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Tens of thousands of immigrants, including some who have lived and worked for years in the US, have been detained under the Trump administration crackdown. Many have a slim chance of release without an attorney’s help.

Companies are bracing for attacks as deepfake technology has become cheaper, more prevalent and more convincing. Fintechs and insurers have become popular targets, security specialists say.

Akin Gump is rebuilding its team of congressional investigations lawyers after a Wall Street firm poached two practice leaders last month.

If plan fiduciaries continue to follow ERISA’s fiduciary requirements, alternative investments can help defined contribution participants achieve greater investment returns without compromising protections.

Lawyers don’t need to become software engineers, but they do need to understand how AI systems behave when tasked with solving legal problems.

The supply shockwaves from the US and Israel’s war in Iran are spreading across the global economy, raising concerns about an inflation hit to companies and consumers that will require policymakers to raise borrowing costs.

Estée Lauder Cos. said it’s in talks to buy Puig Brands SA in a deal that would create a cosmetics giant with about $20 billion in annual sales.

A former dealmaker at Lazard Inc. and Citigroup Inc. was banned from the US financial industry, months after authorities accused him of leaking tips on mergers and acquisitions to a network of insider traders.

SK Hynix Inc. plans to spend 11.9 trillion won ($7.9 billion) on cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet lithography chipmaking tools from ASML Holding NV, deepening a push into next-generation memory as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure grows.

A strike involving mostly immigrant employees at one of the nation’s largest beef packing plants is the latest evidence of expanding worker concerns over rising health-care costs and faltering wages that unions say aren’t keeping up with inflation.

While monthly sales are up from the prior year, Red Lobster has lost money in four of the last five quarters and has struggled to turn a profit for years.

Tens of thousands of immigrants, including some who have lived and worked for years in the US, have been detained under the Trump administration crackdown. Many have a slim chance of release without an attorney’s help.

Companies are bracing for attacks as deepfake technology has become cheaper, more prevalent and more convincing. Fintechs and insurers have become popular targets, security specialists say.

Lawyers don’t need to become software engineers, but they do need to understand how AI systems behave when tasked with solving legal problems.

Markwayne Mullin was confirmed Department of Homeland Security secretary, placing the Oklahoma senator in charge of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has triggered a 37-day funding shutdown of the cabinet agency.

The Defense Department will no longer allow media organizations to keep offices in the Pentagon building after a federal judge ruled that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had improperly revoked credentials for dozens of them.

The Trump administration said Monday it has initiated two new investigations into Harvard University over alleged antisemitism on campus and racially discriminatory admissions practices.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regularly says his motivation to get “out from behind my desk” and enter public service was concern about growing US debt. Developments over the past several weeks have left those alarms ringing even louder.

The Trump administration’s 10% stake in Intel Corp. may give plaintiffs in patent disputes a weapon against the company after a recent ruling by the US Patent and Trademark Office focused on a company linked to China’s government.

Tens of thousands of immigrants, including some who have lived and worked for years in the US, have been detained under the Trump administration crackdown. Many have a slim chance of release without an attorney’s help.

If plan fiduciaries continue to follow ERISA’s fiduciary requirements, alternative investments can help defined contribution participants achieve greater investment returns without compromising protections.

Lawyers don’t need to become software engineers, but they do need to understand how AI systems behave when tasked with solving legal problems.

Videotaped depositions have long been a routine feature of modern litigation—efficient, reliable, and strategically useful for impeachment and settlement leverage. As deepfake technology advances, video depositions pose an underappreciated digital risk.