Today's Legal Pulse
Biden sues DOJ to block release of interview audio
President Biden filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Department of Justice from publishing an audio interview, arguing the release would be improper. The action has sparked political commentary, including remarks from former President Trump.
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By the numbers: Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader clear final merger hurdles
Can Federal Courts Exercise Powers Assigned to the Delaware Chancery Court?
The article examines whether U.S. federal courts sitting in diversity can exercise director‑removal powers typically reserved for state courts, citing the Van Steenwyk decision. The court affirmed that federal equity jurisdiction is bounded by historic principles and cannot be expanded by state statutes such as California’s §304. While the opinion acknowledges that injunctions remain within federal equitable authority, it stops short of granting removal powers. The piece then asks how Delaware law would address the same issue, highlighting the broader tension between federal and state corporate remedies.
$382k Race Discrimination Ruling a "Good Example" For Employers
A recent general protections claim resulted in a $382,000 award for race discrimination, illustrating that courts interpret race discrimination statutes broadly. Lily Schafer‑Gardiner of HWLE Lawyers explained that, unlike other protected classes, plaintiffs need only show a connection between unfair...
DOJ Moves to Dismiss Federal Charges Against Two Louisville Officers in Breonna Taylor Case
The Justice Department filed a motion to permanently dismiss federal charges against former Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany, accused of falsifying the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor's 2020 death. The request, framed as an “interest...
Short: Grand Theft Grammarly W/ Julia Angwin & Peter Romer-Friedman
In this episode of Computer Says, journalist Julia Angwin and her attorney Peter Romer‑Friedman discuss Grammarly’s controversial "Expert Review" feature, which used AI to mimic the editing style of real experts—including Angwin—without their consent. Angwin explains how she discovered the...
Fighting Fake Imports? Health Foods Exported to China Still Need Local Authority Recommendation
China’s General Administration of Customs released the final “Catalogue of Foods that Require Official Recommendation Registration Letters” under Decree No. 280, which takes effect on June 1, 2026, replacing the 2021 Decree No. 248. The updated catalogue trims the list to 17 food categories...
Legal Action Against AFL Grows with 10 More Clubs Named as Defendants
A new writ filed in Victoria’s Supreme Court expands the AFL concussion class action to include the league and ten additional clubs, adding eight former players as plaintiffs. The lawsuit, led by former Geelong star Max Rooke and Margalit Injury...
Possession Court Delays Increase Financial Strain on Landlords and Letting Agents
New analysis by Legal for Lettings shows possession court delays are costing landlords heavily. In London, average losses per case have risen to about $34,000, with wait times up to twelve months. Six surrounding courts in the South East report...
FCC Clears $6.2 B Nexstar‑Tegna Merger Amid Fierce Political Opposition
The Federal Communications Commission gave the green light to Nexstar's $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna, forming a broadcast empire that reaches 80% of U.S. TV households. The approval triggered sharp criticism from California Governor Gavin Newsom and a coalition of state...
OpenAI's Erotica Policy Forces LegalTech Firms to Overhaul Moderation and Compliance
OpenAI announced it will permit adult‑oriented erotica on ChatGPT for verified users, igniting a scramble among compliance platforms, legal‑tech providers and the adult‑entertainment industry. The shift raises immediate questions about age‑verification, liability and the need for new moderation safeguards.
Record Number of U.S. States Move to Ban Smartphones in K‑12 Classrooms
A record 32 U.S. states have enacted or proposed legislation to prohibit smartphones in K‑12 classrooms, sparking debate over device‑based instruction, classroom management, and the future of EdTech tools. Lawmakers argue the bans protect students, while educators and tech firms...
Michigan, Romulus Sue DHS to Halt ICE Detention Center at Warehouse
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the city of Romulus have filed a federal lawsuit to block the Department of Homeland Security from converting a 249,000‑square‑foot warehouse near Detroit Metropolitan Airport into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility for...
Ford Lauds Privacy Commissioner’s Unbiased Dedication Despite Opposition
Premier Ford: I have known Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim for over 15 years. I represent organizations often 'against' the regulator. We sometimes disagree, but I have NEVER had ANY reason to question her unbiased dedication to her role. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-doug-ford-privacy-commissioner-foi-laws/
Backing AI Court Rules Despite Their Trendy Appeal
1/ I support this move, even if it’s trendy among courts to promulgate special rules about generative AI.
California Sues Trump Administration to Block Offshore Oil Pipeline Restart
California has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to block a federal order to restart a long‑shut offshore oil pipeline. The state argues the order violates environmental protections and threatens coastal ecosystems, while the administration says the pipeline...
Meta Fined Revenue Equivalent to 16 Hours for Child Exploitation
Meta fined 16 hours of revenue for aiding child exploitation. Yup. Do the numbers, that’s what it equates to. https://t.co/VWP5HfSSWZ
Slovenia Enacts EU’s First Fuel Rationing Amid Hormuz Blockade
Slovenia became the first EU member to impose fuel purchase limits after the Strait of Hormuz blockage triggered long lines and shortages. Private motorists can buy up to 50 liters a day, while companies are capped at 200 liters, with the army...
