5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (250+ words) Bloomberg Law News Norfolk Southern Corp. must face trial on claims that it discriminated against a former mainline conductor because of his age, and that it failed to make payments it owes him. Charles C. Martin III has established a "convincing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (355+ words) Taylor Swift and UMG Recordings Inc. infringe a Las Vegas performer's "Confessions of a Showgirl" trademark, according to a new lawsuit. The similarity between "Confessions of a Showgirl" and Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" album title is "immediate" and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (88+ words) Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said eased capital requirements could encourage US banks to expand loans for small businesses. "Supporting credit for small businesses is critical to our economy," Bowman said Tuesday in prepared remarks for the Consumer Bankers Association....

3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (113+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an executive order mandating banks to collect citizenship information from their customers is "in process," according to news outlet Semafor. "I don't think it's unreasonable, because: Why don't we have information on who's in our…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (957+ words) After US Justice Department lawyers disclosed last month that they relied on incorrect information to defend migrant arrests, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered them to preserve all internal communications " often an ominous sign of a future inquiry. This week,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (368+ words) The White House on Thursday clarified how federal agencies should use categorical exclusions in the environmental permitting process, part of its ongoing quest to get more projects built faster. The Trump administration has been promoting the wider use of categorical…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (840+ words) The Trump administration is scaling up its overhaul of the federal permitting process, advancing on technological, cultural, and procedural fronts to move faster, according to the White House's top environmental adviser. The Council on Environmental Quality's changes are a core…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (136+ words) An amendment changing how damages are evaluated in suits under Illinois" biometric privacy law applies retroactively to cases that were pending when the amendment was adopted, a Seventh Circuit panel. .. An Illinois biometric privacy law amendment changing how damages are…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (879+ words) Employers using the H-1 B program to tap foreign talent are facing more intense investigations from the Labor Department, showing the agency is now taking a stronger hand in the Trump administration's immigration agenda. According to a DOL official, the department…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (139+ words) US banks and credit unions may soon be able to use intermediaries to transfer funds through the Federal Reserve's real-time payments system, according to a central bank proposal. The plan, which was released by the regulator on Wednesday, would expand…...