Kirkland & Ellis earned more than four times the next closest law firm for work it did representing bankrupt companies appearing on a database compiled by UCLA.

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp has begun alerting its 2 billion users to an update of its privacy policy -- and if they want to keep using the popular messaging app, they have to accept it. The new terms, delivered in early 2021, have caused an outcry among technology experts, privacy advocates, billionaire entrepreneurs and government organizations and triggered a wave of defections to rival services.

Google locked out artificial intelligence researcher Margaret Mitchell from its corporate systems, making her the second outspoken critic at the company to be sidelined. Mitchell was a vocal supporter of her colleague Timnit Gebru, who departed under acrimonious circumstances last month.

Chuck Schumer became the Senate’s majority leader on Wednesday as three new Democratic senators were sworn in just hours after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office.

A network of Chicago-area nursing homes is fighting back against a proposed biometric privacy class action, arguing the workers’ claims are untimely and fail to link any alleged harm to specific facilities.

Driveline Retail Merchandising Inc. won’t have to face an employee class over a data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of nearly 16,000 workers, following an Illinois federal court’s ruling that individual issues would dominate the litigation.