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Delaware Supreme Court lets insurers pursue contract claims against Blackbaud over ransomware breach
The Delaware Supreme Court reversed lower‑court dismissals, permitting insurers to bring breach‑of‑contract actions against Blackbaud for its 2020 ransomware incident. Blackbaud had previously paid a $3 million SEC fine and $49 million to state attorneys general for misleading breach disclosures.
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By the numbers: Oil majors acquire $164M of Alaska oil leases
A federal judge declared Kari Lake's actions at the Voice of America illegal, nullifying layoffs that affected more than 1,000 journalists and staff. Former U.S. trade chief Robert Lighthizer stepped down from the board of Trump Media & Technology, raising questions about the company's governance. A Futurism report shows Google’s AI Overviews have slashed monthly traffic to ten leading tech outlets from roughly 112 million to under 50 million since early 2024. Together, these events underscore regulatory, political, and technological pressures reshaping the media landscape.
This is the week of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Since lots of game makers are talking about the Epic v Google settlement, here is the (partially redacted) term sheet from the public court filing: https://t.co/dq43K1LZ1B
A federal sentencing hearing for United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein has been set for Tuesday, June 16, 2026, following a scheduling order issued by the Maryland district court on Friday. The case, which has attracted attention amid a wave...
Interesting lawsuit facing Chobani - which claims only "natural ingredients" but contains a ton of phthalates (plastics). I hope this sends a massive shock to the system and they stop using these contains with everything plastic that's absolutely killing us....
"MAS is reviewing the corporate governance code to raise market-wide expectations for boards’ roles in value creation and investor engagement." https://t.co/wESP6K4SvU https://t.co/0IAtdbozwT
Florida’s new license‑plate statute, effective October 2025, criminalizes any alteration that impairs legibility, upgrading violations to a second‑degree misdemeanor. The law led to the arrest of Demarquize Dawson after a rental‑car frame partially covered the state’s "S" on his plate. Ticket Toro...
Spain's government unveiled a regularisation programme that will grant one‑year renewable residency visas to up to half a million undocumented migrants, with applications open from early April to late June. The measure is pitched as both humanitarian and economic, aiming...
Taylor Rose became the first law firm to exceed 1,000 consultant solicitors, with AIIC reporting 1,009 fee‑earner consultants and 600 employed staff at the end of 2025. The hybrid model drove a 25 % increase in turnover and a 60 % rise...
Women lawyers are exiting firms at the senior associate level because they feel isolated and lack open peer communication, according to coach and former solicitor Mandy Rees. Rees founded the Next Generation Women in Law network to create confidential spaces...
Law firms that encourage broad LinkedIn participation outperform those relying on a few star accounts, according to TBD Marketing’s first social media barometer. The study measured firm, influencer, social army, and leadership scores, finding that firms like Hogan Lovells and Ashurst...
Other firms have asked me for help in responding to trademark office actions for trademark applications that literally should never have been submitted. Complete waste of money for the client. If you’re a client, you should ask your TM attorney...
Australia is set to enforce new age‑verification laws for online pornography on 9 March, requiring users to prove they are over 18 through facial scans, digital wallets or photo ID. In protest, Aylo, the Canadian owner of Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn and...
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Former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma have petitioned the Gauteng High Court to remove retired Constitutional Court judge Sisi Khampepe as chair of the commission investigating political interference in Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions. They argue her prior roles on...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is subject of a New York Bar complaint related to his interview of Ghislaine Maxwell. Link in thread
The Second Circuit affirmed New York’s unauthorized practice of law (UPL) statutes, ruling they are content‑neutral and therefore subject only to intermediate scrutiny. The court held that the licensing requirement for anyone giving individualized legal advice is narrowly tailored to...
The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has been in force since January 2025, obligating financial services firms to retain operational control during severe IT incidents, not merely avoid failures. While many institutions have bolstered continuity and cyber‑response capabilities, a Veeam‑commissioned...
Washington’s Senate Bill 6026, backed by Gov. Bob Ferguson, requires cities with populations over 30,000 to permit residential development in commercial and mixed‑use zones. The measure cleared the House 69‑27 and the Senate 36‑12 and now awaits the governor’s signature....
President Donald Trump and his allies are doing everything they can — and we mean everything — to somehow get their monster voter suppression bill through Congress. And no one is covering this epic fight as closely as Democracy Docket....
The FCC released a draft Report and Order that modernizes broadcast licensing rules, replaces outdated CDBS references with LMS, and expands who may sign applications. The Media Bureau settled two consent decrees, penalizing an Arizona TV station for OPIF lapses...
Advocate General Athanasios Rantos of the EU Court of Justice issued an opinion that banks must instantly refund victims of unauthorized phishing transactions under the EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2), unless they have reasonable grounds to suspect fraud. The opinion...
Legal‑tech vendors are unveiling a flurry of product upgrades and funding announcements ahead of Legalweek 2026. DISCO introduced an all‑inclusive e‑discovery platform with transparent per‑gigabyte pricing, while Advocacy emerged from stealth with a $3.5 million seed round for its context‑first litigation...
My law firm is litigating 90 voting and election cases in 45 states. We are currently fighting for voters in: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME,...
Is bundling tech anti-competitive or customer convenient? Vendors argue it saves money, but regulators see a gray area. Undercutting to exclude competitors crosses the line into anti-competitive behavior, a fight likely headed for the courts. #Tech #Regulation #Antitrust https://t.co/dd9u6EtRJC
Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai announced he will not appeal his 20‑year conviction for colluding with foreign forces and sedition, ending a five‑year legal battle that drew Western criticism. In unrelated briefs, families of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 urged...
