The second week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial gave jurors first-hand accounts of negotiations for payments to two women and how the former president’s 2016 campaign reacted when news of their alleged affairs leaked out anyway.

OpenAI, creator of the popular tool ChatGPT, registered its first lobbying presence in Sacramento last month as it looks to increase its influence on AI policymaking.

Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman has been temporarily suspended from practicing law in the District of Columbia in response to a similar prohibition by a California judge.

Zoom Video Communications Inc. and Salesforce Inc. made their in-house legal leaders among the companies’ top-paid executives last year.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer boosted pay for its newly qualified lawyers in London by 20%, setting a new standard for UK-based firms.

New York litigation firm Moses Singer LLP and a former partner, who alleged the company unjustly fired her after she requested workplace accommodations while pregnant, have agreed to settle, according to court documents.

Two police department officials in Wichita, Kansas, aren’t entitled to qualified immunity from the suit of a former police officer alleging they violated his free speech rights after a series of disputes with his supervisors led to his termination, a federal appeals court said.

A landmark federal retirement law allows for special purpose distributions of up to $22,000 of qualified disaster recovery distributions from eligible 401(k), 403(b), and IRA plans, the IRS said in a new fact sheet.

An Ohio federal district court denied summary judgment to Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC on a store manager’s age discrimination claims under the ADEA and state law where indirect evidence shows he was qualified for the position and was replaced by a significantly younger employee. Wanat v. Lowe’s Home Ctrs., LLC, 2024 BL 151551, S.D. Ohio, 2:22-cv-4162, 5/2/24

An Ohio federal district court denied KHB Lonestar LLC’s motion to dismiss a discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and state law of a 42-year-old hydrovac manager who alleged that he was terminated due to his age. Beckett v. KHB Lonestar LLC, 2024 BL 151566, S.D. Ohio, 2:23-cv-520, 5/2/24

An Alabama federal district court granted summary judgment to the Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama, on a disparate treatment claim under Title VII of a White police sergeant. McCune v. Pettway, 2024 BL 151661, N.D. Ala., 2:22-cv-1373-ACA, 5/2/24

A state court clerk in Missouri failed to allege an adverse employment action stemming from a state judge’s push to hold her in contempt for not properly responding to a records request, a federal judge ruled.

A landmark federal retirement law allows for special purpose distributions of up to $22,000 of qualified disaster recovery distributions from eligible 401(k), 403(b), and IRA plans, the IRS said in a new fact sheet.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service is seeing an uptick in taxpayers who want help with their employee retention credit claims, National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins said Friday.

The Treasury Department and IRS are gearing up to drop several regulations related to estate and gift taxes in the next few months.

Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is pushing for inclusion of a House-passed tax bill on the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that lawmakers in his chamber will take up soon.

The government is seeking to bar a Florida man and his business from preparing federal tax returns after accusing them of doctoring thousands of returns, according to a complaint Friday.

A United Nations committee selected a list of possible topics Friday to be covered in future negotiations for a UN tax treaty.

Perimeter Solutions LP sued a Compass Minerals International Inc. unit for allegedly stealing its trade secrets after hiring a former executive to help create a competing aerial fire-retardant system in hopes of winning a government contract.

The sudden shutdown of what the SEC dubbed a “sham audit mill” will force hundreds of companies, including Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., to hunt for new auditors, scour old audits for potential problems, and scramble to meet public company regulatory deadlines.

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Pattern Energy Group LP will pay a historic $100 million to resolve class action litigation in two Delaware courts over a 2020 take-private buyout of a wind and solar company by Riverstone Holdings LLC and Canada’s public pension fund.

Zoom Video Communications Inc. and Salesforce Inc. made their in-house legal leaders among the companies’ top-paid executives last year.