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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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Ubisoft abruptly shut down the online servers for The Crew, leaving owners with a non‑functional game. French consumer watchdog UFC‑Que Choisir filed a lawsuit in the Creteil Judicial Court, accusing Ubisoft of misleading buyers about the permanence of their purchase and imposing abusive contract clauses. The case is supported by the “Stop Killing Games” activist movement, which argues for gamers' right to retain access. If successful, the suit could set a legal benchmark for digital ownership rights across Europe.
Top Washington lobbyist Brian Ballard testified that he severed ties with former Congressman David Rivera after learning Rivera secured a $50 million contract with Venezuela’s government in 2020. Ballard, a key witness alongside Senator Marco Rubio, detailed text messages and emails showing his growing...
Colorado legislators are reviewing SB26, a bipartisan bill that would create the nation’s first Artists Corporation (A‑Corp), a specialized limited‑liability entity exclusively for artists. The proposal aims to simplify incorporation, lower formation costs, and eventually grant group health‑insurance access for...
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey signed HB 4965, a law that lets members of the state workers’ health plan switch to an alternative, medically appropriate treatment of equal or lesser cost without filing a new prior‑authorization request. The change affects roughly...
Digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services demanding transparency for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, which automates Medicare prior‑authorization decisions. The suit argues the model violates...
On March 12 2026 the CFTC published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (APNR) seeking input on event‑contract derivatives traded on prediction markets. The agency signals intent to assert exclusive jurisdiction, potentially overriding state gambling regimes, and classifies these contracts as swaps...
The Trump administration’s September executive order raised the H‑1B petition fee from roughly $3,500 to $100,000, targeting specialty‑occupation visas used by hospitals for physicians, nurses and technicians. The American Hospital Association (AHA) warns that the fee will deepen the current...
Mega Bank Holding Co. settled federal securities‑fraud and banking‑regulation claims for $1.7 billion, admitting that non‑compliant loans were packaged into residential mortgage‑backed securities. Shareholders have combined derivative and class actions alleging the company’s proxy statements falsely claimed the board provided adequate...
Harris County civil judge Nathan Milliron, whose courtroom outburst was captured in a viral video, is now facing financial penalties from the Texas Ethics Commission. The commission cited delinquent filings, imposing a $1,000 civil penalty for missed campaign‑finance reports and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand has revoked the capital‑market auditor licence of a Deloitte‑affiliated professional and imposed a six‑year ban after uncovering systemic audit failures at Stark Corp. The regulator also filed a criminal complaint with the Department...
On 17 December 2025 Hong Kong launched a public consultation to overhaul its Registered Designs Ordinance, first enacted in 1997. The review proposes broader definitions of “design” and “article,” removal of the industrial‑process requirement, and inclusion of colours and virtual designs. It...
The Justice Department, under President Trump, has concluded that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional, arguing it overreaches congressional power. The administration plans to retain official documents rather than automatically turn them over to the National Archives after the 2029...
The White House released a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence urging Congress to preempt fragmented state AI laws and adopt a uniform, minimally burdensome national standard. It recommends creating regulatory sandboxes for innovation, using existing agencies rather than a...
The Supreme Court of Canada’s spring session will hear 14 appeals, including ten criminal matters, before moving temporarily to a new address for a decade‑long courthouse renovation. Highlights include a language‑rights challenge against St. John’s International Airport Authority under the Official...
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved five bipartisan tax bills targeting sexual‑assault survivors, disaster victims, early‑childhood educators, taxpayers, and whistleblowers. The Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act removes compensatory damages for assault from taxable income, while the Disaster Tax...
A federal judge dismissed the civil‑rights lawsuit filed by the parents of Manuel Paez Terán, the 26‑year‑old protester shot dead by Georgia State Patrol troopers during the Jan. 18, 2023 "Cop City" demonstration. The ruling held the officers' use of pepper balls and...
The FDA has issued a nationwide warning against using any drug products intended to be sterile that were compounded by North American Custom Laboratories LLC, operating as FarmaKeio Superior Custom Compounding. After an inspection uncovered conditions that could lead to...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce has issued a proposal for a voluntary “Space Commerce Certification” that would create a unified, light‑touch mission‑authorization pathway for novel commercial space activities such as in‑space manufacturing, satellite servicing and lunar...
Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida’s version of the SAVE America Act into law, pro-voting groups moved swiftly to challenge the severe new voting restrictions, asking a federal court to block the state from requiring voters to prove...
5 Observations On The Supreme Court Argument In The Birthright Citizenship Case The Trump v. Barbara oral argument went better for the administration than I expected—but Trump will probably still lose before #SCOTUS. LINK: https://t.co/UryT15dENe https://t.co/PyegLq3Th0
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on March 31 against Exel Inc., operating as DHL Supply Chain, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case centers on Jessica Grier, a temporary worker with sickle‑cell disease who was...
“i think AI is a disaster for them [westlaw and lexis]…AI will compress their value to the value of their database of court cases” 👀 - court cases are free though, the law is free
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Lawyers at the ABA TechShow report zero encounters with deep‑fake evidence, highlighting a gap between technological capability and courtroom experience. Judge Xavier Rodriguez warned that the legal system still operates on a presumption that photos, recordings, and video are authentic,...
"It's not code is law, but it's only the US government is the law." -- @kaiynne on how Circle won't freeze coins https://t.co/TvMSeHiXJj
Germany’s Bundestag approved the Fuel Market Intervention Package within nine days, bypassing consultations and impact assessments. The bill amends Section 32f of the Act Against Restraints of Competition, eliminating the conduct‑nexus filter and extending the Federal Cartel Office’s remedial powers to...
