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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
The FCA has issued a direction that defines the relevant application period for crypto‑asset permissions under section 55U of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The window opens at 9:00 am on 30 September 2026 and closes at 11:59 pm on 28 February 2027. The direction clarifies the timeline for firms seeking regulatory approval and notes that the FCA can amend the period under regulation 52. This move provides concrete deadlines within the UK’s broader crypto‑asset regulatory framework.
AI won't replace lawyers. But it did expose that a lot of what gets billed at $/hr was never really 'thinking.' It was formatting, copy-pasting, and researching things a machine now does in seconds. The real skill is in knowing...
As a taxpayer, I greatly appreciate the speed with which the CAFC handled this proceeding and rejected the administration's baseless stalling tactics. Every day that IEEPA tariff refunds aren't paid will cost American taxpayers millions.
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch warned that U.S. regulators will likely attach a third‑party content‑licensing condition to the $110 billion Paramount‑Warner Bros. Discovery merger. He also noted that CNN, under David Ellison, will continue to challenge Fox News as a strong competitor....
NEW MARKET: 🏦 Will the SAVE Act become law? Currently a 16% likelihood it happens https://t.co/0OhAeeS1eY
Good time to file a Form D that you don't want seen, since the system has been returning "file not found" all day.
First Solar has filed a Section 337 investigation with the U.S. International Trade Commission against ten crystalline‑silicon panel makers, alleging infringement of its tunnel‑oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) patent (U.S. 9,130,074). The patent was validated by the USPTO at the end of 2025...
Friday, the Trump administration began stalling IEEPA tariff refunds in court. In a new @CatoInstitute blog post, we review US regs on customs duty refunds & find that IEEPA delays will cost taxpayers ~$700M/month (~$23M/day) in additional interest payments owed...
In this episode of Inside Biotech, host Karish Manchugani chats with Tim Dabrowski, a Berkeley‑trained patent attorney at Mintz, about his unconventional path from a physiology degree to biotech IP law. Tim explains how his scientific background informs his work...
“All lawmakers will claim that they are [enacting age verification] to protect youth from some harm, but they fail to mention the convenient power it hands to government to control and chill speech they oppose, and even punish their critics,”...
The episode dissects how U.S. employment law and the HR compliance industry have evolved from civil‑rights legislation into a $250 billion sector that burdens businesses, especially small firms, with costly bureaucracy and litigation risk. It traces the historical buildup of federal...
Industry watchers are focused on the pending merger between Hapag‑Lloyd and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. Readers of Container News flag regulatory approval and Israel’s “golden share” as the most likely obstacles, while labor unrest is viewed as a secondary concern....
David Ellison today: "As we've said, the HSR waiting period has expired. Obviously, domestically, which means that there is no reason if we had cleared globally why we couldn't close in the U.S. today legally."
French courts have begun hearing a lawsuit against TotalEnergies, filed by 14 French cities and five NGOs, alleging the company’s portfolio of new fossil‑fuel projects breaches the 1.5 °C target of the Paris Agreement. The complaint, grounded in France’s 2017 duty...
SBA has joined American Tower and Crown Castle in filing suits against Dish Wireless over tower rental payments. EchoStar's 10-K shows that Dish faces similar suits from Comcast Business, Harmoni Towers, Diamond Towers & Zayo https://t.co/XNYmKyy2yp
California’s CalRecycle has appointed Landbell USA as the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) to implement SB 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act. Landbell, a subsidiary of the global Landbell Group, brings three decades of extended producer responsibility experience and operates 42 PROs...
Scotland has become the first part of the United Kingdom to legalise hydrolysis, also known as water cremation or aquamation. The process uses a pressurised alkaline solution to break down a body in three to four hours, leaving only bone...
Three recent rulings sharpen the legal battle over social‑media addiction. The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed personal jurisdiction over Snap, critiqued its age‑verification design, and sidestepped a feature‑by‑feature Section 230 analysis. In Delaware, a court denied Meta’s insurers a duty to defend,...
The UK government has launched a consultation, running until May 26, 2026, to explore stricter controls on children’s access to social media, AI chatbots and online games. Proposals include minimum age thresholds, nighttime curfews, and bans on addictive design elements...
In November the SEC altered its proxy‑vote rule, shifting approval from staff reviewers to company executives, giving firms broader discretion to exclude shareholder proposals from proxy statements. The change has sparked at least three high‑profile lawsuits—against AT&T, Axon Enterprises and...
The Supreme Court will hear Hunter v. United States on March 3, examining how far a federal defendant can waive appellate rights in a plea agreement. Munson Hunter pleaded guilty to wire fraud, received a 51‑month sentence and a broad waiver...
The article argues that generative AI tools often hand users a polished draft that masks deeper errors, forcing professionals to spend more time correcting than they would have created the content themselves. This inversion turns the user into an administrative...
A reminder that this admin is a package deal. Regulatory "tailoring," but also a bunch of new crypto, stablecoin, and ILC charters
Very interesting to listen into the #MWC26 session on global regulation and policy Featured @GSMAPolicy regulatory chief John Giusti with @ITU and @OECD directors Again, discussion was general telecoms (& AI), not mobile specific No banging on about more 5G / 6G...
Nexo has returned to the U.S. market after paying a $45 million settlement for alleged unregistered securities. The company abandoned its direct Earn Interest Product and now delivers crypto‑backed loans and yield services through licensed U.S. partners, notably a partnership with...
