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May 22, 2026
Kentucky banks have indicated they will drop their lawsuit over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small-business loan data rule after the agency, now under the Trump administration, significantly scaled back the Biden-era reporting mandate.
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May 22, 2026
Cox Media Group and two other companies have agreed to collectively pay $930,000 to settle the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the companies falsely represented the capabilities of an "active listening" artificial intelligence marketing service, according to an announcement made Thursday.
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May 22, 2026
State enforcers say they want a federal court to split up Live Nation and Ticketmaster following a New York federal jury verdict that Live Nation had harmed competition by monopolizing ticket sales for large concert venues, even as the concert promotion giant sought to undo the verdict against it or to be granted a new trial.
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May 22, 2026
The Trump administration's expanded recreational red snapper fishing permits for four southeastern states were blocked by a D.C. federal judge Thursday, just hours prior to what would have been the start of open snapper fishing in Florida.
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May 22, 2026
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a $580 billion five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill on Friday to fund roads, bridges, transit and rail improvement projects, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and establish the first-ever federal regulatory framework for autonomous commercial vehicles.
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May 22, 2026
Nexstar Media Group Inc. told a California federal court it needs to merge with Tegna Inc. to compete more effectively, especially with streaming services owned by the Big Tech giants, as it faces a challenge to the deal from state enforcers and DirecTV.
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May 22, 2026
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opened an investigation into potential insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket on Friday with letters asking the prediction market platforms to hand over compliance information and documents related to headline-grabbing trades.
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May 22, 2026
The Texas attorney general launched a lawsuit against Discord Inc. on Friday, accusing the platform of enabling child sexual exploitation and lying about its safety to parents and the wider public.
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May 22, 2026
Three Democratic lawmakers, citing worries about spying, asked the U.S. Department of Justice to ban the sale of phone location data from sensitive sites, such as the White House, to "hostile foreign nations" like Russia, Iran and China.
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May 22, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday fined Foot Locker Inc. for allegedly requiring some top-level staff to sign agreements discouraging them from blowing the whistle against the retailer.
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May 22, 2026
A California state judge has freed Opportunity Financial from a California state regulator's pursuit of at least $100 million in fines for alleged predatory lending, sealing the fintech firm's victory over long-running "rent-a-bank" claims that threatened its business model in the state.
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May 22, 2026
Seventh Circuit panelists have expressed skepticism that text messages could be considered "telephone calls" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's do-not-call provisions.
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May 22, 2026
Rhode Island has come into the legal fray over sports event contracts, as regulators in the Ocean State trade lawsuits with prediction market platforms over whether those offerings violate the state's sports betting laws.
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May 22, 2026
A pair of Senate Democrats cautioned financial regulators about greenlighting fintech lender Enova International's application to become a national bank holding company, calling it a "predatory lender."
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May 22, 2026
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill intended to stop the federal government's "abuse" of subpoenas for phone and internet records in order to safeguard individuals' privacy rights.
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May 22, 2026
The role of artificial intelligence in law weaves in and out of this week's stories, with the most recent compelling action coming from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued an executive order to mobilize state agencies as AI layoffs begin to hit thousands of workers in his state.
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May 22, 2026
Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has revamped its practice group for clients who do business with the government, expanding the team's focus as federal contractors face new executive orders and regulatory changes.
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May 22, 2026
Google told the D.C. Circuit Friday the government is using antitrust law to punish a successful competitor as it looks to overturn a trial court's ruling finding that Google illegally maintained its search monopoly.
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May 22, 2026
Crypto services firm Blockchain.com is preparing to hit the public markets after announcing that it has confidentially filed initial public offering plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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May 22, 2026
An unusual Trump administration notice exhorting financial institutions to be on guard for human trafficking activity during the 2026 FIFA World Cup could create compliance challenges not just for banks but an array of other industries, experts told Law360.
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May 22, 2026
North Carolina is suing an electric-car company that accepted public grant money to build a manufacturing plant in the state after it allegedly bailed on the deal, saying the company hasn't even started construction despite initially promising to have the facility running this year.
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May 22, 2026
A West Michigan man has asked a Michigan federal judge to deny the Charter Township of Trowbridge's motion to dismiss his suit alleging the township demolished a historic church he owned and was in the midst of rehabbing.
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May 22, 2026
Environmental initiatives, diversity programs, anti-misinformation efforts and gender-affirming care have become central targets for President Donald Trump's antitrust enforcers in what observers say is an increasing trend of politically tinged competition enforcement.
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May 22, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's curtailment of federal environmental reviews in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition et al. v. Eagle County was seen as a game changer for project development, but one year later, cautious business sentiment has left its legacy untested.
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May 21, 2026
A former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission financial economist testified Thursday in the criminal securities fraud case against Citron Research founder Andrew Left, telling a California federal jury that allegedly deceptive tweets posted by the "activist investor" clearly had a "statistically significant" impact on companies' stock prices.