Tesla Inc. has hired a former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. in-house lawyer to be its new head of corporate governance legal, building on the flurry of changes it has made within its law department this year.

Musician Kelis’ claim that she wasn’t properly credited on Beyoncé's new album “Renaissance” provides a warning to emerging artists, who could find themselves locked out of lucrative royalties if they don’t secure credit for their contributions.

Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC filed two lawsuits Monday in a California federal court, alleging in one that Sonos Inc.’s audio players with a voice-control feature infringe three patents, and in the other that they infringe four different patents, expanding an already heated battle over royalties for various technologies.

Global restructuring professionals are breathing a sigh of relief after a judge reaffirmed that a foreign restructuring can discharge debt governed by New York law—a common element of global insolvencies recently brought into question by a Hong Kong judge.

When rideshare drivers in Washington state struck a bargain this year with Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., the industry said the deal would be a model for other states.

Congress is spending billions to save communities from Western megafires by thinning large swaths of forests even as scientists say climate change-driven drought and heat are too extreme for it to work.