LexBlog launched two features aimed at making its legal commentary more discoverable and citable. The first adds automatic anchor links to every subheading and an optional table of contents, enabling deep‑linking to specific sections. The second upgrades JSON‑LD structured data,...
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Natasha Pardasani argues that true compliance success is invisible, measured by decisions that stop problems before they surface. Organizations focus on incidents and investigations, overlooking the quiet interventions that prevent issues. She highlights that a mature governance framework relies on...
The FCC granted a waiver allowing DuJuan McCoy’s Circle City Broadcasting to purchase Indianapolis ABC affiliate WRTV from Scripps for $83 million, exceeding the agency’s two‑stations‑per‑market rule. Media Bureau Chief Erin Boone ruled the exception would not harm competition and would protect local...
Turkey’s ruling AK Party has tabled a bill to formalize cryptocurrency taxation, introducing a 10% quarterly withholding tax on gains from regulated platforms and a 0.03% transaction levy on service providers. The president would retain authority to adjust the withholding...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has reinstated Forward Thinking Systems’ Field Warrior ELD to its official registered device list as of February 25 2026, after the model was removed in December. The device (model FW‑BYOD, identifier FTSFW1) can again be...
In 2026 online retailers must broaden payment options—from e‑wallets and BNPL to crypto—while confronting a surge in money‑laundering and fraud. UK data shows £337 million in AML losses last year, with retail accounting for 49 % of fraud value. Criminals are leveraging...
2025 saw a stark divergence between EU and non‑EU jurisdictions on intra‑EU investment arbitration. The German Constitutional Court and the Amsterdam Court of Appeal effectively nullified arbitration clauses and ordered termination of pending arbitrations, while the Swedish Supreme Court required...
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has warned that the UK government’s proposal to restrict or ban non‑compete clauses could erode the country’s competitive edge as hedge funds vie for talent. AIMA’s chief executive Jack Inglis called the plan “radical,”...
A partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is delaying the finalization of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act rule, which would impose stricter breach‑notification requirements on critical‑infrastructure firms. The agency announced in February that it was...
The California Air Resources Board approved the Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Climate Financial Risk Disclosure Initial Regulation, setting an August 10, 2026 deadline for the first‑year corporate emissions filing. SB 253 obliges companies with more than $1 billion in revenue to report Scope 1 and 2...
On February 25, 2026 the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement issued Advisory No. 9185-26 after two enforcement actions against KalshiEX for misuse of nonpublic information and fraud in event contracts. The advisory clarifies that insider‑trading principles rooted in misappropriation theory apply...
Third‑party administrators (TPAs) must ensure that a self‑funded health plan’s formal document and its Summary Plan Description (SPD) are perfectly aligned. Gaps or missing clauses—especially around subrogation—can expose both the TPA and plan sponsor to ERISA class‑action lawsuits costing tens...
The FBI’s Operation Perfect Hedge used hedge‑fund manager Tom Hardin, known as “Tipper X,” as a covert informant to infiltrate a sophisticated insider‑trading network. Hardin was instructed to abort meetings if suspects altered plans, but he persisted, even attending a...
Harrison.ai filed a citizen petition asking the FDA to grant optional pre‑market exemption for radiology computer‑aided detection (CAD) devices, allowing manufacturers with an existing cleared product to launch similar tools without a new 510(k). The agency must issue a rapid...
Samsung India isn't allowing easy cancellation of Galaxy S26 Ultra pre-orders. There's no cancellation button on the order page. Pretty sure this amounts to "unfair trade practice" under the Consumer Protection Act, especially since the product hasn't shipped yet @SamsungIndia
Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority, Shanghai’s Data Bureau and the National Technology Innovation Center for Blockchain have signed an MoU to develop a blockchain‑based cross‑border platform for trade data, electronic bills of lading and financing. The effort will build on the...
UK small and medium‑sized enterprises face mounting pressure from new Employment Rights reforms and stricter UK GDPR enforcement, demanding precise contracts, leave records, and audit trails. Most lack dedicated HR teams, relying on informal processes that work for ten‑person outfits...
Missile strikes across the Gulf triggered security alerts for international law firms. Firms like Baker McKenzie and White & Case ordered remote work per local guidance. The incidents disrupted air travel and prompted UK travel advisories. Expansion plans in the...
Live Nation, along with other major live‑music firms, reported zero federal income tax for 2025 despite record revenues. The tax outcome stems from the 2025 One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which grants 100 % bonus depreciation on new venues, creating...
Shoosmiths has launched a firm‑wide challenge urging lawyers and staff to devise measurable ways to improve client relationships. The top performer will win either a £25,000 house‑deposit contribution or a brand‑new car, with the winner announced in April. Smaller quarterly...
Theresa Spartichino, director of practice technology at Ropes & Gray, highlighted that many law firms struggle to turn promising legal tech concepts into operational reality at scale. She emphasized the need for robust orchestration platforms that can coordinate end‑to‑end workflows,...
Katherine Charonko, a partner at Bailey & Glasser and recipient of the Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award, says the greatest obstacle to legal innovation is the rapid pace of industry change. She argues that technology solutions often lag...
Streamline AI CEO Kathy Zhu argues that cultural resistance and operational silos are the primary obstacles to legal innovation. She highlights how entrenched mindsets and fragmented processes impede AI adoption in corporate legal departments. Zhu also predicts a shift toward...
Anastasia Boyko, a Yale‑trained tax lawyer and legal futurist, argues that law firms are stuck in precedent‑driven habits while AI reshapes market rules. She urges firms to abandon copy‑cat strategies and adopt intentional, outcome‑focused planning. Boyko warns that in‑house legal...