President Trump's legal pressure on media companies has faced ample pushback in court —USAGM, Mar 2026 (Lake's tenure voided) —TMTG, Nov 2025 (Suit dismissed) —CNN, 2023 (Dismissed) —NYT, 2023 (Dismissed) Still watching: AP legal fight & BBC lawsuit https://t.co/Gxt9QOkooS
Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz sent this note to staffers today after a federal judge found that Kari Lake has been unlawfully running USAGM, VOA’s parent agency. https://t.co/lydC2h0w7s
The Good Law Project (GLP) has lodged an appeal against the High Court’s dismissal of its challenge to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) interim guidance on trans‑inclusive single‑sex facilities. The court affirmed that the guidance correctly interpreted the...
TomoCredit, which numerous complaints on BBB & TrustPilot call a "scam" and "fraud," has filed a meritless defamation lawsuit against me, personally. The company is pressuring me to remove articles & posts, and, per its suit, is asking the court for...
Mapping of GenAI use cases in a lifecycle of legal work | Singapore 🇸🇬 Ministry of Law https://t.co/J5WreC6QaO TY @Og_Dickson #AIGovernance #LegalTech https://t.co/Qo4dfqv9Qn
Legal tech vendors are flooding the market with new announcements ahead of Legalweek 2026 in New York. DISCO, Advocacy, iManage, Monjur, Reveal, ChronoTracer and ALIGN each revealed product upgrades, AI‑driven platforms, and fresh funding. Highlights include DISCO’s AI evidence analysis,...
On March 6, 2026, Judge Jodi W. Dishman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma granted respondents’ emergency application under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 23(a). The order authorizes the transfer of petitioner Mr. Nguyen to a custodial facility outside the court’s...
Amnesty International condemned Afghanistan’s newly adopted Criminal Procedure Regulation, labeling it a regressive law that curtails women’s and minorities’ rights. The regulation decriminalizes domestic violence unless visible injuries are present and imposes three‑month imprisonment on women who visit relatives without...
The U.S. Treasury’s congressional report acknowledges that crypto mixers can be used for legitimate privacy purposes, such as shielding personal wealth, business payments, and charitable donations. It differentiates between custodial mixers, which retain user data and could aid compliance, and...
Paramount Global agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a $110 billion deal, one of the largest media mergers in recent memory. The transaction arrives amid slowing subscriber growth and rising content costs, prompting heightened scrutiny from U.S. federal, state and...
The Trump administration has drafted GSA guidelines that would force AI vendors to grant the government an irrevocable license for "all lawful use" of their systems. The draft also bans ideological or partisan bias in AI outputs and requires companies...
Carriers have begun issuing "End of Voyage" notices, declaring that ships bound for the Arabian Gulf will divert to alternative ports and cease responsibility for the cargo. The term is not a legal doctrine; it stems from standard Bill of...
The first rule of asset protection is simple: If you still own it, a court can probably reach it. When done correctly and legally, asset protection is not focused on secrecy and hiding wealth. It is about changing the legal relationship...
My only difference with @ed_fin strategy is this: Vice hitting an Iranian VLCC, we wait until they exit the Strait and seize, a la Venezuelan tankers. Start grabbing these ships as they come out and threaten to impound them and...
The article explains how Canada’s Constitution splits legislative authority over trade between federal and provincial governments, limiting the ability to enact nationwide regulatory or deregulatory standards. It reviews key Supreme Court decisions that have narrowed the federal trade‑and‑commerce power, especially...
J. Emmett Murphy has rejoined King & Spalding as a partner in its Business Litigation practice in New York. He returns from the SEC, where he served as a senior trial attorney in the Division of Enforcement since 2023. Murphy’s...
Wall Street’s two primary regulators, the SEC and the CFTC, are evaluating a joint move into a single building complex near the U.S. Capitol, adjacent to Union Station where the SEC currently resides. The proposal does not involve merging the...
Lee Ann S. Wang’s book *The Violence of Protection* critiques the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), arguing that its funding of law‑enforcement rescue operations creates new forms of racial violence against survivors, especially Asian American women. By framing victims as...
A federal prosecutor in North Carolina is accused of inserting fabricated quotations and misstatements of case law into multiple court filings in the Fivehouse v. Department of Defense litigation. The alleged fabrications involve citations to Fourth Circuit decisions and regulatory...
In the past 24 hours the United States saw a federal conviction of an Iran‑linked assassination plot targeting top political figures, a non‑citizen charged with illegal voting, a joint U.S.–Ecuador operation against narco‑terror networks, President Trump urging defense contractors to...
Since returning to office, Donald Trump’s administration has filed 31 emergency petitions to the Supreme Court, overwhelmingly alleging that lower‑court judges are unlawfully impeding presidential power. Ninety‑seven percent of those requests claim judicial interference, a stark contrast to the 26%...
Florida’s Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 314, creating the nation’s first state‑level regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The bill amends the state’s anti‑money‑laundering statute to explicitly cover stablecoins and requires issuers to register with the Office of Financial Regulation, with...
The federal case Bryant et al v. Tinker Federal Credit Union (24‑614) saw an initial order on March 13, 2025 that denied several motions, stayed others, and granted the plaintiffs permission to amend their complaint within seven days. The plaintiffs...
The U.S. District Court dismissed Nwokolo v. Grant et al, concluding it lacked jurisdiction to grant habeas relief. The magistrate’s recommendation to dismiss was adopted on March 5, 2026, and the petitioner’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order was denied as...
On March 5, 2026, Judge Charles Goodwin of the Western District of Oklahoma denied Christopher James LaFever’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence. The order, filed as Document No. 60, leaves LaFever’s original conviction and imprisonment intact. The...
I hate when people steal my content (because IP infringement, IP attorney…duh) But what’s harder to explain is the "idea theft." I know, not protectable. But when someone lifts my thread series or email sequences and slaps a new name...
