The purported sole owner of an IP Edge-linked company will have to physically attend a July hearing in Delaware so the district court’s chief judge “can assess her credibility” in a heated litigation-funding probe, according to an order issued Wednesday.

Deutsche Bank AG is using artificial intelligence to scan wealthy client portfolios. ING Group NV is screening for potential defaulters. Morgan Stanley says its bankers are “experimenting” in a “safe and contained environment.” Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is hoovering up talent, advertising for more AI roles than any of its rivals.

Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive Jes Staley is scheduled to be deposed starting June 10 in litigation over the bank’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, according to people familiar with the matter.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testified that then-private banking head Mary Erdoes could have decided to drop Jeffrey Epstein as a bank client after accounts of his sex-trafficking emerged.

Johnson & Johnson’s first jury trial in nearly two years over allegations that its talc-based baby powder causes cancer could influence plaintiffs weighing the $8.9 billion settlement offer put forth by the company last month.

American Airlines Group Inc. plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that its operating alliance with JetBlue Airways Corp. violates antitrust laws and must be dismantled.

Loyola University of New Orleans escaped a lawsuit brought by a former professor who claimed student newspaper articles about racism allegations against her were defamatory.

Attorneys representing Five Guys Enterprises LLC workers, who say the restaurant chain stiffed them on overtime and breaks, must turn over billing records before a federal judge will sign off on their fees, negotiated as part of a $1.2 million settlement.

CACI International Inc. beat a wrongful termination claim by a former worker who alleged he was fired for raising concerns about a manager’s wasting of resources, with a ruling by a federal court in Washington.

A federal rule protecting workers from heat stress should include requirements for written prevention plans, training, and acclimatization, an OSHA advisory panel agreed Wednesday.

An Indiana federal district court ruled that Franklin Township Community School Corporation is entitled to summary judgment on a male teacher’s sex discrimination claim under Title VII. Tedrow v. Franklin Twp. Cmty. Sch. Corp., 2023 BL 175658, S.D. Ind., 1:21-CV-453 RLM-MG, 5/23/23

An ex-secretary to a former New York state judge can add some claims to her lawsuit accusing the judge of sexual abuse and harassment and various colleagues of aiding the harassment, a federal magistrate judge ruled.

The House passed debt-limit legislation forged by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy that would impose restraints on government spending through the 2024 election and avert a destabilizing US default.

California would impose a 15% occupancy tax on short-term rentals to fund construction of affordable housing under a bill the Senate passed Wednesday.

British motorists are adopting electric cars much more quickly than expected, leaving a growing gap in the £32 billion ($39.7 billion) a year the Treasury collects from fuel duties.

Stellantis NV is likely to receive more in subsidies for a new electric-vehicle battery plant in Canada than the C$13 billion ($9.5 billion) Volkswagen AG extracted for a similar project, according to an expert who has crunched the numbers.

House Ways and Means Committee members won’t be headed to Paris for meetings at OECD headquarters this week, as lawmakers expect a late Wednesday night of votes to pass the debt-limit bill.

Hungary’s government adds a new 13% tax on gains made on most forms of investments or savings, according to a decree that appeared in the official gazette.

A top Walmart Inc. executive said the retailer remains committed to its Pride Month offerings, even after competitor Target Corp. became embroiled in a controversy over similar products.

The executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.threatened to push the company’s sports broadcasting unit into bankruptcy unless Major League Baseball officials approved new digital rights, including some to allow gambling on games, MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred said in federal court.

Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive Jes Staley is scheduled to be deposed starting June 10 in litigation over the bank’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, according to people familiar with the matter.

An AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. investor lost her bid Wednesday for details about another shareholder who “went silent” after agreeing to a nine-figure legal settlement over the company’s APE preferred units.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testified that then-private banking head Mary Erdoes could have decided to drop Jeffrey Epstein as a bank client after accounts of his sex-trafficking emerged.

Many Texas leaders love to contrast the state with California, emphasizing its wide-open regulatory landscape as an antidote to deep-blue liberal excess. But increasingly, both of these populous states share a similar set of interrelated concerns — a combustible combination of expansive exurban development and climate-change-fueled extreme weather.