Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is strongly encouraged to appear in a Texas courtroom next week to address claims he defended Musk against defamation without permission from the court, a judge said Wednesday.

Marty Walsh has joined Snell & Wilmer as a partner in Denver, the firm said Wednesday.

Savi Hebbur has joined White & Case as a partner in London, the firm said Wednesday.

Trader Joe’s Co. will have to pay $112,000 to cover attorneys’ fees a union comprising some of its employees spent defending a trademark infringement lawsuit, a California federal judge ordered, noting a need to discourage “meritless claims.”

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-3548-d4b6-a98f-f57d137e0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Jefferies Financial Group Inc. got a win in federal court on Tuesday in its push to collect $4 million from a high-profile investment banker who reneged on his promise to join the firm several years ago.

Carrie Collier-Brown has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in the Austin, Texas, office, the firm said Wednesday.

<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-3595-d4b6-a98f-f5b5ecfe0001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Laxman Narasimhan’s honeymoon phase is over.

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Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla Inc.’s electric-vehicle chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda.

Retailer Kohl’s Corp. picked an unlikely cost to downplay as it reported 2023 annual results to the market: its rent.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/ABX%20CN%20Equity/HDS","_id":"0000018f-352d-d4b6-a98f-f53d9bed0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Barrick Gold Corp.’s chief executive officer says the gold miner will continue to host virtual-only annual general meetings despite calls for public companies to return to an in-person format.

Microsoft Corp. and <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/BN%20CN%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-3504-d4b6-a98f-f53533fc0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Brookfield Asset Management’s green energy arm signed the biggest corporate clean-energy purchase agreement ever announced, as the technology giant ramps up its investment in artificial intelligence.

Senior US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth of the Washington federal trial court expressed frustration at how long lower court judges have waited to receive guidance from appellate courts on how to interpret key statutes in prosecutions against US Capitol rioters.

Conservative activist John Sabal may proceed with three of his four defamation claims against the Anti-Defamation League for associating him and his business, The Patriot Voice, with QAnon, a federal court said.

Amerigo Italian Restaurant will pay $60,000 and provide additional relief to settle a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit involving its Memphis, Tenn., restaurant, according to the EEOC Tuesday.

An Indiana high school scored a pre-trial victory again in a Christian teacher’s lawsuit claiming he was denied accommodation from its requirement that transgender students be identified by their preferred first names and pronouns.

3M Co. is free of most claims in a lawsuit that says it discriminated and retaliated against a Black woman because of her race and sex after a federal judge found some allegations insufficient to move forward.

A volunteer high school football coach in Denver who was stripped of his position and denied access to district facilities after being an outspoken critic of the district’s policies, was entitled to a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of those apparently punitive measures, the Tenth Circuit said.

<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-35ba-d4b6-a98f-f5bf83010000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Harvey Weinstein faces a new trial as early as September as Manhattan prosecutors told a judge that there was “nothing consensual” about the sexual assault allegations made against him.

Senior US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth of the Washington federal trial court expressed frustration at how long lower court judges have waited to receive guidance from appellate courts on how to interpret key statutes in prosecutions against US Capitol rioters.

Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is strongly encouraged to appear in a Texas courtroom next week to address claims he defended Musk against defamation without permission from the court, a judge said Wednesday.

Conservative activist John Sabal may proceed with three of his four defamation claims against the Anti-Defamation League for associating him and his business, The Patriot Voice, with QAnon, a federal court said.

A US District judge in California engaged in misconduct by ordering a defendant’s 13-year-old daughter handcuffed as a warning against drug use, a federal judicial council said.

A Texas owner of a radio frequency identification patent has constitutional standing to sue a maker of RFID products, despite arguments that it lost standing due to a loan agreement, the Federal Circuit said.