House Republicans demanded greater access Thursday to documents on the “Operation Fast and Furious” gun trafficking probe, accusing the Justice Department of hiding information that could embarrass the department. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.

The California Supreme Court protected manufacturers from liability in a high-stakes asbestos case Thursday, foreclosing a potential avenue of recovery for plaintiffs.

Richard Cordray is wasting no time as the newly appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In a speech in Washington, D.C., Thursday, he defended his recess appointment and announced that the agency has officially launched its program for supervising non-banks.

Google has won another key victory in a lawsuit challenging its AdWords keyword advertising program. A California federal judge on Thursday — relying on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart ruling — declined to certify a purported class action alleging deceptive and unfair advertising.

On Thursday a New Jersey appellate court upheld a jury verdict that Citigroup won three years ago on Citi’s counterclaims that Parmalat defrauded the bank. The decision is a big blow for Quinn Emanuel in its ongoing pursuit of damages against Parmalat’s former bankers and advisors.