New York is appealing a ruling by a Long Island judge that its mask mandate for schools and other public places is an illegal end run around the state constitution.

U.S. antitrust regulators sued to block Lockheed Martin Corp.’s $4.4 billion purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., signaling that the Biden administration will get tough on deals that could reduce defense industry competition.

A growing number of companies invest in Bitcoin but none to the extent of MicroStrategy Inc., which in 2021 announced that buying and holding the volatile digital asset was a core business strategy.

In oral arguments Tuesday before the Ohio Supreme Court, justices hearing an appeal from NASCAR Holdings Inc. questioned whether the car-racing giant owes Ohio a privilege of business tax for licensing fees tied to products and broadcasts.

A panel of federal appeals court judges seemed skeptical of energy company claims on Tuesday during a second round of arguments in Baltimore’s climate liability case.

Significant EEOC policy changes that would align with Biden administration priorities are in a holding pattern while Republicans maintain a majority on the agency’s leadership panel. But day-to-day decisions over which lawsuits to pursue have largely avoided partisan gridlock because of GOP Commissioner Andrea Lucas.