An attempt to disqualify New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office from representing the state’s cannabis agency in a lawsuit over its licensing scheme for businesses failed when a federal magistrate judge rejected arguments that the state’s lead lawyer has an advantage in the case.

Rhode Island’s top federal judge is tasking a special counsel with helping the court determine whether to pursue disciplinary action against a federal prosecutor for failing to disclose details about a detained immigrant’s criminal history.

Litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. said Friday it recorded a $2.4 billion drop in assets last quarter because of its major court loss over the seizure of state-run oil company YPF SA.

An Austin law firm co-founded by former Texas Solicitor General Judd Stone will mediate sexual harassment claims filed by an ex-employee.

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Leaders of litigation boutique Hecker Fink said its years of taking on matters opposite the government, including the Trump administration, have been worth the risk.

The operator of an Alabama nursing facility should have factored in Covid-era hazard pay rates when calculating the overtime pay of its medical staff, a federal appeals court panel found.

United Parcel Service Inc. violated federal labor law when it told employees at a Kentucky airport facility that they would not receive a pay raise during a pending union election, a National Labor Relations Board Judge said.

The Treasury Department is “working diligently to get guidance out” on various provisions of the Republican tax-and-spending bill that was enacted last year, an agency official said at a tax law conference Friday.

Trader Joe’s defeated claims that it mishandled forfeited money in its 401(k) plan, but the ongoing trial over the plan’s fees and investment options will continue, a Boston federal judge ruled Friday.

The Department of Labor’s employee benefits agency will prioritize enforcement actions on plan managers who focus on socially-conscious investing or diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, its top official said Friday.

Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind, is in advanced discussions to raise more than $2 billion in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the plan.

The EPA withdrew Friday a Biden-era proposed rule to clarify that significantly harmful materials could be managed under one of the major hazardous waste control laws.

A Travelers Cos. unit sued a Zurich Insurance Group AG carrier over who should pay legal costs for lawsuits stemming from a 2023 gas explosion in a New York town.

Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind, is in advanced discussions to raise more than $2 billion in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the plan.

A federal appeals panel offered few hints Friday as to whether the Environmental Protection Agency’s relaxed emissions calculations lawfully holds polluters accountable.

US gasoline prices have a legitimate chance of rising to $5 a gallon as refiners prioritize jet-fuel production at the expense of other products, according to analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Developers bankrolled by two of the world’s biggest asset managers set their sights on building a massive data-center hub in Northern Virginia. A battle over newspaper advertising threw their plans into disarray.

High school girls and their parents challenging California’s rules requiring schools to accept the participation of trans athletes will get a chance to beef up their complaint, according to a federal court order.

Democrats were dealt a blow in their efforts to minimize Republican redistricting gains around the US when the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday blocked a voter-approved map that would have flipped as many as four GOP-held US House seats in November’s midterm elections.

A federal judge Friday refused to let the city of Cleveland out of its consent decree to reform its police force, writing that much work remains to be done to comply with the nearly 11-year-old agreement.

A federal appeals court affirmed Alabama State University’s victory over a former athletic department official’s pay discrimination lawsuit, finding no evidence that her male colleagues earned more.

An Arizona federal judge tossed a former state government worker’s claim that his wife’s degenerative bone disease unlawfully prevented him from getting rehired, despite adopting a less-stringent standard for public employees to prove disability discrimination.

The NAACP’s Tennessee chapter and state Democrats filed a pair of lawsuits challenging a hastily passed new congressional map that wipes out the state’s sole left-leaning, majority-Black district.