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Delaware Supreme Court revives insurers' contract claims against Blackbaud over ransomware breach
The court reversed lower‑court dismissals, allowing insurers to pursue breach‑of‑contract claims against Blackbaud for its 2020 ransomware incident. Blackbaud previously paid a $3M SEC fine and $49M settlements to state attorneys general for misleading breach disclosures.
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UK employers are rapidly adopting hybrid work models to boost productivity and employee satisfaction, but the shift introduces complex legal obligations. Key areas of concern include data protection under GDPR, health and safety responsibilities for both remote and office settings, and the need to revise employment contracts. Companies must implement robust security policies, conduct risk assessments, and clearly communicate new expectations. Legal guidance, such as from firms like Rigby Financial, can help navigate these requirements.
The Court of First Instance of Hong Kong has granted the Securities and Futures Commission a worldwide interim injunction order in legal proceedings against Mr Chan Ching Wa, a former staff of the Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited (HKEX),...
The European Parliament commissioned a study to dissect the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus package released on 19 November 2025. The report separates administrative simplification from substantive changes to safeguards in data protection, privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. It flags three hot‑button issues...
European regulators are accelerating the phase‑out of copper broadband in line with the European Commission’s Digital Networks Act (DNA) proposal. BEREC, the EU’s body for electronic communications, announced a public workshop on 17 March 2026 to discuss migration rules, competition safeguards and...
Spotify has shifted from confrontational royalty disputes to collaborative negotiations, exemplified by its 2023 royalty framework overhaul. The new model introduces a 1,000‑stream annual threshold, fraud penalties, and length requirements for non‑musical tracks, aiming to curb AI‑generated and low‑value content....
The use of sanctions as a foreign‑policy tool is driving a surge in investment‑treaty disputes, with publicly known ISDS claims now estimated at roughly $62 billion. Recent arbitral awards, notably Qatar Pharma, have clarified that states must demonstrate a proportional and...
Intapp announced a partnership with Anthropic to embed Claude, the company’s advanced language model, into its governed AI platform for professional services. The collaboration will produce industry‑specific AI agents that fuse Claude’s reasoning power with Intapp’s proprietary data, workflow playbooks,...
In the 1990s, a legal assistant managed deadlines, documents, and court dates without a single productivity app. No fancy dashboards. No 47 tabs open. No endless notifications. Just a brutally simple system that worked. Maybe the problem isn’t that we need better tools. Maybe we need...
Data protection authorities from 61 countries issued a joint warning that AI content generation systems, especially those creating realistic images and videos, pose serious privacy and deep‑fake risks. The statement cites recent incidents, such as Grok’s non‑consensual “nudified” images, and...
BVNK, an enterprise stablecoin infrastructure provider, secured a Crypto‑Asset Services Provider (CASP) licence from Malta’s Financial Services Authority, aligning it with the EU’s MiCA framework. The licence allows BVNK to passport MiCA‑regulated digital‑asset services across all European Economic Area members....
House Justice Committee chair Rep. Gerville Luistro announced that impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte will commence on March 2, a process she says will influence voter sentiment ahead of the 2028 presidential election, where Duterte has already declared her...
UK ministers are consulting on amendments to the Employment Rights Act that would embed a “reasonableness test” for flexible‑working requests, making it harder for employers to refuse work‑from‑home arrangements. Under the proposals, refusals must be justified as reasonable and feasible,...
LawFairy has become the first “technology‑only” law firm authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales. The firm relies on a deterministic legal decision engine that applies pre‑validated rules rather than probabilistic AI, delivering traceable, auditable outcomes. Its...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service has finished modernising its Digital Audio Recording Transcription (DARTS) system for Crown Courts. The cloud‑based platform now delivers audio recordings in minutes, with real‑time progress tracking and enhanced search tools. Migration moved roughly 600 TB of...
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has released a detailed roadmap for its new One IPO patents service, outlining a phased rollout of enhancements over the next twelve months. Immediate actions focus on restoring full publishing capacity, accelerating internal processing, and...
LexisNexis announced the U.S. general availability of Lexis+ with Protégé, a unified legal platform that supersedes its earlier Lexis+ AI offering. The new solution integrates advanced generative AI, workflow automation, and analytics into a single end‑to‑end environment for research, drafting,...
The SEC’s new leadership is targeting the 40 percent decline in U.S. public companies by easing regulatory burdens, especially those that hinder share repurchases. It proposes reforming the safe‑harbor under Rule 10b‑18 to make buybacks more accessible to mid‑cap firms. Currently, the...
Starting March 11, 2026 Quebec will launch a province‑wide, one‑year pilot that lets most retailers stay open until 9:00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, ending the long‑standing 5:00 PM weekend curfew. Participation is voluntary, allowing merchants to choose hours based on staffing...
Smarsh deployed an AI‑powered support agent, Archie, on Salesforce Agentforce 360 to create a unified front‑door for regulated‑industry customers. The system lets users describe needs in plain language, routing them to the right solution and reducing navigation friction. Early results...
Malaysia’s Securities Commission issued a practice note allowing licensed stockbrokers with Capital Markets Services licences to provide broking services for approved digital assets under existing securities rules. Brokers must obtain regulator concurrence, use locally registered exchanges or vetted foreign platforms,...
The Fair Work Commission found that Sleepeezee Bedding Australia’s summary dismissal of a heavy‑combination truck driver was harsh and unreasonable. The driver tested positive for a prohibited drug after a roadside test, but admitted only off‑duty cannabis use over the...
The Fair Work Commission ruled that a national sales manager at Volando Group was unfairly dismissed after using his work email to send a résumé and explore a health‑and‑wellness career. Deputy President Tony Slevin found the conduct was not “serious or...
