<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/9887988Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-60d2-d4b6-a98f-f5f727da0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Sony Music Entertainment is preparing a bid against private equity funds Blackstone Inc. and KKR & Co. to acquire Japanese e-comics provider <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/4348%20JP%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-60d2-d4b6-a98f-f5f727db0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Infocom Corp. in a deal estimated to be worth around ¥200 billion ($1.3 billion).

Jackson Walker LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and a former Texas bankruptcy judge’s efforts to toss a lawsuit stemming from a romantic relationship disclosure dispute are being challenged by the person who made the claims.

As <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-5f4d-d4b6-a98f-ff7d854f0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Stormy Daniels finished testifying at Donald Trump ’s hush money trial, one question lingered – did she help prosecutors prove the former president falsified business records?

Perkins Coie has been ordered by a federal judge to turn over information about certain witnesses in sexual assault allegations against an Ohio State University doctor.

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said artificial intelligence will have a “huge” effect on the legal industry.

The NFL legal chief’s retirement has brought speculation as to who will land one of the most lucrative and high-profile general counsel jobs in all of professional sports.

Lawmakers in US states that gave up hundreds of millions in revenue are having doubts about whether the incentives pay off.

In 2016 the utility company <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/ETR%20US%20Equity/MODL","_id":"0000018f-5f5b-d4b6-a98f-ff7f410a0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Entergy Corp. announced plans to close one of its nuclear power plants. Palisades, a facility in Michigan that supplied about 6% of the state’s energy, was no longer cost-effective, with natural gas and renewables becoming cheaper. When the plant finally shuttered in May 2022, it looked as if it would be the very last of a series of reactors going dark as America’s grid turned away from fission.

(Updates to add Politan’s proposal for adding two nominees and not opposing Kiani’s reelection, in fourth bullet.)

Covia Holdings Corp. investors’ agreement to settle their claims against the bankrupt fracking sand producer’s former CEO for $6 million received final approval from a federal court Thursday.

More than two dozen states joined rural power companies and coal advocates Thursday in challenging a new Biden administration <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SCI0JAT0AFB4","_id":"0000018f-5f56-d4b6-a98f-ff77ab280000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">rule that forces US power plants to stifle planet-warming pollution, calling it an unlawful bid to remake the nation’s electricity system.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TGT%20US%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-5f5f-d4b6-a98f-ff7fd4560000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Target Corp. won’t sell LGBTQ-themed merchandise in some stores during Pride Month in June, after a backlash dented revenue last year.

A California federal court dismissed a youth climate lawsuit, ruling that the children who sought to hold the government accountable for contributing to climate change failed to state a redressable claim.

A panel of Ninth Circuit judges grappled with how a challenge to Idaho’s transgender school bathrooms law might differentiate between restrooms with stalls compared to changing facilities such as locker rooms.

Cobb County, Ga., has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve a suit brought by the justice department, which alleged the county discriminated against qualified Black firefighter candidates by creating “artificial barriers,” according to a joint consent decree filed Thursday.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TGT%20US%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-5f5f-d4b6-a98f-ff7fd4560000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Target Corp. won’t sell LGBTQ-themed merchandise in some stores during Pride Month in June, after a backlash dented revenue last year.

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said artificial intelligence will have a “huge” effect on the legal industry.

Verizon investors on Thursday voted against a proposal that aimed to dissect the telecommunications conglomerate’s political donations.

Bloomingdales.com LLC defeated a proposed class action alleging it disclosed the personal information of website visitors in violation of the Massachusetts wiretap statute and the state’s Invasion of Privacy Statute.

BMO Harris Bank urged a federal appeals court at oral argument Thursday to throw out a $564 million jury verdict against it for a predecessor’s role in the $3.8 billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated by disgraced former businessman Tom Petters.

A panel of Ninth Circuit judges grappled with how a challenge to Idaho’s transgender school bathrooms law might differentiate between restrooms with stalls compared to changing facilities such as locker rooms.

Cobb County, Ga., has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve a suit brought by the justice department, which alleged the county discriminated against qualified Black firefighter candidates by creating “artificial barriers,” according to a joint consent decree filed Thursday.

A federal appeals court declined to reinstate EEOC allegations that residents and supervisers at an Indiana-based assisted living facility regularly mocked and used the N-word and other racist slurs against Black nurses, medical aides, and other staff.

As <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-5f4d-d4b6-a98f-ff7d854f0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Stormy Daniels finished testifying at Donald Trump ’s hush money trial, one question lingered – did she help prosecutors prove the former president falsified business records?