London-based law firm Linklaters posted strong financial gains across its global operations, with its U.S. business emerging as the standout performer. The firm said profits in the United States jumped 39% during the financial year ended April 30, while global pre-tax profit climbed 11.6% to £1.2 billion ($1.61 billion). Revenue rose to £2.47 billion ($3.32 …

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A coalition of 18 Democratic-led states, Washington, D.C., and New York City has sued the Trump administration over a federal decision to give businesses more time to move away from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), chemicals widely used in refrigeration and cooling systems that contribute significantly to global warming. The challenge, filed in a federal appeals court in …

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The U.S. agency responsible for enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismantle a reporting system that has required large employers to submit workforce data on race and sex for nearly six decades. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 on Tuesday to advance a proposal that would eliminate the annual EEO-1 reporting requirement for …

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The battle between the world’s two biggest obesity-drug makers has moved from the marketplace to a U.S. courtroom. Novo Nordisk has sued Eli Lilly, accusing its rival of running misleading advertisements that suggest Lilly’s weight-loss medicines deliver better results than Novo’s products. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in New Jersey, targets advertising campaigns …

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A legal battle has erupted over whether the US president can remove a federal prosecutor appointed by judges to temporarily fill a vacant position. Roger Rogoff, who was appointed by judges to serve as the US attorney for the Western District of Washington, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Seattle after President Donald Trump …

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A US federal judge has approved the landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement between Anthropic and a class of authors while sharply reducing the legal fees sought by the lawyers who represented them. US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín awarded class counsel approximately $101.6 million—far below the $187.5 million requested. The lawyers had earlier sought $300 million …

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A federal judge in Boston has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from withdrawing work authorization from tens of thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants covered by the United States’ Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programme. US District Judge Nathaniel Gorton issued the order after immigrant rights organisations and labour unions challenged a series of policies introduced …

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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, one of the most powerful figures in Mexico’s drug trade, has been sentenced to life in prison in the United States after admitting to running a massive cocaine trafficking operation for decades. The 76-year-old former Sinaloa Cartel leader pleaded guilty in August 2025 to racketeering conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise charges. …

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A federal appeals court has stripped class-action status from a lawsuit accusing Boeing of misleading investors about its safety culture before a door-plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 sent the company’s shares tumbling. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that shareholders had failed to establish a workable method for calculating …

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Meta Platforms is facing a fresh legal challenge in Tennessee, where the state alleges that Instagram was deliberately designed to keep teenagers hooked and that the company concealed evidence about the platform’s potential impact on young users. Jury selection began Monday in Nashville for a trial expected to run for seven weeks. Tennessee is seeking …

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