EU Bank Regulator Tightens ESG Rules as Climate Risk Grows
Europe’s financial regulator for banks said lenders in the bloc must regularly and comprehensively measure ESG risks, in new guidelines designed to shore up the industry amid growing threats to ...
The ‘I Love Lucy’ Effect, and Why Gensler’s SEC Checkout Matters
Gary Gensler compares running the SEC to the “I Love Lucy” episode where Ethel and Lucy struggle to wrap chocolates whizzing ...
Latham & Watkins Flexes Its Muscle in Shrunken IPO Market
Latham worked on nearly half of all large initial public offerings in the US last year, according to the firm, market share ...
US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dip Even as Economic Growth Advances
US greenhouse gas emissions and economic activity typically grow in tandem. But there are indications that the two are beginning to diverge, in an optimistic sign for the climate.
Skadden Opens Abu Dhabi Office With Senior Hire From Freshfields
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is opening an Abu Dhabi office as the US law firm seeks to take advantage of rising deal activity from the Middle East.
Wall Street Job Losses May Top 200,000 as AI Replaces Roles
Global banks will cut as many as 200,000 jobs in the next three to five years as artificial intelligence encroaches on tasks currently carried out by human workers, according to Bloomberg Intelligence ...
Justice Samuel Alito Spoke With Trump Before Hush Money Filing
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had a phone call with Donald Trump the day before the president-elect asked the Supreme Court to delay sentencing in the hush money criminal case against him in ...
Apple Says Never Used Siri Data to Build Marketing Profiles
Apple said it has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles, never made it available for advertising, and never sold it to anyone for any purpose.
Kraken Unlikely to Revive Major Questions Defense Against SEC
Cryptocurrency platform Kraken during a court hearing Wednesday appeared unlikely to revive a key legal defense in its battle ...
White House Rushes to Finish Cyber Order After China Hacks (1)
The Biden administration is racing to put out an executive order meant to shore up US cybersecurity in its dwindling days in office, according to four people familiar with the matter.
US Dockworkers, Employers Reach Tentative Deal to Avert Strike
A US dockworkers union reached a tentative deal on a new labor contract with a group of ocean carriers and terminal operators that, if ratified would avoid a shutdown of East and Gulf coast ports next ...
AFL-CIO Preps to Resist Possible Trump Deportations
The largest US union federation has been working to equip its affiliates around the country to help defend immigrant workers against potential workplace raids and mass deportation efforts once Donald ...