ModivCare asked a court to reject White & Case LLP’s $14 million final fee request for its work in the medical transportation company’s bankruptcy, accusing the law firm of deliberately burying the company’s estate in legal fees.

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For nearly three years, the two sides have battered each other with relentless legal filings in a New York court, and their war over who should pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars to sex abuse victims shows few signs of abating. Both accuse the other of an underhanded public relations campaign.

A popular Wall Street tool to extend the life of private credit portfolios is driving work to corporate lawyers who have developed a specialty in the niche transactions.

Shareholders entered the year expecting the cold shoulder from companies after the SEC’s retreat from proposal oversight, but have been pleasantly surprised by higher than expected engagement from corporations looking to avoid lawsuits and reputational damage.

The Justice Department’s removal of some restrictions on non-career appointees’ participation in political activities walks back years of policy across presidential administrations aimed at maintaining the department’s independence, former government ethics lawyers said.

Comerica Bank escaped a proposed class action alleging it illegally withheld interest on accounts maintained for recipients of Social Security and other federal benefits.

Duke Energy Corp. and a rival power producer have agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the utility monopolized the wholesale power generation market across the Carolinas, just days before the dispute was set for trial.

Sports analytics firm Hudl was accused in federal court of illegally cornering the market for video analysis services used by high school and college teams, hamstringing a rival’s ability to effectively compete.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was sued by Western Alliance Bancorp over a loan tied to bankrupt auto-parts company First Brands Group.

Ohio’s attorney general sued Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and an oil and gas company, accusing them of improperly handling waste and radioactive equipment on the former’s property in Cleveland.

Kalshi Inc. should’ve paid out on a $54 million market speculating when Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would vacate his role after he was killed during US and Israeli airstrikes, a proposed class action said.

Comerica Bank escaped a proposed class action alleging it illegally withheld interest on accounts maintained for recipients of Social Security and other federal benefits.

Duke Energy Corp. and a rival power producer have agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the utility monopolized the wholesale power generation market across the Carolinas, just days before the dispute was set for trial.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was sued by Western Alliance Bancorp over a loan tied to bankrupt auto-parts company First Brands Group.

Ohio’s attorney general sued Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and an oil and gas company, accusing them of improperly handling waste and radioactive equipment on the former’s property in Cleveland.

Kalshi Inc. should’ve paid out on a $54 million market speculating when Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would vacate his role after he was killed during US and Israeli airstrikes, a proposed class action said.