The wind-down trustee for the bankruptcy estate of JCPenney settled with Jackson Walker LLP over the Texas law firm’s failure to disclose an intimate relationship between a former partner and a prominent Houston bankruptcy judge.

Discovery Ltd. plans to expand the roll out of its new artificial intelligence tool — already in use in South Africa and the UK — to clients across its Vitality Network, including in Europe and North America, as it seeks to double its operating income by 2029.

Republicans are moving forward with a plan to fund the government past an Oct. 1 deadline without making concessions to Democrats demanding health-care policy changes, setting up a standoff that risks a chaotic shutdown.

A $193 million award against Eli Lilly and Co. in a False Claims Act suit alleging Medicaid fraud will stand, the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday.

McDonald’s Corp. lost its bid to get insurance coverage for an employee suit alleging poor working conditions in its restaurants.

It’s the statistical peak of Atlantic hurricane season, and there isn’t a storm in sight — for now.