The fight over the future of Hollywood just got nastier.

Just hours before Paramount Skydance Corp. Chief Executive Officer David Ellison launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., he hobnobbed in Washington with some of the federal government’s heaviest hitters.

Litigation funder Archetype Capital Partners won a court order barring its co-founder from using the firm’s proprietary systems for mass tort cases while its lawsuit accusing him of stealing trade secrets proceeds.

Victoria Ferres and Sami Ben Dechiche joined Morgan Lewis as investment management partners in Dubai, the firm announced Monday.

Three groups of law firms are fighting for the top spot representing writers in a recently consolidated proposed class action against Apple Inc. alleging it used a database containing pirated books to train its AI models.

Lawyers from Paul Weiss and Cooley LLP advised on International Business Machines Corp.'s plan to buy data-streaming platform Confluent Inc. for about $9.3 billion.

Australia’s central bank Governor Michele Bullock called an end to a truncated easing cycle as policymakers gauge whether a pickup in inflation requires an extended interest-rate pause or a switch to tightening.

The fight over the future of Hollywood just got nastier.

Just hours before Paramount Skydance Corp. Chief Executive Officer David Ellison launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., he hobnobbed in Washington with some of the federal government’s heaviest hitters.

The US president’s son-in-law. One of the largest alternative-asset managers. The CEO’s father who fleetingly commanded a fortune exceeding Elon Musk’s.

Michael Burry, the money manager made famous in The Big Short, says he holds sizable positions in both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common stock and believes a re-listing of the US housing-finance giants is “nearly upon us.”

PepsiCo Inc. reached an agreement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management that includes a 20% reduction in its US product lineup and a sharper focus on affordability, while the soda and snacks company also plans layoffs as part of cost reduction efforts.

A North Carolina school board faces a lawsuit alleging a high school student was wrongly investigated for vandalism after displaying a message in tribute to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.

An Eagles tour massage therapist claiming she was effectively paid to have sex with MSG Networks chair James Dolan encountered a Ninth Circuit panel Monday wary of reviving her sex trafficking suit against Dolan, his JD & The Straight Shot band, and the Azoff Company.

A Black JPMorgan Chase customer will have to arbitrate her discrimination claims against the bank and its branch manager after a split federal appeals court found she’s bound by an arbitration agreement.

The US Supreme Court signaled it’s poised to give the president control over potentially dozens of traditionally independent federal agencies as the court’s dominant conservative wing cast doubt on a 90-year-old precedent.

The Trump administration is considering demolishing four historic Washington buildings, including those that housed the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Voice of America, a former government official alleged in a declaration.

A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.

The co-founder and former CEO of Dallas-based logistics software startup Slync Inc. lost on Monday an appeal to undo convictions for misleading investors and misappropriating company funds.

An Eagles tour massage therapist claiming she was effectively paid to have sex with MSG Networks chair James Dolan encountered a Ninth Circuit panel Monday wary of reviving her sex trafficking suit against Dolan, his JD & The Straight Shot band, and the Azoff Company.

The Federal Trade Commission convinced a federal appeals court to uphold a lower court decision that two businessmen were liable for civil contempt sanctions related to a deceptive practices scheme.

A Black JPMorgan Chase customer will have to arbitrate her discrimination claims against the bank and its branch manager after a split federal appeals court found she’s bound by an arbitration agreement.

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a lower court’s ruling that the founder of the ‘subreddit’ page wallstreetbets doesn’t own the trademark of the name.