The US government’s move to greenlight a 300-mile natural gas pipeline as part of legislation to stave off a Treasury default shocked just about everyone, except for a mystery trader who somehow appears to have seen it coming.

Parents without lawyers may sue in federal court on behalf of their children if federal or state law designates a child’s case as belonging to the parent, a US appeals court ruled.

Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith will meet with UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt next week to voice his frustration over the shock decision by Britain’s competition regulator to block its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.

Credit Bureau Connection Inc., would pay more than $2.7 million to settle a class action alleging it provided false information on credit reports to automobile dealerships, under a deal given preliminary approval by a federal court.

Two conservative Michigan Court of Appeals judges are seeking broader support from their colleagues for a state high court precedent challenge that could alter the course of potentially hundreds of lawsuits filed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Gap’s victory over an investor’s diversity lawsuit creates a divide that motivates companies and individual shareholders to pursue courts they view as most favorable until the US Supreme Court steps in.

Labor actions have disrupted work at several key US West Coast port terminals, all of which are part of protracted negotiations for a new contract for dockworkers.

SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. lost its bid for summary judgment on most of the claims brought by its former vice president, who alleges she was discriminated and retaliated against based on her sex.

National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox will be renominated for another term, the White House announced Friday.

A Philadelphia home care agency and its owner have been ordered to hand over more than $7 million in back wages and liquidated damages for willfully failing to pay 1,230 employees overtime, the Labor Department said Friday.

The Biden administration is facing blowback for attempting to enforce federal health insurance market reforms that run up against Virginia state law.

An American Airlines Inc. pilot filed a proposed class action claiming the airline’s 401(k) plan is filled with investments that pursue “leftist political agendas” through environmental, social, and corporate governance strategies.

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to cut National Insurance or income tax by as much as two pence (2.5 cents) before next year’s general election to try and encourage people back to work, according to the Telegraph.

Harlan Crow, a billionaire Republican donor, has refused a second request by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden to answer questions about gifts and travel he provided to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

President Joe Biden signed legislation averting a US debt default, sidestepping a catastrophic blow to the economy with a bipartisan victory that defied Washington expectations.

Japan’s government is looking to take tax and budgetary steps to stimulate investment in the nation’s semiconductor industry, the Yomiuri reported, citing a draft plan.

Vietnam’s detention of a prominent environmentalist and the staff of the non-profit she founded “are part of a concerning pattern of arrests of local environmental and civil society advocates” in the Communist country, the US State Department said in a statement.

Frank founder Charlie Javice is seeking access to JPMorgan Chase & Co. documents she says will exonerate her in the bank’s fraud suit against her, as well as in the criminal and SEC cases she’s facing.

Walt Disney Co. will record a $1.5 billion expense related to programming it’s removing from the Disney+ streaming platform.

An American Airlines Inc. pilot filed a proposed class action claiming the airline’s 401(k) plan is filled with investments that pursue “leftist political agendas” through environmental, social, and corporate governance strategies.

Microsoft Corp. is anticipating a $425 million fine from European data protection regulators over LinkedIn’s targeted advertising practices, according to a corporate filing.

Auditors want language specifying they have a duty to protect investor interests to be removed from proposed updates to foundational rules that spell out the responsibilities of auditors.

3M Co. struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion over water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals,” according to people familiar with the proposed accord, the largest PFAS pact in the US and one of the biggest mass tort deals ever.