Texas disciplinary rules don’t expressly bar an attorney representing himself from contacting an opposing party he knows to be represented by counsel, the state supreme court ruled Friday.

Thomas Song joined Buchalter LLP as a partner in its labor and employment practice group in Orange County, the firm announced June 9.

Jennifer Jambor-Delgado, Leslie Joyner and Alexander Spellman joined Jackson Lewis as principals in its Los Angeles office, the firm announced Thursday.

The full extent of a federal prosecutor’s misconduct revealed in grand jury transcripts from a case against Chicago-area ICE protesters surprised attorneys, who said it raised questions about the motivation for bringing charges—and the possibility of further irregularities in other cases.

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States are reconsidering tax incentives that fueled the data center boom, as rising energy costs, budget pressures, and public pushback grow. With many projects stalling, the shift is reshaping competition for AI infrastructure.

An oil and gas service contractor came up short in its federal appeals court bid to avoid liability for its role in an accident that injured one of its workers and killed two others employed by other companies.

Lawmakers’ push to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act is being met with far less consensus on potential changes than 10 years ago, when Congress first overhauled the law.

A common flame retardant used for commercial, industrial, and consumer purposes presents few unreasonable risks, the EPA said in a draft evaluation released Friday.

A former tenured Salve Regina University Spanish professor failed to prove that her gender, race, sexual orientation, age, and religion played a role in her termination following classroom complaints about her assigned reading and discussions regarding LGBTQ+ rights, a federal appeals court said.

Brian Johnson, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is likely to advocate for fintech-friendly policies and more enforcement actions against blatant fraudsters. But he’ll encounter hurdles advancing his agenda at an agency that the administration previously pushed to the brink of extinction.

The IRS lost some of its most experienced employees in the steep workforce exodus during the Trump administration’s first year, the agency’s watchdog said.

The US Tax Court wrongly denied a whistleblower’s request for further investigation in her case to recover a reward from the IRS, the DC Circuit said Friday.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren renews her call for a wealth tax as Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire, saying it would take the typical American household more than 11 million years of work to gain that amount of wealth.

The IRS lost some of its most experienced employees in the steep workforce exodus during the Trump administration’s first year, the agency’s watchdog said.

A federal judge in Virginia will allow a lawsuit to proceed challenging the Trump administration’s plans for a $1.8 billion fund for alleged victims of political “weaponization,” despite assurances from US officials that the plan won’t move forward.

Pakistan unveiled a budget aimed to bolster growth with tax cuts for businesses, while also making an effort to preserve fiscal gains amid rising oil prices.

Pakistan has exempted sales tax on imports for upgrading refineries from 18% earlier, says Hamid Ateeq Sarwar, member strategic transformation at Federal Board of Revenue in Islamabad briefing.

Shares of SpaceX climbed in their first day of trading on Friday following a $75 billion IPO that smashed records and instantly turned the crown jewel of Elon Musk’s empire into one of the most valuable public companies in the world.

Lawmakers’ push to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act is being met with far less consensus on potential changes than 10 years ago, when Congress first overhauled the law.

Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management Co., pleaded guilty to lying to regulators during an investigation into his trading as part of a last-minute deal with prosecutors who dropped the most serious fraud charges against him.

Brian Johnson, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is likely to advocate for fintech-friendly policies and more enforcement actions against blatant fraudsters. But he’ll encounter hurdles advancing his agenda at an agency that the administration previously pushed to the brink of extinction.

Silver Lake Group LLC and two other private equity firms forced a vacation rental management business into an discounted sale so they could reinvest on the cheap, according to a lawsuit unsealed Friday.

In a post on the social media platform he owns, Elon Musk recently lamented, “Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ really knew what they were talking about.”