A federal judge pressed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on how lower courts are supposed to interpret the Supreme Court’s increasingly common and often unexplained emergency orders.

The Senate confirmed more than a dozen of President Donald Trump’s US attorney nominees, including the North Carolina prosecutor who brought federal charges against former FBI Director James Comey.

Kirkland & Ellis should be tossed from representing large medical health records company Commure in a lawsuit because the firm learned sensitive information from a competitor that later sued, lawyers told a federal judge.

Latham & Watkins said Monday it hired Kirkland & Ellis partner Carson Young as a partner in Houston to boost its expanding complex commercial litigation practice.

Matthew McCullough joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in its intellectual property group in San Francisco, the firm announced Monday.

Amanda Gill joined DLA Piper as a partner in its corporate practice in New York, the firm announced.

New York City’s transit system and Long Island Rail Road workers reached a potential labor agreement, ending a historic strike that suspended service on the largest commuter line in the US.

Standard Chartered Plc plans to eliminate thousands of support roles over the next four years, joining the ranks of global lenders using artificial intelligence to trim headcount.

A jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman’s leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to sue the company.

A Pennsylvania court reversed an unfair labor practice finding against the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education regarding a faculty union’s “strikebreakers” poster removal, finding the university had legitimate operational reasons. Pa. State Sys. of Higher Educ. v. Pa. Lab. Rels. Bd., 2026 BL 175344, Pa. Commw. Ct., 209 C.D. 2025, 5/13/26

A Maine federal court denied injunctive relief to a Postal Service supervisor on FMLA and Fifth Amendment claims, finding no irreparable harm as his employment status remained unchanged after returning from medical leave. Darron v. Jeffries, 2026 BL 176347, D. Me., 2:26-cv-00091-LEW, 5/13/26

A Louisiana federal court granted summary judgment on borrowed servant status for a production operator but denied it for a catering hand due to factual disputes over control. In re In Tex. Petro. Inv. Co., 2026 BL 180081, E.D. La., 24-2344 SECTION: “D” (2), 5/15/26

The Senate confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees Monday night, the first time this year Republicans used the new multi-step floor process to package together a broad array of administration officials.

President Donald Trump announced his administration is adding more than 600 generic medications to its direct-to-consumer drug sales website TrumpRx alongside billionaire Mark Cuban.

The US Justice Department said it’s creating a $1.8 billion fund to pay out claims of alleged government weaponization as part of a settlement agreement to end President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the 2019 leak of his tax information.

Trade was one of the most contentious issues heading into the Beijing summit between Presidents Trump and Xi. But while the summit generated good vibes between the two, it ended with few clear directives, especially regarding trade and tariffs. On today’s Big Take podcast, Brendan Murray, who leads Bloomberg’s trade coverage, sits down with host Sarah Holder to discuss the trade takeaways from last week’s Beijing summit. Can China’s constructive strategic stability plan, or a proposed US-China trade council, calm the waters? And where does the relationship stand with the prospect of more deals—and new tariffs—on the horizon?

The IRS has released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-21. [Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-21, 05/18/26]

Legislation granting $125 million in property tax relief to Minnesota homeowners and pulling the state into conformity with many provisions of President Donald Trump’s 2025 tax-and-spending law is headed to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz (D).

The US Justice Department on Monday sought to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, taking him closer to resolving a long-running saga that once threatened the future of his giant conglomerate.

A fast-moving brush fire in Southern California’s Simi Valley is rapidly growing, prompting evacuations as high winds fuel the blaze.

New York City’s transit system and Long Island Rail Road workers reached a potential labor agreement, ending a historic strike that suspended service on the largest commuter line in the US.

Wholesale power prices surged as heat descended on the US East, prompting the region’s grid operator to declare a low-level emergency for Tuesday.

Companies and individuals making deals to settle Securities and Exchange Commission cases no longer have to remain silent after the settlements, the regulator said Monday.

The Trump administration is poised to roll out a plan for trading digital versions of securities that could reshape the landscape of the American stock market as it continues to loosen the rules for free-wheeling crypto markets.