Authors pressed a federal judge to strike allegedly improper evidence Meta Platforms Inc. filed in support of its fair use defense against their AI copyright lawsuit.

Traders piled further into shares of a blank-check company that’s set to become the latest publicly traded Bitcoin investment vehicle, bidding its expected market capitalization to around three times the estimated value of the cryptocurrency it would hold.

US bank regulators withdrew previous guidance on risks tied to the crypto sector, giving lenders a freer hand to provide products and services to customers dealing in digital assets.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has “ample room to maneuver” in regulating digital assets even without congressional action, Chairman Paul Atkins said Friday.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. reported first-quarter revenue and profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations, buoyed by continued strength in its search advertising business.

Tesla Inc. reported its worst quarter in years, but the unofficial measure it touted to Wall Street got a little help: a slight boost from backing out the dip in the value of its crypto holdings.

House Republicans have proposed eliminating the US audit regulator, ceding its duties to the SEC and its millions in annual funding to the Treasury.

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda has proposed a buyout of Toyota Industries Corp., people familiar with the matter said, seeking to consolidate his grip on Japan’s biggest business empire as a wave of merger and acquisition activity roils the country.

Billionaire and former CEO of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. Eddie Lampert failed to convince the Delaware Supreme Court to take his early appeal in a shareholder lawsuit where he may be on the hook for millions in damages over the pricing of Sears shares.

Exxon Mobil Corp. lost its bid to escape responsibility for recovery costs from groundwater chemical contamination in Pennsylvania the state says it and several other companies owe.

Former Paramount Global Chief Executive Officer Bob Bakish was paid $87 million last year, despite serving in that role for only four months, according to a regulatory filing Friday.

A Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. unit is dropping its case against Mars Inc. over coverage for a lawsuit alleging the food conglomerate intentionally marketed ultra-processed foods to children despite knowing about possible adverse health consequences.

Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today, given its “interdependencies” on other parts of the Alphabet Inc. unit, the head of Chrome testified.

A Belgian agency ruled that the government’s sharing of Americans’ financial information with the IRS under a US law violates European data protection laws.

Authors pressed a federal judge to strike allegedly improper evidence Meta Platforms Inc. filed in support of its fair use defense against their AI copyright lawsuit.

Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled the Department of Justice will consider using subpoenas and other legal methods to force testimony from members of the press in an effort to crack down on leaks.

Advocacy Holdings Inc. lost a bid for injunctive relief in its suit accusing an ex-CEO of breaching a non-compete agreement, according to a Friday ruling by the D.C. Circuit.

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out its controversial Recall feature to high-end Windows PCs, betting a record of what users do on their computers will be seen as more of a benefit than a privacy risk.

The US Supreme Court is considering for the first time whether states must allow religious institutions to be part of their taxpayer-funded public charter school programs.

Billionaire and former CEO of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. Eddie Lampert failed to convince the Delaware Supreme Court to take his early appeal in a shareholder lawsuit where he may be on the hook for millions in damages over the pricing of Sears shares.

Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today, given its “interdependencies” on other parts of the Alphabet Inc. unit, the head of Chrome testified.

Alphabet Inc. disclosed in a proxy filing late Friday that its top lawyer J. Kent Walker Jr. received almost $30.2 million in total compensation last year.

Federal law enforcement agents can arrest Venezuelan nationals in the US suspected of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang without judicial or administrative warrants, according to a directive from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The Supreme Court ordered more briefing after arguments in a dispute over Obamacare’s preventative services mandate, which requires insurers to cover certain treatments like cancer screenings free of charge.