Sidley Austin has hired New York partner John Thomas from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to co-chair its energy and commodities practice.

Allison Perlman joined Troutman Pepper Locke’s energy transactional practice group as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, the firm announced Monday.

The Trump administration won a reprieve until Thursday to keep its freeze on federal funds for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel, as the federal government seeks an appeals court’s blessing to overturn a judge who ruled Friday the money should be released.

The Justice Department moved to toss Trump ally Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction, potentially preventing the US Supreme Court from weakening the criminal statute for spurning Capitol Hill oversight.

Mark Riedy joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in its finance, bankruptcy, and restructuring practice group, where he will lead the firm’s energy & infrastructure project finance practice, the firm announced Monday.

Nicholas Gravante and Phil Iovieno, who co-led the litigation practice at Cadwalader until they resigned to avoid conflicts of interest in an upcoming merger, joined Mintz, the firm said Monday.

Thousands of New York City nurses reached a tentative labor agreement with local hospitals, signaling an end to a weeks-long strike where negotiations were complicated by the Trump administration’s cuts to health-care programs.

A Digital Realty Trust Inc. safety and health director says he was made to work while recovering from his father-in-law’s murder and a subsequent violent assault, and then fired without cause while on leave.

A lawsuit accusing Illinois Tool Works Inc. of mishandling forfeited contributions in its 401(k) plan is moving forward after a federal judge on Monday greenlit claims of fiduciary disloyalty under ERISA.

A Kentucky federal court granted a motion for FLSA collective action notice to loan originators at Park Community Credit Union who were allegedly misclassified as exempt outside salespeople and denied overtime pay. Hester v. Park Cmty. Credit Union, Inc., 2026 BL 38428, W.D. Ky., 3:24-cv-639-RGJ, 2/2/26

A group of employees for New York City’s Department of Sanitation asked a federal court to greenlight a $5 million settlement to resolve their overtime wage claims.

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that Amazon.com Services, Inc. must pay warehouse workers for security screening time under state wage laws, which are more protective than federal law and contain no de minimis exception. Del. Rio v. Amazon.Com Servs., Inc., 2026 BL 39154, Conn., SC 21109, 2/10/26

Thousands of New York City nurses reached a tentative labor agreement with local hospitals, signaling an end to a weeks-long strike where negotiations were complicated by the Trump administration’s cuts to health-care programs.

The IRS Wednesday announced a new expansion of Tax Pro Account, introducing business-level digital capabilities for tax professionals who work in tax-preparation companies, accounting firms, or other organizations.

A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a US Tax Court ruling that a woman was an active member of a real estate business shared with her late ex-husband and is therefore responsible for some of its associated tax liabilities.

Accounting and advisory firm BDO USA on Monday announced the appointment of Demetrios Frangiskatos as national managing principal of assurance and Mat DeMong as national managing principal of tax.

Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 into law. The law includes: 1) IRC § 9826, which mandates pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to provide transparency reports to group health plans ...

Cuba is at risk of losing vital airline service as it prepares to run out of aviation fuel, with at least one major carrier, Air Canada, suspending all service to the island as a result.

Chevron Corp. acquired a ranch in West Texas whose owner had been waging a legal battle accusing the US energy giant of negligently spilling toxic water and crude oil on the 22,000-acre property.

A lawsuit accusing Illinois Tool Works Inc. of mishandling forfeited contributions in its 401(k) plan is moving forward after a federal judge on Monday greenlit claims of fiduciary disloyalty under ERISA.

Yesterday was the Super Bowl of American football, which is also the Super Bowl of American advertising, and also increasingly the Super Bowl of American sports gambling, in which traditional sportsbooks take on newer prediction markets. Prediction markets have the momentum. Bloomberg’s Peyton Forte and Denitsa Tsekova reported on Saturday:

A Comerica Inc. investor failed to convince an appellate panel to reopen allegations the acquired bank covered up noncompliance risking its servicing of government benefits cards.

LRN Corp. founder Dov Seidman secured an $18 million defamation settlement over a rival businessman’s false allegations about his stewardship of the corporate compliance company.

Expand Energy Corp. said Domenic “Nick” Dell’Osso, Jr. stepped down as chief executive officer as the largest US natural gas producer plans to relocate its headquarters to Houston from Oklahoma City in mid-2026.