CPAs pressed the US audit board to scale back a proposal meant to prevent firms from falsely marketing their registration with the regulator as an endorsement of their work.

Binance is in talks with a number of jurisdictions on the matter, Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f087-d583-afbf-f2df141d0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Richard Teng says in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

Binance Holdings Ltd. received its long-sought full crypto license in Dubai after co-founder <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f087-d583-afbf-f2df14390000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Changpeng “CZ” Zhao agreed to give up voting control in the local entity, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f085-d583-afbf-f2dd2e020000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Nana Murugesan,previously charged with leading Coinbase Global Inc.’s international expansion effort, is joining <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1750366D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f085-d583-afbf-f2dd2e030000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Matter Labs as its first president, hoping to guide and scale the blockchain startup into maturity.

The world’s largest crypto exchange <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1624796D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f0b0-d583-afbf-f2fc40a80000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Binance has converted the entire pool of assets held in an emergency fund for users into USDC, the stablecoin issued by US firm <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1700828D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f0b0-d583-afbf-f2fc40a80001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Circle Internet Financial.

Federal jurors in New York heard sharply contrasting arguments on whether a trader manipulated the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange to steal $110 million or executed a perfectly legal strategy that was permissible under the rules of the platform.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.

Global ESG investors with $9.5 trillion under management say it’s time to demand more accountability from private markets, amid evidence they’re increasingly absorbing fossil-fuel assets.

Where there’s fire, there’s smoke, as the saying sort of goes; and wildfire smoke will be one of the most noticeable ways climate change threatens human health in the years to come.

A mainstay since the ‘70s, employee resource groups are caught up in the battle against woke capitalism.

Alphabet Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. are the latest big companies facing upcoming shareholder proposals asking them to grapple with how fast-moving AI technology could harm workers and the public.

Apple touts its network of shredding robots and contractors as a greener way to reuse old gadgets. A lengthy court battle and a Businessweek investigation have cast some light on the recycling industry’s dirty secrets.

Former FTC policy director David Balto warns of anti-competitiveness in AI and urges the commission to use all tools available to examine Microsoft’s recent AI actions.

Cisco Systems Inc. is embracing a new approach to protecting artificial intelligence computing systems: using AI itself to keep them safe from attack.

TikTok is heading to its moment of truth in Washington, with Congress on a fast track to approve a bill aimed at forcing the social-media platform’s Chinese parent <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1774397D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-ef2f-d583-afbf-efffc6480000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">ByteDance Ltd. to divest its controversial ownership stake.

A Philadelphia area Democratic campaign committee defeated a lawsuit alleging it made telephone calls in support of its candidates during the 2019 general election in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

An Ohio newspaper reporter asking the state for names, addresses, and causes of death of residents who died during the Covid-19 pandemic isn’t entitled to that information, the state’s highest court said Wednesday in a divided opinion.

Electronic surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would be overhauled and reauthorized for two years under the House-passed version of H.R. 7888.

Lawyer Sidney Powell can’t be disciplined by the State Bar of Texas for advancing false claims that Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the November 2020 presidential election, a state appeals court said, affirming a trial court.

Jenner & Block attorneys say state attorneys general are seeking to rescue the abortion pill case by intervening in the matter, but the FDA argues if the Supreme Court finds standing lacking, the case should be dismissed.

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical that prosecutors could use the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to go after Jan. 6 rioters. It’s a closely watched case in part because Special Counsel Jack Smith also cited this statute in his criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

Cooley recruited Heather Sawyer, a 13-year Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill, as special counsel to help build the firm’s new congressional investigations practice.

Ongoing litigation promises to further alter the scope of Clean Water Act protections for wetlands in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA nearly 11 months ago, water lawyers say.