A federal law requiring sexual assault victims be released from mandatory arbitration agreements to allow them to sue their assailants applies to a male attorney who said he faced harassment, an Ohio appeals court said Thursday.

Tom Goldstein, the well-known US Supreme Court advocate turned ultra high-stakes poker player, has been found guilty of dodging his taxes and lying to lenders about gambling-related debts.

Robert Brown joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its California real estate team in San Diego, the firm announced Wednesday.

A trio of federal appellate judges’ retirement announcements has given President Donald Trump new circuit court seats to fill, after the pipeline seemed to be drying up. And more retirements could be on the way.

The government retreated from its Thursday request to jail renowned US Supreme Court litigator and SCOTUSBlog co-founder Tom Goldstein while he awaits sentencing on tax and false statements charges.

DLA Piper has hired a senior debt lawyer from rival firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York.

Only about 70 employers have paid a $100,000 Trump fee on H-1B workers from outside the US since it was imposed through a September White House proclamation, a government attorney said Thursday.

A divided National Labor Relations Board rejected a Biden-era bid to expand its remedial power so it can require employers to pay workers as compensation for unlawfully refusing to bargain with their union.

The EEOC overturned part of a landmark Biden-era decision that had asserted denying transgender federal workers access to bathrooms that match their gender identity is a form of sex discrimination and harassment.

A Maine federal court denied a female doctor’s motion to compel patient records in her sex discrimination and whistleblower claims against two healthcare entities, ruling the records lacked relevance and patient privacy concerns prevailed. Yered v. E. Me. Healthcare Sys., 2026 BL 58751, D. Me., 1:23-cv-00284-SDN, 2/23/26

A Washington federal court granted UPS’s motion to preclude punitive damages in a new discrimination trial, finding no evidence of malice or reckless indifference to support such damages. Sanchez v. Clipper Realty, Inc., 2026 BL 59283, S.D.N.Y., 21 Civ. 8502 (KPF), 2/23/26

We seem to be entering our trillionaire era. As recently as late 2017, no one on Earth had ever been worth more than $100 billion. Less than a decade later, 18 people on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index clear that mark. A successful SpaceX initial public offering could make Elon Musk, whose fortune now tops $670 billion, the world’s first trillionaire. And at this rate, he may not be the last this decade.

The UK tax authority reported a significant increase in the potential additional tax liability identified from large businesses, according to the country’s public spending watchdog.

Australia is weighing proposals to curtail generous tax breaks that have spurred speculative investment in the property market and are widely blamed for helping push home prices to record highs, local media reported.

A partnership challenged the denial of a $84.6 million charitable deduction and a $31.3 million tax assessment asserted by the IRS, asserting the disallowance was improper on multiple grounds.

The next crop of presidential candidates will need to address the looming insolvency of US entitlement programs, one of those potential contenders acknowledged Thursday.

Two California-based artists are challenging a total $1.9 million tax bill for multiple years, arguing the IRS erroneously rejected deductions they made for a death benefit trust and captive insurance arrangements for their studio.

Oregon lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday separating the state from several federal tax changes, and in the process set up a ballot fight led by Republicans who hope to overturn the Democratic-led legislation.

A group of US lawmakers has struggled to make significant progress in efforts to expand sales of higher ethanol gasoline, as discord grows between large and small refiners.

Netflix Inc.dropped out of the fight to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., clearing the way for rival bidder Paramount Skydance Corp.to clinch its $111 billion deal for the historic Hollywood studio.

The US government urged a federal judge not to find Argentina in contempt for allegedly failing to turn over officials’ texts and emails to former YPF SA shareholders seeking to collect a $18 billion judgment against the Latin American country.

PG&E Corp., its underwriters, and others will receive preliminary approval of a contested $100 million settlement with investors over its utility unit’s safety compliance before devastating California wildfires, a federal judge said in a hearing Thursday.

Compass Inc. rose nearly 4% in Thursday post-market trading after the company forecast first-quarter revenue that topped analyst estimates and announced a new partnership with Rocket Companies Inc. that would expand its visibility among potential home buyers on property listings platform Redfin.

California moved ahead Thursday with an Aug. 10 deadline for big companies to start disclosing greenhouse gas emissions, with a business-backed fight in court to stop the reporting still looming.