Law

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ended a decadelong silence during the high court’s oral arguments, asking several questions in a case about domestic violence and firearm possession.

News Corp reached a $250 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by several major consumer brands that accused the company of monopolistic practices and overcharging for in-store discount advertising.

A judge in New York sided with Apple against the Justice Department, in a fight about whether the company can be forced to help unlock a phone—a ruling that could affect a similar, much-watched case about an assailant’s phone.

Attorney Bruce Sewell, who has maintained a low profile at Apple, will be thrust into the public spotlight Tuesday when he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about the company’s refusal to help the government unlock a phone belonging to one of the shooters in a deadly California attack.

U.S. and European Union officials published new details of a hard-fought data-privacy accord agreed to earlier this month, adding new grist to political wrangling in Europe about the proposed agreement.

Valeant said it is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the latest issue to face the beleaguered drug company.

A lawsuit challenging the mental competency of media mogul Sumner Redstone will proceed after a California judge turned down a motion to dismiss the case.

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, could gain at least $3.5 billion in new tax benefits if Intel Corp. succeeds in its international tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.

Some multinational companies operating in Belgium are considering shifting part of their business out of the country after the EU declared a tax scheme illegal and is requiring the companies to pay back unpaid taxes.

A U.S. Air Force veteran heads to Brooklyn federal court this week as one of the first suspected Islamic State supporters in the country to go on trial.

A not-guilty verdict was an ignominious end to the final case in the government’s effort to find individuals criminally responsible for the blowout on the Deepwater Horizon.

A New York judge dismissed the grand larceny charges against the two remaining defendants in the financial fraud case stemming from the collapse of the law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed records concerning subprime mortgages from General Electric Co.’s financial services business, the company said in a securities filing

As the fight heats up between Apple and the Justice Department over investigators’ push for access to a locked smartphone, Congress has waded in warily to see if it can broker a compromise or bolster the argument of either side.

Apple Inc’s dispute with the government over access to a terrorist’s phone has plowed into another area of contested law: whether and to what extent computer programs are protected by the First Amendment.

A federal appeals court Friday threw out a $119.6 million verdict for Apple in a patent battle against Samsung, the latest sign that the patent wars over the design of smartphones are winding down.

A Belgian judged launched a probe into whether Swiss bank UBS helped wealthy clients in the country evade taxes.