Rick Bange has been named executive partner of Holland & Knight’s Charlotte, N.C., office, the firm said Tuesday.

Kyle Russell has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in the labor and employment and higher education practices in Kansas City, Mo., the firm said Tuesday.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP secured approval to represent Invitae Corp. in bankruptcy after a judge overruled objections from the Justice Department and junior creditors claiming the firm has a conflict of interest.

Brent Vincent has joined Lathrop GPM as a partner in the tort, insurance, and environmental practice group in Chicago, the firm said Tuesday.

The US <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/4131761Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-5409-d4b6-a98f-f53d9b720000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Justice Department backed Colorado’s bid to block the merger between supermarket giants Kroger Co. and <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-5409-d4b6-a98f-f53d9b720002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Albertsons Cos., saying federal laws don’t preclude parallel state antitrust lawsuits.

TikTok is turning to Covington & Burling and Mayer Brown to fight a law requiring its Chinese parent to sell its stake in the company in order for the social media app to continue operating in the US.

A developer of advanced nuclear systems backed by <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-54d3-d4b6-a98f-f5f704fe0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Sam Altman won investor approval to go public via a blank-check deal, sounding a rare positive note for the moribund SPAC market.

China-based <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1774397D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-54dc-d4b6-a98f-f5fd30c00000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">ByteDance Ltd. made clear it won’t comply with a new US law requiring it to sell its popular <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1401611D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-54dc-d4b6-a98f-f5fd30c00001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">TikTok video-sharing app, setting up what likely will be a prolonged court battle pitting free-speech rights against national-security interests that could end up at the Supreme Court.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/KIND%20US%20Equity/MGMT","_id":"0000018f-54b3-d4b6-a98f-f5b7f1900000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Nextdoor Holdings Inc., the neighborhood social networking company, is adding former Yahoo Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-54b3-d4b6-a98f-f5b7f1900001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Marissa Mayer to its board as part of a <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"S9BCUTDWRGG0","_id":"0000018f-54b3-d4b6-a98f-f5b7f1900002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">leadership overhaul that started in February when the company announced it was replacing its CEO.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3688Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-54a0-d4b6-a98f-f5b5ac220000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. staff have for years suffered through a toxic office culture that fails to keep many of them safe from sexual harassment or discrimination, according to a scathing report on the bank regulator’s workplace.

A plan by Bloom Energy Corp., its leadership, and underwriters to pay $3 million to settle an investor class suit over its initial public offering documents merits final approval, a federal court ruled.

Grifols SA’s board of directors plans to expand its annual self-review following a short seller attack earlier this year that questioned the company’s corporate governance.

A prisoner’s claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was beaten by guards may proceed because the Tenth Circuit said that it didn’t have jurisdiction over the defendants’ interlocutory appeal.

Cabrini University prevailed claims by a Palestinian American professor who says retaliation drove his firing after outside groups mischaracterized and complained about his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3688Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-54a0-d4b6-a98f-f5b5ac220000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. staff have for years suffered through a toxic office culture that fails to keep many of them safe from sexual harassment or discrimination, according to a scathing report on the bank regulator’s workplace.

Two Ninth Circuit judges at oral argument Tuesday seemed skeptical that Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law prohibiting adults from helping minors get legal abortions can be upheld without an important modification.

A Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. employee’s ability to pursue in court, not arbitration, claims relating to her alleged workplace rape will turn on the Eighth Circuit’s determination of when a sexual harassment dispute “arises” under a 2022 law.

Settlements in New Jersey can’t stop workers from talking about alleged discrimination, harassment and retaliation, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision that limits employers’ ability to bargain away criticism by former employees.

Donald Trump’s criminal trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents has been postponed indefinitely in a blow to the Justice Department’s efforts to obtain a jury verdict before November’s presidential election.

A prisoner’s claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was beaten by guards may proceed because the Tenth Circuit said that it didn’t have jurisdiction over the defendants’ interlocutory appeal.

New York, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and a coalition of other supporters told judges on Monday that the EPA was right to turn down a West Virginia air plan to make way for tougher ozone air quality actions.

Cabrini University prevailed claims by a Palestinian American professor who says retaliation drove his firing after outside groups mischaracterized and complained about his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Two Ninth Circuit judges at oral argument Tuesday seemed skeptical that Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law prohibiting adults from helping minors get legal abortions can be upheld without an important modification.

The oil industry’s top trade group filed a petition in federal court challenging Biden administration mandates cracking down on planet-warming methane emissions from wells, tanks and pipelines, even as it pushes the government to make administrative changes.