Ricardo Solano Jr. has returned to Gibbons P.C. as co-chair of the white collar and investigations group, the firm said Thursday.

Kenneth T. Deutsch has joined Paul Hastings as a partner and global co-chair of its entertainment and media practice in Century City, California, the firm said Thursday.

Jonathan Ching has joined McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in the transactions practice group in New York, the firm said Thursday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testified that then-private banking head Mary Erdoes and then-general counsel Stephen Cutlercould have decided to drop Jeffrey Epstein as a bank client after accounts of his sex-trafficking emerged.

Deutsche Bank AG is using artificial intelligence to scan wealthy client portfolios. ING Group NV is screening for potential defaulters. Morgan Stanley says its bankers are “experimenting” in a “safe and contained environment.” Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is hoovering up talent, advertising for more AI roles than any of its rivals.

At least three large firms filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US during a single 12-hour stretch, following up on the biggest rush in years.

Participants in MetLife Group Inc.'s $7.3 billion 401(k) plan asked a Manhattan federal judge to certify a class of more than 27,000 people in their lawsuit challenging the plan’s affiliated funds.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.is warning investors of a sharp slowdown in its investment bank from the bumper gains a year ago, as the bank hunkers down in the face of an “extraordinarily challenging” economic backdrop.

A Pennsylvania federal district court denied Pike Telecom & Renewables, LLC’s motion to dismiss an engineer with an amputated finger’s Americans with Disabilities Act claim, where he raised an inference of disability discrimination based on a supervisor’s reactions to his injury. St. Marie v. Pike Telecom & Renewables, LLC, 2023 BL 177671, E.D. Pa., 23-77, 5/24/23

US factory activity shrank for a seventh month in May as orders contracted at a faster pace, while a measure of materials costs fell by the most in nearly a year.

Federal labor law doesn’t prevent a ready-mix concrete company from suing a union in state court for alleged intentional destruction of property during a strike, the US Supreme Court ruled.

A gay guidance director fired by a Catholic high school over her same-sex marriage will try to convince the Seventh Circuit on Friday that it risks setting a harmful precedent if it doesn’t reverse a ruling that she was a “minister.”

Rhys Pippard has joined Simmons Gainsford as a partner, the firm said Thursday.

Stellantis NV said there’s no agreement yet with Canada on subsidies for an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ontario.

The International Accounting Standards Board proposed changes to its small company accounting standard Thursday, allowing a temporary exemption from some tax reporting requirements amid confusion over OECD-led global minimum tax plans.

The Dutch government is moving ahead with plans for a 15% corporate tax rate.

Hungary will impose a new tax on investment gains and force funds to channel more cash into government debt, potentially generating additional demand for its offerings as it needs to financing record budget deficits.

India’s gross goods and services tax mop-up in May was 1.571 trillion rupees ($19.1 billion), 12% more than the same month last year, according to a statement from India’s finance ministry.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testified that then-private banking head Mary Erdoes and then-general counsel Stephen Cutlercould have decided to drop Jeffrey Epstein as a bank client after accounts of his sex-trafficking emerged.

Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to capture and bury 800,000 tons of atmospheric emissions annually for steelmaker Nucor Corp. as the largest US oil producer expands its low-carbon business.

The US Supreme Court limited the ability of shareholders to sue over misleading statements issued by companies when they go public through a direct listing, giving a partial victory for Salesforce Inc.’s Slack unit.

The executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.threatened to push the company’s sports broadcasting unit into bankruptcy unless Major League Baseball officials approved new digital rights, including some to allow gambling on games, MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred said in federal court.

The newly elected leadership of the United Auto Workers union outlined their major asks for the union’s upcoming high-profile contract negotiations with the Big Three automakers, warning that members were primed to strike if needed.

The unwinding of the blank-check stock frenzy, one of the hottest pandemic-era trends on Wall Street, is playing out its last act on a different stage: the courtroom.