17 States Sue To Block Trump's Pandemic Student Visa Policy

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  Trump Commutes Sentence Of Longtime Ally Roger Stone

  By Mike LaSusa

  President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of his friend and adviser Roger Stone, who had been order...(read more)

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  Trump Student Visa Policy Set For Up-Or-Down Ruling July 15

  By Chris Villani

  A suit by Harvard and MIT challenging a new Trump administration policy barring foreign students from the U.S. i...(read more)

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• Under Pressure, Washington NFL Team Drops Name

  By Andrew Westney

  The NFL's Washington team said Monday it will abandon its controversial Redskins name, slammed by critics as a racist term referring to Native Americans, and its traditional logo after sponsors pushed the team to make the move.

• NY&Co. Parent Hits Ch. 11 With Store Closings To Follow

  By Jeannie O'Sullivan

  The corporate parent of New York & Co. and other apparel brands hit Chapter 11 in New Jersey Bankruptcy Court on Monday with plans to close a significant portion of its stores as it struggles with more than $100 million in debt, marking the latest retail dress-down compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Fracking Support Co. Hi-Crush Hits Ch. 11 To Cut $450M Debt

  By Vince Sullivan

  Hi-Crush Inc., which provides logistics support to natural gas drillers in the fracking space, filed for Chapter 11 protection late Sunday in Texas with an eye toward slashing $450 million of note debt in the next 90 days.

• Weil, Wachtell Steer $21B Deal Creating Semiconductor Giant

  By Benjamin Horney

  Analog Devices Inc. has agreed to buy Maxim Integrated Products Inc. for almost $21 billion, the parties said Monday, in a deal that creates a single computer component company with an enterprise value of more than $68 billion and was guided by Weil and Wachtell.

• Trump Vows To Pave 'Road To Citizenship' For Dreamers

  By Hailey Konnath

  President Donald Trump on Friday said he was planning to issue an executive order on immigration that would, in part, create a "road to citizenship" for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients, telling a Telemundo anchor that "people are going to be very happy with it."

• 180 Schools Back Harvard, MIT In Trump Visa Policy Fight

  By Hailey Konnath

  A slew of universities and colleges urged a Massachusetts federal court Friday to block a Trump administration policy barring foreign students from the U.S. if institutions offer online-only instruction during the coronavirus pandemic, calling the directive "abrupt," "arbitrary" and "devastating" for schools and students.

• Jay-Z-Backed Pot Business Got Millions In PPP Money

  By Diana Novak Jones

  A cannabis company backed by music mogul Jay-Z and football legend Joe Montana received millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loan money, U.S. Treasury data shows.

• Russian Convicted In LinkedIn, Dropbox Cyberattacks

  By Hannah Albarazi

  A California federal jury found a 32-year-old Russian national guilty of carrying out cyberattacks against LinkedIn and Dropbox on Friday, finding that the government had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the breaches that compromised over 100 million users' data in 2012.

• NFL Players Union Hit With Suit Over Disability Cuts In CBA

  By Ryan Boysen

  Two disabled, retired NFL players have hit the players union with a proposed class action that aims to undo "devastating" disability benefit cuts contained in the league's new collective bargaining agreement, claiming the union "misled" current players into voting yes on the controversial deal.

• Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks $5M Bail In Epstein Sex Abuse Case

  By Jody Godoy

  British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell urged a Manhattan federal court on Friday to release her on $5 million bail as she awaits trial on charges of luring minors for sex with financier Jeffrey Epstein, denying that her own wealth makes her a flight risk.

• DOJ's DuCharme Named Acting US Attorney For EDNY

  By Stewart Bishop

  U.S. Department of Justice official Seth DuCharme has been tapped as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Friday, replacing Richard Donoghue, who is in turn taking DuCharme's old job.

• Firms Wanted PPP Money, But Will It Prevent More Cuts?

  By Emma Cueto & Xiumei Dong

  Law firms accounted for a large portion of the recipients of federal bailout funds designed to save small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, but some observers speculate that, for a number of those shops, the funds won't be enough to prevent future cuts if COVID-19 continues to drag down the market.