Wearable Health Trackers Spark Privacy Outcry as Big Data Harvest Grows
Consumer groups and regulators warned that data from millions of smartwatches, period‑tracking apps and smart rings is being sold to advertisers and could be subpoenaed in criminal cases. The scrutiny comes as the U.S. smart‑ring market hits 2.6 million units in...
Spokesperson Downplays $375M Fine,
I’m sure it doesn’t help when their official spokesperson is downplaying a $375 million fine with two more potentially coming covering the other 99%+ of the US. https://t.co/tCFjAgLEAr
Movera Reports Strong Growth and Hiring Drive as Completions Surge
Movera reported a 33% year‑on‑year increase in sale‑and‑purchase completions across ONP Solicitors and Cavendish for 2025, while its ONP remortgage team processed 5,000 cases in a single day on two occasions. The group added more than 150 new staff, pushing...
Ministers Back Down on Controversial 'Baby Fish' Law - and Bicker over Who Can Take Credit
The New Zealand government withdrew a proposal to remove minimum‑size limits for commercial fishers from the Fisheries Amendment Bill after intense backlash. Both NZ First leader Winston Peters and National Party leader Christopher Luxon posted near‑identical statements claiming they persuaded Fisheries Minister Shane Jones...
Thailand Court Holds Gold Mine Operator Liable in Landmark Environmental Class Action
A Thai court ruled that Akara Resources, operator of the Chatree gold mine, is liable for environmental damage and health harms suffered by more than 300 villagers in Phichit and Phetchabun provinces. The judgment marks Thailand’s first environmental class‑action suit,...
Reddit Prods Judge to Move Anthropic Case Back to State Court
Reddit is urging U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson to remand its lawsuit against Anthropic to San Francisco Superior Court, arguing that breach‑of‑contract and unjust‑enrichment claims fall outside federal copyright jurisdiction. Anthropic counters that its data‑scraping practices are protected under copyright law....
Leaseholders Are Being ‘Held Hostage by a Paralysis of Policy’
Leaseholders are being held hostage by a "paralysis of policy," warned Linz Darlington, managing director of Homehold, after the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee reviewed the stalled Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. The 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act...
Ex-Manager Who Failed to Refer Work to Law Firm Has to Repay Debt Instead
The High Court upheld a £204,000 (≈ $260,000) debt owed by former tax manager Andrew Lynch after he failed to refer criminal‑fraud and money‑laundering work to his ex‑law firm Bark & Co. The 2017 Tomlin order required such referrals to offset over‑payments, but the...
U.S. Treasury Takes Control of Federal Student Loan Portfolio From Education Department
The U.S. Treasury Department has assumed responsibility for the federal student loan portfolio previously managed by the Education Department, signaling a sweeping policy change. The move, announced on March 24, 2026, could reshape financing for higher‑education and workforce‑training programs and...
No Strike-Off for Solicitor’s “Spontaneous Dishonesty”
A senior solicitor, Victoria Mary Burdett, signed a deed as a witness despite not being present, a breach of deed execution rules. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) classified her act as "spontaneous and momentary" dishonesty and imposed a six‑month suspension...
Tonight in Your Rights: Twin Cities Counteroffensive
State and local prosecutors in Minnesota filed a renewed lawsuit against the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security, demanding evidence related to the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and the leg‑shot of Julio Sosa‑Celis. The complaint alleges...
China's NFRA Vice Minister Zhou Liang Under Investigation, Signaling Tougher Financial Oversight
Zhou Liang, vice minister of China's National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), was placed under investigation on March 24 for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. The probe, launched by the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the...
Half of Clients Think AI Can Replace Solicitors
Half of UK law‑firm clients believe AI could replace a solicitor for routine matters, with 36 % confident AI can handle such tasks and another 14 % thinking it could manage most issues. Yet 46 % maintain that a qualified solicitor must always...
Automation in Personal Injury Claims: The Evolving Legal Risks
Automation is now entrenched in personal injury law firms, with software reading medical reports to manage high caseloads. The 2021 whiplash tariff reforms shifted evidential weight to medical evidence, assuming static report formats. In 2025, over 60,000 reports were auto‑assessed,...
Australia's Extension of Time Provisions for Patents Have Their Limits (and May Soon Have More)
Australia’s extension of time (EOT) provisions for patents are praised for flexibility, but a recent Australian Patent Office (APO) decision underscores that applicants must demonstrate a genuine error or omission, not a deliberate choice, to qualify. The case of MossHydro AS...
Missouri Supreme Court Gives Lawmakers Unlimited Redistricting Power
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled 4‑3 that the state constitution does not restrict the General Assembly from redrawing congressional districts at any time, upholding a 2025 law that replaces the 2022 map with a GOP‑favored configuration ahead of the 2026...
