Massive surprise offers by activist investors for competitor companies in 2025 reminded businesses seeking to protect themselves from hostile takeovers to look back at almost-forgotten defenses.

The debate over the accounting treatment of stablecoins matters not only to companies, accountants, and auditors, but also to investors, regulators, and markets. Clear financial reporting underpins investor confidence and financial stability by extension.

In an era of shrinking budgets and rising complexity, smart general counsel should rethink how they engage legal services. The solution is matching the right work to the right kind of firm.

Private credit funds should bolster their compliance programs, with a particular focus on valuation practices, conflict management frameworks, and underwriting standards.

Two Trump judicial picks are struggling to reach a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance their nominations to federal court seats in Mississippi, the panel’s chair said.

Harvey, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for law firms, has closed its third major funding round of 2025 — bringing its valuation to $8 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal.

In an era of shrinking budgets and rising complexity, smart general counsel should rethink how they engage legal services. The solution is matching the right work to the right kind of firm.

US stock futures held steady after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ended their trade meeting with a range of expected concessions, keeping markets near record highs.

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI is preparing to file for an initial public offering as soon as next year that could give the company a market capitalization of $1 trillion, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing unidentified sources.

Mark Zuckerberg pledged that Meta Platforms Inc. will spend even more aggressively on artificial intelligence in the year ahead, raising fresh concerns from investors who drove the stock down on worries the company may not have an obvious return on the massive investment.

Unionized workers at a Volkswagen Group of America plant in Tennessee voted to authorize a strike, weeks after the automaker walked away from bargaining.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav hosted a town hall meeting for employees on Wednesday and said the board would need a higher bid to justify a sale of the company, according to people who heard his comments.

Massive surprise offers by activist investors for competitor companies in 2025 reminded businesses seeking to protect themselves from hostile takeovers to look back at almost-forgotten defenses.

The debate over the accounting treatment of stablecoins matters not only to companies, accountants, and auditors, but also to investors, regulators, and markets. Clear financial reporting underpins investor confidence and financial stability by extension.

In an era of shrinking budgets and rising complexity, smart general counsel should rethink how they engage legal services. The solution is matching the right work to the right kind of firm.

Private credit funds should bolster their compliance programs, with a particular focus on valuation practices, conflict management frameworks, and underwriting standards.

Two Trump judicial picks are struggling to reach a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance their nominations to federal court seats in Mississippi, the panel’s chair said.

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Ryan Baasch, a staffer at the National Economic Council, for a slot on the US Federal Trade Commission, according to people familiar with the matter.