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An order requiring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to turn over his unredacted communications with billionaire Elon Musk was paused Tuesday.

Top Los Angeles federal prosecutor Bill Essayli has been disqualified by a federal judge, who found that he is unlawfully serving as a de facto US attorney.

The Trump administration’s plan to strip California of its coastal management funding is receiving pushback from lawmakers and environmentalists who say the move is a thinly veiled effort to remove regulatory barriers to oil and gas development and restrictions on SpaceX launches.

A federal judge in New Jersey called it “beyond unfortunate” that an apparent administrative oversight that caused Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. to miss a Patent Office deadline by a day could cost it $1 billion.

Livestreamer Hasan Piker filed a defamation lawsuit against commentator Scott Jennings in federal court Tuesday and wants more than $72 million in damages.

The Alexander brothers, two of whom were once among the nation’s top luxury real estate brokers, were each given 30 years in prison for using their wealth and glamorous lifestyles to traffic women for sex.

McDermott Will & Schulte slashed new partner promotions by more than half in its first full year since the merger that created the law firm.

Weil Gotshal & Manges partners Andrew Dean and Christopher Mulligan have joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York and Washington.

American International Group Inc. units asked for a rehearing after an Arkansas appellate court held the carriers were required to pay defense costs for Walmart Inc. in more than 2,400 opioid lawsuits, saying the decision was based on errors of law and fact.

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand asked a Texas state court to bar emo rock band My Chemical Romance from repeating a concert act featuring women in their famous uniforms engaged in a mock gunfight.

Retirement industry groups urged the IRS to tweak its guidance around how workers shift money from one plan to another, cautioning that the initial provisions could prove costly for employers and create headaches for some savers.

Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. board members were sued by a pension fund Tuesday over a capital restructuring that would let the Facebook founder keep corporate control while selling stock worth billions.

Seventh Circuit judges considering an Indiana voter identification law grappled over a crucial question: Why now, with Election Day just a week away?

New York’s highest court on Tuesday removed an upstate town justice from office, effective immediately, for “unquestionably offensive” misconduct.

A federal appeals court declined to revive a former New York police officer’s claims his firing was motivated by discrimination against his Hispanic national origin.

A Texas judge contributed to the campaign of the Democratic challenger to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) months before ruling in her favor and ordering Abbott to release his unredacted communications with Elon Musk.

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic PBC is on an unusual legal odyssey as it steers toward what could be the largest initial public offering in history.

Latham & Watkins will work with Harvey to design an artificial intelligence tool for private funds work, as the law firm deepens its relationship with the legal AI startup.

Davis Polk & Wardwell lawyers including restructuring partner Brian Resnick and chair Neil Barr are advising Weil Gotshal & Manges as it assesses its future, two people familiar with the matter said.

ChatGPT gave a woman with epilepsy unlicensed and inaccurate advice to taper off her anti-seizure medication leading to her preventable death, a lawsuit from the woman’s family alleged Tuesday.

Opinion: Semiannual reporting could affect the SEC's ability to rely on event studies to prove materiality in insider trading cases.

Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for details on a new policy to allow thousands of nursing homes to avoid rigorous annual inspections.

West Virginia’s law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Weil Gotshal & Manges partners Andrew Dean and Christopher Mulligan have joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York and Washington.

The US derivatives regulator said it’s not going to crack down on software companies offering access to trading forums without certain registration requirements, a decision that will fuel the already explosive growth of prediction markets.

Voters in four states will decide abortion measures next week in contests to protect access and, in one case, roll back a constitutional protection voters approved in 2024.

The surge of litigation challenging how companies handle forfeited 401(k) money is spurring some employers to consider changing how their plans operate in hopes of cutting off a key argument plaintiffs have relied on.

The US Supreme Court left in force what opponents call a “collusive” settlement struck by President Donald Trump’s administration and Texas to cut off an avenue for pausing some deportations.

Public and private industries are responding to regulation, litigation, and social pressures over PFAS by exploring whether emerging technologies destroy “forever chemicals” that don’t naturally break down in the environment.

Sherrod Brown’s potential victory in his Ohio Senate race and Rep. Sean Casten’s bid for the top Democratic slot on the House’s banking panel are forcing Wall Street and the crypto industry to prepare for some of their toughest critics in new roles next Congress.

Tight races abound for attorney general in 30 states. Nearly half the contests include ads from incumbents touting how they fought tech companies or from challengers pledging to do so.

A US Army special forces master sergeant must face charges of insider trading after he allegedly made more than $400,000 from Polymarket bets related to the military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Opinion: The discomfort of not knowing and carefully reading shouldn't be optimized away for junior attorneys. For training, AI works best as a tool, rather than as the source for answers, write Cleary Gottlieb's Michael Gerstenzang and Kyle Harris.

A pension fund sued Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. board members Tuesday over a capital restructuring that would let the Facebook founder keep corporate control while selling stock worth billions.

Opinion: The controversy around a Third Circuit judge's involvement in her late spouse's business illustrates the need for more financial disclosure, including about spouses' economic relationships, Fix the Court's Cortez Collins and Gabe Roth say.

A US appeals court turned away the Trump administration’s request to force California to segregate mail-in ballots from a list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens who are purportedly registered to vote, saying a lower-court judge should hear the dispute first.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) must let his Democratic opponent in the November election review more than a thousand pages of unredacted communications he’s had with billionaire Elon Musk, a judge ruled Monday.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration, for now, from cutting down more trees at a Washington community golf course that the president seeks to renovate.

Barry Wolf, the longtime leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges, earlier this year said his primary focus was ensuring a smooth transition to Ramona Nee as she prepared to take over as his successor in January.

Opinion: The 99 Ranch Market lawsuit reflects a broader enforcement focus on national-origin discrimination and shows why foreign employers should audit US staffing decisions.

California regulators revised a proposed draft rule that would make it the first-in-the-nation to ban the creation and cutting of a material commonly used for kitchen countertops.

Crowell & Moring partners rejected President Donald Trump’s ex-top air regulator Aaron Szabo for a job because they took issue with his tenure in the administration, two people familiar with the matter said.

CORRECT: Anthropic PBC turned to a handful of Big Law firms ahead of its Monday filing of a prospectus detailing the terms of its upcoming initial public offering, including one firm in line to get a particularly lucrative slice of the artificial intelligence company.

Opinion: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s new corporate crime and antitrust task force adds another enforcement risk for companies doing business in New York — and for the executives who lead them.

A national framework regulating data privacy is facing steep odds of passing once Congress returns after the midterm elections.

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate for a South Carolina district court pick, though President Donald Trump hasn’t yet announced the nomination.

New York is appealing a September ruling from a federal judge preventing the state from enforcing its climate superfund law that seeks to make polluters pay for their past emissions.

Opinion: Companies that strengthen safeguards and align public statements with their actual practices will be best positioned to inform and protect consumers before an agentic AI attack puts their data at risk.

A recently launched FDA initiative targeting rare diseases is a top focus to carry out, the agency’s acting chief said ahead of a public meeting Wednesday to solicit feedback on the framework.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration, for now, from cutting down more trees at a Washington community golf course that the president seeks to renovate.