A federal court in Milwaukee has upheld the first-of-its-kind conviction for a state judge who tried to help a migrant evade federal officers.

Verizon Communications Inc.'s chief legal officer garnered a 15% pay bump last year.

Christopher Van Gundy joined Buchalter as a partner in its litigation, class actions and FDA regulatory compliance practice groups in San Francisco, the firm announced Friday.

Stephanie Godfrey joined Lowenstein Sandler as chief financial officer, the firm announced Monday.

Ashley Chung joined Winston & Strawn as a partner in its appellate & critical motions practice in Chicago, the firm announced Monday.

Hackers have breached Jones Day and accessed the files of 10 clients, the law firm said on Monday.

OpenAI urged the attorneys general of California and Delaware to investigate potential “improper and anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk in his efforts to block OpenAI from restructuring as a for-profit company.

House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg announced a measure that would make changes to a law authorizing worker training programs.

The EEOC secured roughly $660 million for victims of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2025, the bulk of which came from pre-litigation enforcement, the agency said in an annual performance report.

A Missouri federal court granted summary judgment to MHM Health Professionals on Arizona Wage Act claims, finding a medical care provider had no reasonable expectation of payment for security screening time at prisons. Lewis v. MHM Health Pros., LLC, 2026 BL 116255, E.D. Mo., 4:22-cv-00228-SEP, 3/31/26

A New York federal court compelled arbitration of the federal and state discrimination claims of a Black female VP with chronic migraines against Morgan Stanley, ruling that alleged microaggressions didn’t constitute “sexual harassment” exempt from arbitration under federal law. Waiguchu v. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 2026 BL 116277, S.D.N.Y., 1:25-cv-7443-GHW, 4/1/26

An Arizona federal court denied Suns Legacy Partners’ motion to dismiss a constructive discharge claim under Section 1981 brought by a Hispanic female staffer who alleged a hostile work environment, ruling that Supreme Court precedent establishes constructive discharge as a distinct claim. Montes v. Suns Legacy Partners LLC, 2026 BL 113152, D. Ariz., CV-25-01295-PHX-GMS, 3/31/26

Ricardo Roa was ousted as Ecopetrol SA’s chief executive officer by its board after Colombian prosecutors charged him with alleged influence peddling.

The spiderweb of cracks in the global oil market are spreading across the Rocky Mountains and US Great Plains as demand for a shrinking pool of accessible crude escalates.

The EPA’s recent proposal to remove pyrolysis units from incinerators regulated under the Clean Air Act endangers public health, according to environmental groups that pummeled the idea during public meetings Monday.

The federal government doesn’t have the authority to approve the restart of Sable Offshore Corp.‘s pipeline system, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Oil rose as US President Donald Trump signaled that an escalation in strikes on Iran could come as soon as Tuesday, heightening fears that imminent military action will derail tentative progress toward restoring energy flows through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

The Trump administration has “finalized our deregulatory decision on OOOOb/c,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin says in a post on X.

A federal court in Milwaukee has upheld the first-of-its-kind conviction for a state judge who tried to help a migrant evade federal officers.

Second Circuit judges on Monday were baffled by the Trump administration’s arguments that all migrants are subject to mandatory detention without a bond hearing, teeing up a split with the Fifth and Eighth circuits.

The EPA’s recent proposal to remove pyrolysis units from incinerators regulated under the Clean Air Act endangers public health, according to environmental groups that pummeled the idea during public meetings Monday.

The state of Iowa is free to enforce a 2023 law that prohibits public schools from teaching students at grades six and below about gender identity and sexual orientation.

Google LLC convinced a New York federal court to reduce a jury’s $1 million damages award in a gender bias lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct and pay inequality.

A Massachusetts teacher who was fired after disclosing a student’s new preferred name and pronouns to their parents urged the First Circuit to revive her First Amendment suit against school officials.