US, Chinese Climate Negotiators Meeting on Greenhouse Gas Curbs
Climate negotiators from the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters are set to meet this week in Washington for talks on curbing potent planet-warming pollutants, promoting energy efficiency and ...
FDIC’s Workplace Probe Concludes With Call for Major Changes
A probe into the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s workplace found credible allegations of a toxic environment for bank examiners and that the agency’s culture needs an overhaul, according to four ...
Ex-CSL Behring Director’s Evidence ‘Unconvincing,’ Court Says
CSL Behring’s decision to terminate a former associate director over toxic workplace allegations was not discriminatory and a lower court correctly sided with the company, a federal appeals court said ...
Apple Illegally Interrogated NYC Retail Staff, NLRB Rules (1)
Apple Inc. illegally interrogated staff at its World Trade Center store in New York City, the US labor board ruled Monday, marking the latest rebuke of the iPhone maker’s labor practices.
Case: Wage & Hour/Arbitration (W.D. Ark.)
An Arkansas federal district court granted Southwest Homes of Arkansas Inc.'s motion to compel arbitration of claims brought by a group of new home consultants that they were not properly paid all due ...
Paul Weiss Poaches M&A Dealmaker Langston From Cleary Gottlieb
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired dealmaker Jim Langston to join its mergers and acquisitions practice in ...
MediaTek Fends Off Antitrust Lawsuit Over Patent Bounty Deal
A court dismissed an antitrust suit against Taiwanese chip heavyweight MediaTek Inc. stemming from a licensing deal between the company and a patent owner that promised the patentee $1 million to sue ...
Alaska Car Dealership Sale Can’t Reduce California Tax, OTA Says
Worthington Oil & Gas Corp. must exclude proceeds from the $53 million sale of subsidiary car dealerships in Alaska from its California tax return because the sale was both substantial and occasional, ...
Case: Disability Discrimination/Failure to Accommodate (D. Haw.)
A Hawaii federal district court denied summary judgment to UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. on the claims of an operations specialist with work-related arm, neck, and back injuries alleging denial of ...
Lawyer Renews Assault Claim Against US Judge in Recusal Bid
A Delaware federal judge again has been accused of assaulting an attorney more than 15 years ago during an argument about a political fundraiser while they worked at the same firm.
Goldman Taps Arora, Singh as Co-Heads of US Power Trading
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. appointed Naveen Arora and Kamalpreet Singh as its co-heads of US power trading.
Germany Warns of Generative AI’s Privacy Pitfalls Under EU Law
Use of generative artificial intelligence can lead to a host of problems under EU privacy law, the German data protection authority warned Monday.