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  Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law Friday requiring TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent compa...(read more)

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  AmEx Inks $230M Deal Over DOJ, Fed Small Biz Sales Claims

  By Sarah Jarvis

  American Express has signed a nonprosecution agreement and said Thursday it will pay about $230 million to end i...(read more)

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• GOP Reps Look To End President's National Monument Power

  By Joyce Hanson

  Two Republican congresspeople have launched a bill seeking to strip the president's power to declare national monuments, saying the Antiquities Act of 1906 is in dire need of reform that would hand over that authority to Congress.

• CFPB Fines Equifax $15M Over Consumer Dispute Issues

  By Kelcey Caulder

  Equifax Inc. and Equifax Information Services LLC must pay a $15 fine over its failure to investigate consumer disputes properly, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday.

• Nasdaq Pulls Board Diversity Rules After 5th Circ. Loss

  By Sarah Jarvis

  Nasdaq has moved to formally undo its rules requiring that companies listed on the exchange disclose board diversity data, following a narrow, en banc ruling from the Fifth Circuit last month finding that the rules ran afoul of federal securities law.

• Drink Maker Celsius Settles SEC's Accounting Claims For $3M

  By Sydney Price

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday fined beverage company Celsius Holdings Inc. $3 million to settle claims that it issued financial statements that were materially inaccurate and misleading due to misreported stock award information.

• DHS Sec. Nominee Faces Senators Ahead Of Inauguration

  By Courtney Bublé

  Appearing before senators on Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, previewed the incoming Trump administration's crackdown on immigration and fielded questions on distribution of disaster aid in wake of the Los Angeles wildfires.

• Meet The Key Players In Tom Goldstein's Tax-Crimes Case

  By Phillip Bantz

  The tax-evasion indictment of U.S. Supreme Court expert lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein features an eclectic cast of characters linked to his purported side career as a high-stakes poker player, including law firm partners, professional gamblers, a Texas billionaire, a movie producer and an actor.

• SEC Fines Crypto Giant DCG, Ex-Genesis CEO $38.5M

  By Aislinn Keely

  Crypto venture capital firm Digital Currency Group and the ex-CEO of its bankrupt lending subsidiary Genesis Global Capital LLC agreed to a combined $38.5 million civil penalty Friday to settle claims they misled investors about Genesis' financial condition ahead of its collapse.

• New Jersey AG Says Office Is Clear In Menendez Bribery Case

  By Ryan Harroff

  New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Friday that his office found no misconduct by any of its members relating to former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez following an internal investigation that started after the senator was indicted on bribery charges.

• Justices To Hear Ex-Marine's Bid For PTSD Compensation

  By Nadia Dreid

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up the appeal of a former U.S. Marine who says that the Federal Circuit misstepped by limiting the retroactive special compensation he could receive for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder to six years because he filed late.

• EEOC Brought Back Record High $700M For Workers In 2024

  By Anne Cullen

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday it secured "the highest monetary recovery in its recent history" by bringing in $700 million for workers in the 2024 fiscal year.

• EU, Mexico Ink Trade Pact As Trump Readies New Tariffs

  By Alex Lawson

  The European Union and Mexico shored up a new trade agreement Friday, vowing to liberalize the flow of goods and services just days before Donald Trump is slated to resume the presidency, having vowed new tariffs on both Mexican and European shipments.

• What To Expect From Trump's Judicial Nominations

  By Courtney Bublé

  President-elect Donald Trump is taking office with 45 judicial vacancies, which is far less than the 100 plus seats he came in with in 2017, but more seats could open up if a fair number of sitting conservatives take the opportunity to ensure a Republican president names their successor.