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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the “Stop Woke Act” championed by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron…

A key figure in the Justice Department’s campaign to crack down on white-collar crime is looking to use a tool he brought to bear both as a prosecutor fighting gang violence in New Orleans and as a lawyer for the city’s sole Fortune 500…

TOKYO—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has embarked on an international lobbying blitz for a proposal she says will stave off a global recession, working to address technical and diplomatic challenges to her…

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is seeking to resolve an impasse that has left the World Trade Organization without senior judges to resolve trade disputes between member countries, according to U.S. officials.The effort began ahead of the WTO’s…

Many are speaking up after remaining silent when a leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion in May suggested that such a decision was coming. Two-year-old skin-care brand Kinship Inc. used Instagram on June 24—the day the ruling was…

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has created a legally fraught landscape for organizations that advertise abortion services or provide information about getting them.The new mishmash of proposed and existing state-level…

Faced with strong competition for talent and the prospect of an economic slowdown, companies are beefing up chief financial officers’ responsibilities or elevating their positions altogether to retain top executives.Demand for finance…

As Russia and China have worked their way up the list of U.S. national-security concerns, successive administrations have placed greater weight on regulations designed to keep sensitive U.S. technology out of the hands of geopolitical…

Companies that sell sexual health products and medicines over the internet are shifting their marketing strategies to highlight the availability of mail-order emergency contraception, commonly known as morning-after pills. Some are also…

Big Pharma loves political gridlock. In fact, shares of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies tend to outperform the broader market when Congress is divided. With Republicans poised to flip control of…