The Supreme Court’s ruling that a St. Louis police sergeant can sue over a job transfer she claims was discriminatory was championed as “an enormous win for workers.” But hours after the decision, lawyers were warning that the outcome could have a chilling effect on employers’ diversity initiatives.

Alex Hastings has joined Morgan Lewis as a partner with the regulatory practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Thursday.

Nancy B. Ryan has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York, the firm said Thursday.

Lawyer Sidney Powell can’t be disciplined by the State Bar of Texas for advancing false claims that Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election, a state appeals court said, affirming a trial court.

Jenner & Block attorneys say state attorneys general are seeking to rescue the abortion pill case by intervening in the matter, but the FDA argues if the Supreme Court finds standing lacking, the case should be dismissed.

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New York courts can exercise jurisdiction over non-state-based companies that acquire the liabilities and assets of another entity that has done business there, even if they never merge, the state’s top court ruled Thursday.

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The Supreme Court’s ruling that a St. Louis police sergeant can sue over a job transfer she claims was discriminatory was championed as “an enormous win for workers.” But hours after the decision, lawyers were warning that the outcome could have a chilling effect on employers’ diversity initiatives.

The Scottish government scrapped a plan to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030, conceding the target is unachievable and that it needs to recalibrate its approach to tackling <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/TNI%20SCOTS%20CLIMATE","_id":"0000018e-f1e3-d583-afbf-f3ffead60000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">climate change.

Toronto-Dominion Bank is confronting shareholders at a moment when investors and executives alike are clamoring for clarity on potential penalties in a US probe and the future of the firm’s leadership.

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A former New York University vice chair of emergency medicine failed to prove she was fired because she’s a woman or because she complained about sex discrimination and unequal pay, a federal jury ruled.

Sesame Place, a Sesame Street-themed amusement park owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc. failed to shake off racial discrimination claims by several Black and Hispanic families.

A Florida law banning citizens of China and six other countries from buying real estate revives a 100-year-old, discredited legal precedent that unconstitutionally discriminates against Asian immigrants, civil rights groups say.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Sheetz Inc., alleging the convenience store chain discriminated against job applicants based on their race by refusing to hire individuals with criminal histories.

The Supreme Court’s ruling that a St. Louis police sergeant can sue over a job transfer she claims was discriminatory was championed as “an enormous win for workers.” But hours after the decision, lawyers were warning that the outcome could have a chilling effect on employers’ diversity initiatives.

DHL Express (USA) Inc. will pay $8.7 million dollars to resolve a long-running race discrimination suit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Privately owned real estate leased by a hospital authority is exempt from more than $900,000 in property taxes because it’s used for public purposes, the authority told the Georgia Supreme Court.

A former Tennessee state senator convicted of two counts of wire fraud must again face another charge related to her alleged mismanagement of federal grants for a for-profit nursing school she founded in Memphis, the Sixth Circuit said.

New York courts can exercise jurisdiction over non-state-based companies that acquire the liabilities and assets of another entity that has done business there, even if they never merge, the state’s top court ruled Thursday.

A judiciary committee is still in the beginning stages of examining a proposal to allow federal criminal trials to be broadcast, even as jury selection begins in former President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in a New York state court.

A Nashville schools executive will still get her old job back despite not disclosing in her personal bankruptcy the job retaliation claim that led a federal judge to order her reinstatement.

A Florida law banning citizens of China and six other countries from buying real estate revives a 100-year-old, discredited legal precedent that unconstitutionally discriminates against Asian immigrants, civil rights groups say.