While the world has been consumed by the geopolitical ramifications of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a struggle is playing out over who will represent the ousted leader in his criminal case in New York.

Tom Goldstein—the former US Supreme Court advocate and blogger with a years-long ultra high-stakes gambling habit—heads to trial Monday in a case that may turn on whether the jury thinks he’s “a good guy or a bad guy.”

The Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on a Trump administration challenge to a lower court decision vacating a deportation order against a Chinese national who claimed the US mishandled his immigration status.

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman is rebuilding its corporate governance practice group following a rowdy exit by ex-partner Jeroen van Kwawegen, who took a group of partners with him.

After 31 years in private practice working with some of the biggest names in Big Tech, Joseph Yaffe is moving in-house.

Carl Icahn, who’s challenging the $13 billion private equity sale of Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., dropped one of the country’s top shareholder law firms Friday in favor of a firm formed last year amid mass defections.

The Justice Department is reinstating employees from two offices focused on conflict resolution and access to justice, several months after terminating those federal workers as part of a broader restructuring.

Get ready to step up to the counter for some of the year’s more anticipated cooking.

Retirees challenging Lockheed Martin Corp.'s decision shifting pension liabilities to an annuity provider failed to show sufficient threat of injury to earn them standing to sue, the US Labor Department argued to a federal appeals court.

Race discrimination claims brought by a White former New York City school principal over whether the United Federation of Teachers conspired with several teachers to replace her with a Black principal have ceased after the parties agreed to settle.

A North Dakota federal judge approved a joint request from a Christian employer group and the EEOC to halt proceedings in a case challenging a pair of key Biden-era commission policies.

A California federal court partly granted Sea World LLC and Seaworld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.'s motion to arbitrate an employee’s putative class action alleging wage-and-hour violations and unfair competition, where he’d signed a dispute resolution policy and confidentiality agreement. Joseph v. Sea World LLC, 2026 BL 2661, S.D. Cal., Case No.: 24-cv-01937-AJB-SBC, 1/6/26

Major US oil executives expressed caution about President Donald Trump’s push for them to spend at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela, with the head of Exxon Mobil Corp. calling the nation currently “uninvestable.”

Veradermics Inc. filed for an initial public offering to help commercialize its hair re-growth pill.

New York state sued the Trump administration Friday, alleging it violated federal law when it suspended work last month on Equinor ASA’s Empire Wind project.

The EPA rejected Colorado’s revised plan to limit haze, alleging it doesn’t comply with the Clean Air Act given it calls for shutting down coal-fueled power plants in the state without the plants’ permission, the agency said Friday.

The Michigan House of Representatives on Friday sued 31 state departments and their leaders to prevent them from spending any of the $645 million a legislative committee effectively blocked.

California environmental disclosure requirements for companies with business in the state met a questioning Ninth Circuit panel Friday, as the court considers whether to extend a freeze on climate risk reporting.

The Justice Department is reinstating employees from two offices focused on conflict resolution and access to justice, several months after terminating those federal workers as part of a broader restructuring.

Tom Goldstein—the former US Supreme Court advocate and blogger with a years-long ultra high-stakes gambling habit—heads to trial Monday in a case that may turn on whether the jury thinks he’s “a good guy or a bad guy.”

The Trump administration can’t require proof of citizenship for mail-in voter registration applications, a federal judge ruled Friday, blocking that and other provisions of the president’s executive order directing changes to the nation’s elections.

New York, California, Minnesota and two other Democratic-led states won a court order temporarily blocking the US government from slashing $10 billion in aid for programs that serve vulnerable children and families.

A former California high school football and track star’s antitrust lawsuit challenging the state’s rules governing payment for students’ name, image, and likeness was dismissed by a federal court Friday.

Paramount Global fended off a lawsuit from writer Shaun Gray who alleged he contributed to the script of blockbuster film “Top Gun: Maverick” but failed to receive credit or payment.