Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, and other banks notched another court win against loan agents seeking fees for helping small businesses apply for emergency pandemic loans earlier this year.

Top U.S. senators challenged the chief executive officers of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., renewing accusations that the companies are failing to moderate online speech, and called for changes to legal protections that benefit the industry.

The Senate vote to advance Judy Shelton’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board was suddenly thrown into jeopardy Tuesday with another GOP senator wavering on support for her and two others absent because of Covid-19 quarantines.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision barring legal challenges to threshold decisions on the institution of Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes review also applies to whether a patent is eligible for covered business method review, the Federal Circuit said Tuesday.

Treasury is nearing the end of a several years-long effort: writing regulations that put in place changes from the 2017 tax overhaul.

Fueled by a relative lack of regulation and an upswing in market opportunities, litigation finance — the practice by which third parties provide funding for litigation in return for a share of the proceeds in the event of a winning case — will become more widespread and better understood in 2021.

What does it mean for our democracy if we can’t trust the polls telling us what our fellow citizens think?