Twitter has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations by the US Federal Trade Commission that it misused users’ phone numbers uploaded for security purposes to target advertising, according to court filings Wednesday.

To keep doing business with Texas, companies will effectively have to take a vow of neutrality if the latest school-shooting massacre sets off another nationwide furor over gun control.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and AbbVie Inc.’s Allergan agreed to pay a combined $161.5 million to resolve lawsuits by West Virginia over the state’s opioid epidemic, ending a trial against the drug makers that began last month.

Pandemic shutdowns spurred workers in hard-hit industries to find alternative forms of income, yet many who turned to sex work to help make ends meet say they’re facing hostile work environments when returning to traditional jobs.

The federal labor board’s legal arm said a pair of Trump-era precedents backing employers’ authority to restrict union access runs afoul of legal protections forbidding discrimination against unions.

An ongoing lawsuit over Mississippi’s abortion pill restrictions could set a roadmap for the Biden administration and others seeking to ease access to the medication across the country as the US Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade.

Alphabet, Chevron, and other corporate giants are facing investor pressure to look at racial issues, as more shareholders and companies want to know whether their businesses fuel discrimination.