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The Trump administration expanded executive branch oversight of federal agency staffing, finalizing a new rule that gives chief HR officers more direct control of agency plans and orders the elimination of diversity language. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Opinion: The COMPETE Act expands California’s antitrust law by allowing state enforcers to pursue monopolization and monopsonization claims, while introducing legal uncertainty through broad enforcement language and undefined standards. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-…

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired four partners to its new Chicago office, beginning a growth plan intended to fill roughly 100,000 square feet of office space in the Windy City. news.bloomberglaw.com/busine…

A federal appeals court revived a Long Island police officer’s lawsuit alleging retaliation after coming forward about suspicions that his then-supervisor owned and operated a bagel shop with two subordinates. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

About 100 pages of a 335-page Anthropic regulatory filing were devoted to listing potential hazards for investors, providing a glimpse into the unique challenge ahead for its legal team as the company prepares to go public. news.bloomberglaw.com/in-hou…

A North Carolina-based hotel management company and a former employee ended a discrimination lawsuit alleging the worker was terminated after requesting to take health leave to recover from gender-affirming surgeries. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…

Pension plans can pay out benefits for medical expenses to active employees as long as they are eligible to receive distributions once they reach the required age, the IRS said in a new ruling. news.bloomberglaw.com/employ…

Utah filed criminal charges against Kalshi Inc. on Wednesday, alleging the company illegally promoted online gambling in the state amid an escalating fight over prediction markets. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-…

James Dolan’s sports and media empire saw four in-house lawyers earn almost $11.1 million in total compensation this year, one in which his NBA champion New York Knicks now stand apart from the billionaire’s other assets. news.bloomberglaw.com/in-hou…

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have revised their lawsuit against the Trump administration over press access to the White House to include a request for a court order to allow their journalists into other areas, including the Oval Office and Air Force One. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…

Two Biden-era antitrust officials have begun a new firm offering an AI-powered legal tool to capitalize on growing technology demands from plaintiffs’ firms. news.bloomberglaw.com/antitr…

Oral arguments at the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday became heated over whether federal law preempts a state’s regulations on the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone. news.bloomberglaw.com/health…

Delaware’s top court looked poised Wednesday to uphold a nearly $70 million ruling against the founding family of a chemicals company who allegedly pilfered its proprietary formulas after selling it for $450 million. news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/ar…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hasn’t addressed existing cybersecurity failings in part due to staff shortages, putting sensitive consumer and corporate data at risk, a watchdog reported. news.bloomberglaw.com/bankin…

Voting rights groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday seeking to halt its program allegedly targeting thousands of non-native US citizens in election-related probes. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…

Construction company BL Harbert International LLC says the US State Department owes it at least $461 million for breaching contracts to build embassies and consulates throughout the world. news.bloomberglaw.com/federa…

A Maryland federal judge reversed Amazon warehouse employees’ class certification in a suit over security wait time pay, even as he allowed a single worker’s claims to advance. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

The federal government could end up footing the bill for a deep-sea mining project whose economics don’t add up, according to analysts who submitted formal critiques to the federal agency overseeing the project developer’s application. news.bloomberglaw.com/enviro…

Skadden steered GE Vernova Inc. in its $9 billion agreement to buy Trench Group from buyout firm Triton Partners, which was advised by Latham & Watkins. news.bloomberglaw.com/busine…

Walt Disney Co. and nine of its units were accused of infringing four patents by incorporating video coding technology for online streaming platforms onto their products. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law…