A former lawyer who aided Alex Murdaugh’s scheme to steal a $3.8 million insurance settlement intended for the family of his deceased housekeeper must pay nearly the same amount in damages to the insurer, a W. R. Berkley Corp. unit.

Circle Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire said Thursday on X that the stablecoin company contributed tokens worth $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee — joining a parade of other CEOs vying for favor as the incoming administration works to form a key crypto industry group.

Paul Pineau was named general counsel and secretary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the museum announced Thursday.

BlackRock Inc. is parting ways with one of the world’s biggest climate-investor groups after being targeted by Republican politicians for its efforts on global warming.

American Electric Power Co. has agreed to sell a stake in its transmission business to a strategic partnership between KKR and PSP Investments, the energy company reported.

Stephen Koval joined Blank Rome as a partner in its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities group, the firm announced Thursday.

Also Elon Musk cleared the 150th tier of Diablo IV, ChatGPT will get you tenure in academic finance, and the Bitcoin in a dump guy can’t dig up the dump.

BlackRock Inc. is resisting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s demands that the world’s largest asset manager submit to new oversight of its stakes in US banks, seeking to delay negotiations into the Trump administration.

Target’s board of directors and several executives, including CEO Brian Cornell, allegedly misled investors about the risks and impacts of its 2023 Pride campaign on the company’s profits.

Big tech companies from Alphabet Inc. to Meta Platforms Inc. face a slate of new investor proposals to probe concerns that personal or proprietary data could be used to train artificial intelligence models.

BlackRock Inc. is parting ways with one of the world’s biggest climate-investor groups after being targeted by Republican politicians for its efforts on global warming.

Southwest Airlines Co.’s top finance executive plans to step down after more than 33 years with the carrier, extending a leadership overhaul in the wake of an activist campaign by shareholder Elliott Investment Management.

Nassau County can’t enforce its settlement with an employee alleging discrimination because her refusal to sign a confidentiality and non-disparagement form attached to the settlement pact meant the agreement never took effect, a federal judge ruled.

A Biden administration rule barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in federally funded schools goes too far, a federal judge in Kentucky said Thursday as he struck it down.

A former United Way Worldwide executive can’t pursue claims that she faced harassment and a hostile work environment because the last alleged incident falls outside Title VII’s statute of limitations, a federal judge said.

A South Carolina law banning abortions after nine weeks’ gestation, with narrow exceptions, violates the religious rights of doctors prevented from providing terminations mandated by their deeply held beliefs, a new lawsuit says.

Illinois inmates defeated in part an attempt by state officials to win summary judgment on their Eighth Amendment-based class action stemming from alleged facility-wide shakedowns in 2014

Jason Solomon and Abby Frerick of the National Institute for Workers’ Rights say anti-DEI pressure will intensify in the next Trump administration—but employers who go too far could face more liabilities.

“Cases and Controversies” hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler preview the TikTok case with Knight First Amendment Institute staff attorney Xiangnong (George) Wang.

Allegations contained in a whistleblower suit need not precisely match those contained in the government’s settlement with a delinquent taxpayer for those suing to be entitled to share in the $15.6 million recovery, the New Mexico Supreme Court held Thursday.

A complaint that Donald Trump infringed the copyright to “Hold On (I’m Coming)” failed to plausibly claim Isaac Hayes’ heirs have any rights whatsoever to the song, the president-elect told a Georgia federal court.

President-elect Donald Trump is planning a flurry of executive orders around immigration, energy, federal workers and regulatory reform in the early hours after his Jan. 20 inauguration, part of a sweeping effort to quickly implement his policy agenda upon taking office.

Nassau County can’t enforce its settlement with an employee alleging discrimination because her refusal to sign a confidentiality and non-disparagement form attached to the settlement pact meant the agreement never took effect, a federal judge ruled.

The Environmental Defense Fund is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule updating procedures under the Toxic Substances Control Act for companies that want to import or make new chemicals in the US.