The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled Monday as the first opinion day of its term, opening the possibility of an imminent decision on challenges to Texas’ ban on abortion after six weeks.

Lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager acquitted on all charges for having killed two people at a tumultuous Black Lives Matter protest in Wisconsin last year, say they knew his personal testimony would be key to his defense because they tested mock juries for it.

Willie E. Dennis, a former K&L Gates partner in New York, is facing federal cyberstalking charges after carrying out what prosecutors in Manhattan say was a “campaign of harassment” against his partners at the firm.

President Joe Biden’s signature plan to expand the social safety net, address climate change and rewrite tax policies passed the House Friday morning as Speaker Nancy Pelosi united fractious Democrats to send the legislation to the Senate, where its fate remains uncertain.

General Electric Co. and Johnson & Johnson have nearly three dozen outside lawyers already tackling the mountains of legal work necessary for the breakup of their companies.

Private equity firms stand to be particularly exposed to a new FTC requirement that companies get agency approval before flipping certain assets.