Starbucks Corp.’s challenge to a court order requiring the company to rehire fired union activists is giving the US Supreme Court another opportunity to dial back federal agency power.

Meta Platforms Inc. may have to face a wide-ranging lawsuit from dozens states’ attorneys general alleging Facebook and Instagram harm children and violate federal privacy law after a federal judge Friday appeared skeptical about dismissing the dispute.

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Rudolph Giuliani’s creditors expanded their probe into the former New York mayor’s finances, filing more than a dozen subpoenas in his bankruptcy case on Friday.

Kushner Cos. LLC, the real estate company controlled by the extended family of Trump in-law Jared Kushner, has named its fourth general counsel in four years.

Elon Musk’s lawyer is firing back at the attorney who accused him of trying to sabotage the tech billionaire’s deposition in a Texas defamation case.

Starbucks Corp.’s challenge to a court order requiring the company to rehire fired union activists is giving the US Supreme Court another opportunity to dial back federal agency power.

Volkswagen AG employees at a Tennessee factory have voted to join the United Auto Workers, a landmark victory for union organizing in the long-hostile US South.

A Black nurse of Nigerian descent who accused Howard University Hospital of treating him differently than other nurses because of his race and nationality had his lawsuit dismissed by a federal judge.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is denied summary judgment in part on a senior sales securities manager with colon/bladder paralysis’ failure to accommodate claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as genuine issues of fact remain, a North Carolina federal court ruled. Billesdon v. Wells Fargo Sec., LLC, 2024 BL 130603, W.D.N.C., 3:23-CV-00160-FDW-SCR, 4/16/24

A Texas federal district court partially denied summary judgment against NES Global Talent US Inc.
on the claims of a class of contract employees claiming they weren’t properly paid overtime for all hours worked in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Richardson v. NES Glob., LLC, 2024 BL 131595, S.D. Tex., H-20-223, 4/17/24

A District of Columbia federal district court granted summary judgment to Howard University Hospital on a race discrimination claim of a Black nurse who alleged that he was terminated due to his race. Onyebuchi v. Howard Univ. Hosp., 2024 BL 132750, D.D.C., 1:22-cv-03089 (TNM), 4/18/24

Two water companies scored a partial win Friday in their challenge to a groundwater conservation district’s emergency pumpage charges, but the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals said a trial is still needed to determine if the charges are unlawful taxes.

The week in state tax news: Eyes are on New York as state lawmakers reach the endgame of protracted negotiations to settle on a $237 billion budget. Meanwhile, a bill meant to outlaw California’s tax-sharing deals between online retailers and certain cities passed its first vote in the state Senate, and high-tax states attempt to claw back millions from wealthy taxpayers who’ve moved elsewhere through stepped-up residency audits.

The city of Valdez proved that the state wrongfully deemed certain property exempt from oil and gas taxes, but the municipality can’t retroactively collect taxes past the three-year statute of limitations, the Alaska Supreme Court said Friday.

The owner of a tax preparation business has been charged with 15 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns and one count of contempt of court, the Justice Department said Friday.

The IRS has published a private letter ruling on Section 754 and Treasury Regulations Section 301.9100, granting a 120-day extension of time to file an election for an optional adjustment ...

The IRS has published a private letter ruling on Section 7701, granting an extension of time to file Form 8832, Entity Classification Election, within 120 days with the appropriate service ...

Meta Platforms Inc. may have to face a wide-ranging lawsuit from dozens states’ attorneys general alleging Facebook and Instagram harm children and violate federal privacy law after a federal judge Friday appeared skeptical about dismissing the dispute.

US financial watchdogs plan to take another crack at regulating Wall Street executives’ pay — an outstanding requirement of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that has repeatedly failed to materialize.

Crown Castle Inc. has agreed to leave its new CEO out of an upcoming director election after ex-CEO Ted Miller argued in court that the board expansion interfered with his bid for seats.

The chief executive officer of the world’s main verifier of corporate emissions plans says he “deeply regrets” the confusion that followed a recent update that was widely interpreted as permission to ratchet up the use of carbon credits.

The US soon will unveil tougher standards meant to drive greater integrity for carbon markets — a bid to ensure the trading regimes drive real emission reductions and not just greenwashing.

Federal judges are wrestling with how to define artificial intelligence when dealing with evidence presented in trials, with some raising concerns that too broad a definition could sweep in items as common as receipts and thermometers.