Isaac Hayes’ estate settled its lawsuit against former President Donald Trump over the unauthorized use of the 1966 hit “Hold On, I’m Coming.” The estate had sued for $3 million, citing more than 130 instances of the song at campaign events,...
I spoke with DAT’s leadership tonight. They clarified that the language was not as clear in the Terms and Conditions as it should have been and that it was not intended for fleets. They told me they have not filed...
Ticketmaster - LiveNation has got to be the leading candidate for a return of the Standard Oil style breakup (i.e., the dissolution of an anticompetitive merger)
Philadelphia City Council approved legislation that prohibits third‑party platforms and individuals from selling restaurant reservations without the establishment’s consent. The measure targets marketplaces such as Appointment Trader, which handled over $5 million in reservation transactions and 15,000 sellers last year, and...
Yikes. If this is true, then it’s both pretty ingenious and supremely negligent. I wonder what percentage of users have done a code audit of Openclaw. And what other fun ToS-voiding surprises lurk in there.
News: Paramount is investigating a litigation threat against its president Jeff Shell by a man with an *interesting* background who claims to have represented Shell as a consultant and now says Shell disclosed confidential company information to him. This is...
Iowa's House Agriculture Committee advanced HSB 751, a Right‑to‑Repair bill targeting John Deere, with an 18‑5 vote. The legislation would require the manufacturer to provide farmers with the same diagnostic tools, software and parts that dealers use. Iowa accounts for roughly...
The U.S. District Court in Seattle on Jan. 23, 2026 vacated the Federal Highway Administration’s February 2025 suspension of the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program. The ruling restores the agency’s authority to obligate funds for state EV‑charging projects, effectively...
If you are a small fleet that has struggled to get another factor because of a UCC filed by DAT, you should report it to the Federal Trade Commission.
The Upper Tribunal warned lawyers after a solicitor uploaded client emails and Home Office decision letters to ChatGPT, breaching confidentiality and legal privilege. Judge Fiona Lindsley highlighted a surge in fictitious case citations that waste tribunal resources and erode public...
A civil suit filed by construction foreman Tony Saxon alleges Kanye West, now known as Ye, owes more than $1 million for unpaid wages and expenses tied to a stalled remodel of a Tadao Ando‑designed Malibu beachfront home. The 12‑day trial will...
The Music Artist Coalition’s open letter denounces AI music startup Suno for mass‑producing unlicensed tracks that dilute artist royalties and enable streaming fraud. It highlights Suno’s output of roughly 7 million tracks per day and Deezer’s finding that 85 % of AI‑generated...
There are nearly no good reasons for an AI to ever impersonate a human. Making that illegal in as many countries as possible, and improving state capacity to enforce it, would be a good trial balloon for human civilization's ability to...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has placed solicitor Andrew Milne under a supervision condition after his recent stalking conviction, limiting him to practice only under an SRA‑approved supervising solicitor. Milne, who runs Andrew Milne & Co, is also under investigation...
Justice Secretary David Lammy announced a funding package that removes caps on court sitting days, aiming to clear backlogs and speed case resolution. The same plan tightens the use of jury trials, restricting them to serious criminal and complex civil...
The 2026 roundup identifies the ten most effective legal‑tech apps, ranging from AI‑powered client communication platforms to cloud‑based billing and discovery tools. Selections were based on features, user ratings, security certifications, integration depth, and pricing. Apps such as Case Status,...
Microsoft is embedding its AI assistant Copilot deeply into Windows 11 and Microsoft 365, positioning the feature as a core productivity tool. The FTC has opened an antitrust investigation, probing whether the bundling of AI with the operating system and...
JUST IN: 🚨 Terraform estate files lawsuit against Jane Street, alleging the firm used non-public information to profit from the 2022 UST/LUNA collapse
The Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation to Beacon Air Group, the fixed‑base operator at Billings‑Logan International Airport, for transmitting on the VHF aircraft band at 128.825 MHz without a license. The unauthorized signal interfered with a co‑located...
The U.S. Department of the Interior finalized a rule on Monday that slashes the time required to secure oil and gas drilling permits on federal lands. The regulation trims environmental review periods, limiting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessments to...
NEW: Ex‑deputy general counsel at Chainlink Taylor Lindman named senior counsel on the SEC’s crypto task force
Anthropic disclosed that three Chinese AI labs—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax—used roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts to conduct over 16 million interactions with its Claude models, targeting reasoning, coding and tool‑use capabilities. The coordinated distillation attacks extracted large‑scale training data, effectively stealing...
Kinda says everything about what the state’s new approach on housing does and doesn’t do that Huntington Beach has been in litigation over it for the entirety of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tenure
Attorney Laura Sheppard argued that Charles Andy Williams, convicted for the 2001 Santana High School shooting, should be released after 25 years. A Superior Court judge vacated his 50‑to‑life sentence under California's new juvenile resentencing law, prompting an immediate appeal...
The fact that I need to stop working on moving deals forward for a few minutes and draft four (4) commission agreements ... is a good sign
Appellate Practice and Procedure Class (@MercerLAWSchool) No. 6 (Spring 2026), featuring Judge Patrick J. Bumatay (Ninth Circuit) and Judge Kevin C. Newsom (Eleventh Circuit). https://t.co/G0o60T8pBL
The Federal Reserve has issued a request for public comment on a proposal to codify its June decision that removes reputation risk from bank supervision. The move aims to prevent supervisors from pressuring banks to “debank” lawful customers based on...
Washington State’s House Bill 2089 seeks to restore dwindling wildfire‑prevention funding by revoking a tax deduction that currently benefits large digital mortgage lenders. The deduction, originally crafted for community banks, generated $91.6 million in savings in 2024, with 65 % captured by...
