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The proposed class-action ERISA lawsuit centers on two poorly performing funds offered by the $9 billion 401(k) plan covering more than 27,000 current and former employees of the giant telecommunications equipment maker.

The value of core capital goods orders—a proxy for investment in equipment excluding aircraft and military hardware—dropped 0.7% last month, and bookings for all durable goods fell 9.3 percent.

The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act establishes federal guardrails for stablecoins, reducing the restrictions on including crypto in 401(k) plans.

The firm sees the astonishingly high cost of “cellular, gene, and RNA therapies”—high-tech treatments for conditions like sickle cell disease—as an emerging threat to group health plan budgets.

“Any deal that charges a lower tariff for Japanese imports with virtually no U.S. content than it does North American–built vehicles with high U.S. content is a bad deal for the U.S. industry and U.S. auto workers.”

The country hopes to achieve the same 15% blanket tariff rate from Trump as Japan got this week, but offering as much in investments as Japan did would be difficult for an economy that’s less than half Japan’s size.