centers under a bill moving through the state legislature.

The IRS has issued a news release announcing that a new schedule, which taxpayers can use to realize tax benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill, including no tax on ...

The Justice Department is backing out from a court battle with four major law firms that won rulings blocking President Donald Trump’s executive orders against them.

A holding company within Alphabet Inc. failed to convince a South Carolina tribunal that the remedy for the tax department’s failure to comply with changes to the state’s corporate income tax law is to void the assessment.

The IRS issued a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §7701 and Treas. Reg. §301.9100, granting a foreign entity 120 days to file Form 8832 for classification as a disregarded entity ...

The IRS issued a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §1400Z and Treas. Reg. §301.9100, granting the taxpayer an extension of time to file Form 8996 for self-certification as a qualified ...

Oil surged as the first impacts of the war in the Middle East began to be felt, with a near halt to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and disruption at a big refinery in Saudi Arabia upending energy markets.

Cincinnati Insurance Co. sued Verdeco Plastics Inc. and a former employee to avoid paying for biometric privacy litigation, arguing policy exclusions bar coverage for alleged fingerprint-scanning violations.

A refrigerants company backed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance is asking the Supreme Court to set aside part of a 2020 law meant to phase down the use of planet-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

A federal judge in New York punished Skadden Arps for filing “duplicative, vexatious litigation” to impose costs on a company suing its client Papaya Gaming Ltd.

A Texas broker-dealer offering digital wealth management services told a US appeals court the firm received harsher settlement terms than other targets of a Biden-era SEC crackdown on companies accused of failing to preserve business-related communications on employees’ personal devices.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimoncautioned that there’s more optimism in the market than there should be given all the risks — such as conflict in the Middle East — that have cropped up.