Public colleges and universities are eliminating hundreds of jobs tied to boosting diversity, equity, and inclusion in response to state efforts to scale back DEI, a move that diversity supporters say is overkill that ultimately will harm the institutions.

Wall Street’s top regulator is putting a new spin on a decades-old rule designed to root out accounting fraud, leaving public companies and their attorneys wondering how far the rules extend.

Cozen O’Connor attorneys say NRA v. Vullo may help companies defend their DEI efforts because they can better assert First Amendment rights in politically motivated probes from attorneys general.

Lathrop GPM attorneys review Loper Bright decision’s impact on the EPA’s new PFAS rules, saying that both challenges to and drafting of the rules will be affected.

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US Senator Bob Menendez’s lawyer told jurors that the politician’s wife failed to tell him details of how she got a Mercedes Benz from a convicted felon who testified during the lawmaker’s corruption trial that the car was a bribe.

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The Biden administration is awarding $1.7 billion to shore up at-risk or shuttered auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states and convert them to support clean vehicle manufacturing.

Lathrop GPM attorneys review Loper Bright decision’s impact on the EPA’s new PFAS rules, saying that both challenges to and drafting of the rules will be affected.

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Taiwan will shut its second-to-last operating nuclear reactor later this month, even as politicians debate whether to reverse course on a plan to completely phase out atomic energy.

When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling by 2025 rather than only use “recyclable” or reusable packaging by next year — its original commitment.

Wall Street’s top regulator is putting a new spin on a decades-old rule designed to root out accounting fraud, leaving public companies and their attorneys wondering how far the rules extend.

Cozen O’Connor attorneys say NRA v. Vullo may help companies defend their DEI efforts because they can better assert First Amendment rights in politically motivated probes from attorneys general.

When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling by 2025 rather than only use “recyclable” or reusable packaging by next year — its original commitment.

The EPA is drawing criticism for an expected delay in outlining future quotas for blending biofuel into gasoline and diesel, with Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., saying it erodes long-term planning necessary to help “move the agriculture industry forward.”

BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said he’s working to prepare the next generation of leaders of the world’s largest money manager and doesn’t intend to stand in their way.

Political backlash particularly at the state level remains a significant obstacle for corporations seeking to advance their environmental, social and governance policies, according to a new think tank study.

Cozen O’Connor attorneys say NRA v. Vullo may help companies defend their DEI efforts because they can better assert First Amendment rights in politically motivated probes from attorneys general.

Lathrop GPM attorneys review Loper Bright decision’s impact on the EPA’s new PFAS rules, saying that both challenges to and drafting of the rules will be affected.

A federal appeals panel declined to issue a rehearing of a challenge to Georgia’s system of electing public service commissioners in state elections over allegations it diluted the Black vote.

The IRS’ multi-million dollar tax dispute against Tribune Media Co. isn’t impacted by the US Supreme Court’s abandonment of Chevron deference, the agency argued Wednesday.

US Senator Bob Menendez’s lawyer told jurors that the politician’s wife failed to tell him details of how she got a Mercedes Benz from a convicted felon who testified during the lawmaker’s corruption trial that the car was a bribe.

President Joe Biden’s nominee to sit on San Jose’s US district court faced conservative scrutiny for her writings about how laws that regulate public conduct based on whether someone is a man or woman can be applied to intersex individuals.