Natasha S. Hwangpo has joined Ropes & Gray as a restructuring partner in New York, the firm announced Monday.

Harry Valetk has joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in the privacy, security and data innovation practice group in New York, the firm announced Monday.

Shailesh Sahay has joined Baker Botts as a partner with the environmental, safety, and incident response section of the litigation department in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.

Ryan Phair and Craig Y. Lee have joined Paul Hastings as partners with the antitrust practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.

Adam M. Weg has joined Venable LLP as a partner in the commercial litigation practice in Los Angeles, the firm said Monday.

Sarah La Voi has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in the digital assets and data management practice group in Chicago, the firm announced Monday.

The International Sustainability Standards Board said Monday that it would assume responsibility for monitoring climate reporting guidelines set by global regulators.

The backlash against investing strategies that factor in environmental, social and governance issues is rising in the US and is impacting the way managers are thinking about integrating such considerations into their funds, according to a survey by HSBC Holdings Plc.

The first proxy season after a key US rule change was expected to rock the shareholder activism world. Instead, the universal proxy card turned typically public battles into something more private and discreet, with settlements reached behind the scenes or very quickly once they become known.

As home to the world’s second-biggest rainforest, the largest tropical peatlands, and swathes of mangroves, governments across the African continent appear to be in a good position to benefit from the growing global trade in emissions offsets.

The US House’s top government watchdog committee is asking Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to help its investigation into the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, saying Fed officials are balking at turning over some records.

Carl Icahn has renegotiated loan terms with a group of banks just months after a report by short seller Hindenburg Research sent shares in his investment firm tanking.

Universal Orlando Resort saw its win reversed in a lawsuit over denying a man access to a waterslide because he only has one arm.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality reached a settlement with three female geologists who allege they were paid lower salaries because of their sex.

Legislation to ban abortion in Iowa after six weeks will once again go before the state Legislature Tuesday, after a split decision by the state’s highest court blocked an earlier law from taking effect.

Wisconsin can partially proceed with a suit aimed at preventing county district attorneys from prosecuting doctors under an antiquated law that allegedly criminalized abortions.

House Republican leaders have a tough job when they bring the annual defense policy bill to the floor this week: wrangling conservatives who seek to curtail diversity and inclusion, abortion rights, and security aid to Ukraine — while attracting enough Democrats to pass the legislation.

The House is scheduled to consider the fiscal 2024 Nation Defense Authorization Act the week of July 10, with a total discretionary funding level aligned with the spending limit set for national security programs under the June debt-limit deal (Public Law 118-5).

A veterinarian convicted of federal criminal offenses in connection with a 20-year scheme to create and distribute performance enhancing drugs for use in professional horse racing is on the hook for a $10.3 million judgment.

A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., declined to extend workplace protections to a Mexican citizen in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program who claimed ExxonMobil Corp. unlawfully used his immigration status to rescind a paid internship offer.

Universal Orlando Resort saw its win reversed in a lawsuit over denying a man access to a waterslide because he only has one arm.

Anti-abortion sidewalk counselors’ efforts to invalidate a Harrisburg, Pa., clinic buffer zone ordinance failed because the provision didn’t outlaw the activities in which they want to engage, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said Monday.

A Florida social worker convicted of health care fraud following a five-week trial in 2013 lost an appeal for habeas relief after the Eleventh Circuit rejected claims that she received ineffective assistance of counsel.

An administrative tribunal erred when it let Medtronic Inc. escape from a pair of patent validity challenges, a Federal Circuit panel ruled Monday, ordering the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reconsider a competitor’s arguments that the patents cover an obvious innovation.