Sue Nieto joined White & Case as a partner in its global mergers and acquisitions practice in Washington, DC, the firm announced Wednesday.

A personal attorney for President Donald Trump said he’s been proud to represent him and vowed to set aside his own views, and stick to the law and facts if confirmed to a federal appeals court.

Angus Ford and Martha Williams joined Haynes Boone as partner and counsel in its real estate practice in London, the firm announced Wednesday.

Leif Dautch joined Morrison Foerster as a partner in its investigations and white collar defense group in San Francisco, the firm announced Wednesday.

Julia Tarver Wood joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice in Washington, DC, the firm announced Wednesday.

Winston & Strawn LLP lost its bid to dismiss a bankruptcy trustee’s malpractice claim in a lawsuit over the collapse of “anti-woke” banking startup GloriFi.

A Missouri federal court granted summary judgment to Kraft Heinz on a pro se employee’s disability discrimination claim, finding he failed to establish his heart condition and joint issues qualified as disabilities under the Missouri Human Rights Act. Buczek-Booth v. Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 2026 BL 131407, E.D. Mo., 2:24CV97 HEA, 4/13/26

A Washington federal court denied Albireo Energy’s preliminary injunction against a former executive, finding non-competition covenants unenforceable and insufficient evidence to show likelihood of success on trade secret misappropriation claims. Albireo Energy LLC v. Aron, 2026 BL 130929, W.D. Wash., 25-cv-2285-BJR, 4/13/26

A Black former National Transportation Safety Board member fired by President Donald Trump argues in a new lawsuit that race discrimination shaped the administration’s termination of officials at independent agencies.

A North Carolina federal district court allowed a disabled Census Bureau employee’s Rehabilitation Act claims for hostile work environment and failure to accommodate to proceed, finding sufficient factual basis of his allegations to survive frivolity review. Alford v. Dep’t of Com., 2026 BL 130424, E.D.N.C., 7:25-CV-418-BO-BM, 3/10/26

Ivy Schulze, a Clemson University junior on the golf team, keeps a spreadsheet tracking income from her name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals. Like many college athletes, she earns a modest amount of money through promotions for a local Pilates studio and appearances at alumni-organized events.

Pabst Brewing Co. can be held liable under Wisconsin’s safe-place law for a former pipefitter’s exposure to asbestos, the state supreme court ruled, while disagreeing with a lower court’s award of damages.

Platte County, Mo., had the discretion to decide whether to levy a sales tax to provide children’s services, even after a majority of residents voted in favor of it in the 2024 general election, a state appeals court ruled.

Investors are getting a lot more information about an area that’s been a mystery in the past: What goes into companies’ tax bills.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. took issue with Energy Transfer LP Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren’s discovery complaints in a case over former contractor Charles Littlejohn’s leak of IRS records, saying the firm already has produced tens of thousands of pages of documents while Warren has submitted little.

The Trump administration urged a federal appeals court to restore its freeze of $2 billion in research funding for Harvard University over the Ivy League school’s refusal to comply with government demands over governance.

Ivy Schulze, a Clemson University junior on the golf team, keeps a spreadsheet tracking income from her name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals. Like many college athletes, she earns a modest amount of money through promotions for a local Pilates studio and appearances at alumni-organized events.

Taxes on the wealthy can play a greater role in raising revenue and ensuring more equal societies across the EU, a European Commission-sponsored study found.

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a plan to work with private sector software companies to speed up environmental permitting.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. illegally monopolized live events ticketing and amphitheater markets, a New York federal jury found Wednesday, a blow to the US’s largest concert promoter.

The top US derivatives regulator is investigating a series of suspiciously well-timed trades in the oil futures market ahead of recent policy pivots by President Donald Trump related to the war in Iran, according to people familiar with the matter.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. took issue with Energy Transfer LP Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren’s discovery complaints in a case over former contractor Charles Littlejohn’s leak of IRS records, saying the firm already has produced tens of thousands of pages of documents while Warren has submitted little.

The Trump administration urged a federal appeals court to restore its freeze of $2 billion in research funding for Harvard University over the Ivy League school’s refusal to comply with government demands over governance.

Freedom Forever, a once thriving residential solar installer, joins a growing list of bankruptcies as distress in the US clean energy sector deepens under an unfriendly Trump administration and hopes for buyouts fade.