A bill pending in Congress would require certain service providers, lawyers, accountants, and other tax professionals to act as “gatekeepers” for purposes of reporting suspicious financial transactions. So far, the response to the bill has been mixed. Here’s what you need to know.

Passengers finding themselves with a lengthy delay or canceled flight have a new way to check what they can get from airlines, ahead of an expected travel rush for Labor Day weekend.

Bills requiring California to boost renewable energy production and further reduce greenhouse gas emissions were among a flurry of environmental measures state lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom at Wednesday night’s deadline.

Confronting a longstanding and well-documented lack of diversity in patent law, some law firms have launched recruitment programs to address the issue. Progress in the patent bar is slow, however, and much work remains, practitioners say.

Veteran lawyer Paul Shechtman said that after 25 years in private practice, is new job as general counsel for New York City’s Department of Correction “is a chance for me to do something meaningful in a city I really care about.” He added, “I wanted to have a last chapter in the public sector.”

President Joe Biden’s medical adviser Anthony Fauci warned that the US should be prepared for “pretty bad flu season” coupled with continued Covid-19 cases this winter when he’ll be stepping down from his post as the nation’s top infectious disease official.