April 1, 2026 marked the original deadline for the CFPB’s Section 1033 open‑banking mandate, but a federal injunction froze enforcement, leaving the rule in legal limbo. Major banks have nevertheless accelerated API partnerships with aggregators such as Plaid to meet consumer demand and...
The Louisiana Fatherhood Task Force announced a bipartisan set of recommendations to create new parenting resources, revise child‑custody statutes and introduce paid family medical leave. The initiative, unveiled in Greater New Orleans, seeks to address barriers that limit fathers' participation...
A federal magistrate judge dismissed the wrongful‑termination lawsuit filed by Attaullah Baig, WhatsApp’s former head of security, citing insufficient evidence of retaliation. Baig alleged that Meta allowed thousands of employees to access sensitive user data and ignored his proposals to...
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is being sued in federal court for allegedly terminating a Haitian line cook after a biased internal investigation. The employee, Mercius Delice, who worked nearly eight years without disciplinary issues, was accused of sexual misconduct...
The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) entered combat during Operation Epic Fury, marking its first operational use. A New York Times report linked the missile to a strike in Lamerd, Iran that hit a sports hall and an elementary...
More than 60 civil‑society groups, led by the Consumer Federation of America, have written to Congress demanding a halt to Meta’s plan to embed facial‑recognition software, called “Name Tag,” in its Ray‑Ban smart glasses. The groups cite a Swedish investigation...
Maine business leaders and trade groups are intensifying opposition to LD 1822, a data‑privacy bill that could curb targeted online advertising and biometric data collection. More than 200 owners signed a letter warning the measure would put the state at...
A federal judge in Missouri allowed Leslie Sutton’s defamation and public disclosure claims to proceed against John Doe, who accused her of sexual abuse after she posted bondage photos of him online. Doe alleges the images were shared without his...
On March 30, 2026, the EEOC filed a federal lawsuit against Ascend Wellness Holdings, alleging that female employees at its Collinsville, Illinois dispensary endured a sexually hostile work environment and that one employee was constructively discharged. The complaint centers on...
The Federal Aviation Administration announced civil penalties totaling nearly $430,000 against three shippers for violating hazardous‑material rules on air cargo. Verizon faces a $70,500 fine for shipping lithium‑ion batteries to FedEx without proper classification, packaging, labeling, or emergency‑response data. World...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened a consultation on draft guidance for automated decision‑making (ADM) in recruitment, urging 16 firms to act on its recommendations. The move follows a year of engagement with over 30 employers and aims...
A federal court dismissed all of Aneesa Johnson’s discrimination claims against Georgetown University, upholding the school’s decision to fire her based on its at‑will probationary policy. Johnson, an African‑American Muslim assistant director, was terminated after old anti‑Zionist tweets surfaced on...
The EU Pay Transparency Directive mandates gender‑neutral job evaluation to ensure equal pay for work of equal value. In response, the European Institute for Gender Equality released a voluntary EU Toolkit on March 26, 2026, offering nine modular tools that...
Toll Northeast Building, a homebuilder, sued Paul Camarda and his entities on March 30, 2026 in the Southern District of New York, alleging they blocked the second closing of a two‑parcel residential land deal in Putnam County. The first parcel closed in...
Maryland’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has drafted an amendment to Rule 2‑504.3, the state’s computer‑generated evidence rule, to expressly cover generative AI exhibits. The proposal mandates prior notice, full disclosure of training data and methodology, a pre‑trial...
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a workers’ compensation penalty against Whirlpool for failing to install required guard railings at a conveyor‑belt crossing, deeming the task of crossing the belt as effectively required. The court interpreted Ohio Administrative Code 4123:1‑5‑05(C)(3) to...
First American Title Insurance and its mortgage arm have moved to freeze more than $1.6 million in the bank accounts of Novad Management Consulting, alleging the reverse‑mortgage servicer concealed a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ban and a HUD settlement. Novad stopped...
Aaron Szabo, an EPA assistant administrator who drafted industry arguments against methane controls in 2022, is now overseeing a revision of the Biden administration’s methane rules. Internal EPA documents show he is delaying compliance deadlines and seeking language favored by...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a detailed Q&A to clarify how data contributors should onboard to the EU’s Consolidated Tapes (CTs) for bonds and equities ahead of the system’s go‑live. It reminds trading venues and Authorized...
An Ohio appeals court upheld the dismissal of an employer intentional tort claim stemming from a workplace shooting that injured seven employees. Plaintiff Nicholas Harris alleged Tri‑Tech Laboratories allowed an intoxicated, armed coworker on site, but the court said his...
Former JPMorgan Private Bank executive director Joshua Biering filed a federal petition after a FINRA panel concluded the firm deliberately impeded his move to a competitor but awarded him zero damages. Biering, who managed roughly $1 billion in client assets and...
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) operates a two‑tier system: a Court of First Instance split into local, regional and central divisions, and a Court of Appeal seated in Luxembourg. The central division is anchored in Paris with additional seats in...
The author’s year‑long investigation reveals a structural flaw in England and Wales’ Single Justice Procedure (SJP). Digital case‑management platforms assign administrative labels to magistrates’ courts without a legally defined, traceable tribunal identity. This creates a gap between statutory authority and...
A Delaware Court of Chancery judge denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, allowing a lawsuit by the YWCA of Rochester to proceed against the Hatteras fund complex. The case centers on a 2021 transaction that swapped a $305 million diversified portfolio...
