The US Supreme Court reinstated a Louisiana congressional map that adds a second majority-Black district for the November election, giving Democrats a likely pickup in the battle to control the House.

The corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez began with his lawyer saying the New Jersey Democrat committed no crimes and blaming the politician’s wife for gold bars seized at their home by FBI agents, who also found $480,000 in cash that prosecutors branded as bribes.

Former Archegos Capital Management employee Jesse Martz testified Wednesday in the trial of founder Bill Hwang on fraud and market manipulation charges, where Martz described the atmosphere at the firm in its final week as “a bloodbath.”

Brent M. Douglas has joined Snell & Wilmer as a partner in the labor and employment practice group in the San Diego office, the firm said Tuesday.

The full Fifth Circuit seems ready to rework one of its precedents on bringing civil rights claims although it’s wrestling with how to do so.

Gregory M. Fliszar has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder with the firm’s health law group in its Nashville office, the firm said Wednesday.

The new chief executive officer of Petrobras is an oil-industry veteran with tight ties to Brazilian President <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-7e30-de3b-adcf-feb30d090000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaand a history of pushing for the types of massive investment projects that spook shareholders worried about overspending.

Large US broadband providers should be required to implement and report on new measures to secure the technology they use to route information through internet infrastructure, the Federal Communications Commission proposed on Wednesday.

Boeing Co. has four weeks to convince the US not to prosecute the company after finding it breached a 2021 agreement protecting it from criminal charges following two fatal crashes.

Contract language concerning deductions involved in flipping a Gucci flagship store clearly shows why an investor lost out on an extra $3 million payment, an attorney for real estate investment firm Festival Cos. argued Wednesday before the Delaware Supreme Court.

Exxon Mobil Corp. said major proxy adviser <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/776918Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-7db3-de3b-adcf-ffb37dd50001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Glass Lewis & Co. should recuse itself from making recommendations on an upcoming shareholder vote for failing to disclose relationships with climate-minded investors.

The embattled head of the <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-7d7c-de3b-adcf-ffff9adb0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. told lawmakers calling for his resignation that he was moving quickly to overhaul the agency’s workplace culture after a probe detailed complaints of sexual harassment and discrimination at the agency.

A legal advocacy group led by conservative activist Edward Blum brought a constitutional challenge Wednesday to a Minnesota law that requires the state’s social work regulatory board to include racial minorities.

The United Auto Workers filed a US labor board complaint over <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3252Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-7e50-de3b-adcf-fef318350000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Harvard University’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests, claiming the university violated grad students’ rights as employees.

The Environmental Protection Agency urged a district judge to drop a request that would further restrict civil rights protections in Louisiana and beyond.

Former female members of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP‘s salesforce were granted by a federal court conditional certification of a nationwide collective asserting that the drugmaking giant pays its male employees more than its female ones.

A multiyear gap between when a former IronRidge Inc. vice president signed an arbitration agreement and when the company added its mark to the pact means the contract can’t be used to boot his disability and age bias claims from court.

People who are suffering health consequences caused by their pregnant mothers’ use of opioids are asking a court to determine that they should get a payout from Rite Aid Corp.‘s insurance policies.

A legal advocacy group led by conservative activist Edward Blum brought a constitutional challenge Wednesday to a Minnesota law that requires the state’s social work regulatory board to include racial minorities.

The US Supreme Court reinstated a Louisiana congressional map that adds a second majority-Black district for the November election, giving Democrats a likely pickup in the battle to control the House.

The corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez began with his lawyer saying the New Jersey Democrat committed no crimes and blaming the politician’s wife for gold bars seized at their home by FBI agents, who also found $480,000 in cash that prosecutors branded as bribes.

Judges on New York’s highest court grappled Wednesday with how to resolve a dispute over New York City’s environmental impact reviews for projects that encroach on open green space.

Former female members of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP‘s salesforce were granted by a federal court conditional certification of a nationwide collective asserting that the drugmaking giant pays its male employees more than its female ones.

Environmental groups were denied a preliminary pause on two Arizona mining projects after an appeals panel ruled Wednesday that a district court correctly rebuffed their bid for injunctive relief.