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Anti-Corruption Directorate Arrests 12 Police Officers over R360m ‘Cat' Matlala Contract
South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority’s Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) arrested 12 police officers for their role in a R360‑million (≈ $19 million) health‑services contract awarded to Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s company Medicare 24. The contract, covering wellness screenings and injury‑on‑duty assessments for the...
Fired US Immigration Judges Appeal to Federal Court Following Administrative Board Denial
Two immigration judges, Megan Jackler and Brandon Jaroch, were terminated by the Justice Department in February 2025 and appealed their dismissals to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). The MSPB ruled that the judges are "inferior officers" whose appointments and...
5 Key Takeaways | Big Easy Brawl: A ‘Friendly’ Debate on Hot Issues in State Income Taxation
The ABA‑IPT seminar highlighted how state income‑tax rules are increasingly activity‑based, meaning even modest business actions can create nexus and trigger liability. Courts are focusing on where the economic benefit occurs, not where a company is headquartered, reshaping sourcing rules...
Proposed FTC, CVS Agreement Underway To Settle Inflated Insulin Costs Allegations
The Federal Trade Commission and CVS Caremark have reached a settlement that resolves all claims alleging the pharmacy‑benefit manager inflated insulin prices through anticompetitive rebate practices. Court filings on March 23 indicate the agreement ends the FTC’s lawsuit in its...
Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific Fined Following Salmonella Outbreak
A Gosford court ordered Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific to pay over $53,000 AUD (≈$35,000 USD) in fines after a Salmonella outbreak linked to a December 2022 conference. Forty of the 76 affected guests were confirmed with Salmonella, and 33 required hospital...
Crackdown Targets Use of Thai Proxies
Thailand will tighten controls on nominee shareholders starting April 1, requiring managing partners or authorized directors to certify that all shareholders have genuinely invested their own funds. The new Order 1/2026 expands registration rules, forwarding high‑risk individuals to the Central Investigation Bureau...
An Open Training Set For AI Goes Global
The French startup Pleias has expanded its Common Corpus, an open‑source multilingual training dataset, to over 2.267 trillion tokens. The collection now covers more than 30 languages, with eight languages exceeding 10 billion tokens each, and includes government, scientific, cultural, web, and...
Amid Chaos at SF Immigration Court, Judges Give 800 Deportation Orders in 1 Week
San Francisco immigration judges ordered more than 800 individuals for removal in absentia during a single week, a dramatic spike compared with the usual five to ten missed appointments. The court's staff has been slashed from 21 judges at the...
Minnesota Moves to Regulate E‑Motos, Not E‑Bikes
E-moto "bikes" may be regulated in Minnesota soon. A new bill defines what an e-moto is and then requires licensing and insurance; sets an age limit of 15 and above; restricts where they can operate; requires a driver's license; and...
Jurors to Judge Meta, YouTube Liability for Addiction
Doesn't anyone take responsibility for their own actions anymore? After a month of testimony, 12 jurors will decide whether Meta and Google-owned YouTube should be held liable for a young woman’s #SocialMedia addiction. (KTLA 5) https://t.co/nxWcgbgjn9
This Law School’s Grads Love The Biglaw Life
The article poses a quiz based on the 2025 ALM Go‑To Law Schools ranking, revealing that a top‑tier law school sent 71.85% of its 2024 graduates into Biglaw firms. The statistic underscores the school’s exceptional employment pipeline and highlights the...
SB 79 Coverage Clarified: New HCD Memo Details
A new HCD advisory memo clarifies various aspect of SB 79's coverage. In a new blog post, we explain some of the key details. The law takes effect on July 1. https://t.co/72OC7L9k4K
Was Your Labubu Made With Forced Labor?
Pop Mart’s Labubu plush, a viral collectible, has driven sales past $4 billion in 2025, but a China Labor Watch investigation uncovered forced‑labor indicators at Shunjia Toys, the sole factory producing the doll. Workers reported excessive overtime—up to 145 hours a month—extremely...
Lawfare Live: A Hearing on Anthropic's Preliminary Injunction Motion
Lawfare Live hosted a live hearing on Anthropic's motion for a preliminary injunction, but technical difficulties forced the Substack stream to end early. The session was promptly moved to YouTube, where viewers could continue watching the proceedings. Anthropic is seeking...
Thousands of Licensed Workers in Texas Could Be Out of Jobs After New Rule Change
Texas regulators voted unanimously to bar undocumented immigrants from obtaining or renewing occupational licenses, a rule change that takes effect on May 1. The policy overturns a 2001 provision that allowed licenses without Social Security numbers, affecting roughly 18,000 existing licenses—about...
UFC-Backed Boxing Bill Passes House With Bipartisan Support
The U.S. House approved the Muhammad Ali Boxing Revival Act by voice vote, marking the first boxing‑related legislation to clear the chamber in 26 years. The bipartisan bill creates unified boxing organizations, introduces higher minimum fighter pay, and strengthens health‑safety...
Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that the proposed SAVE America Act could disenfranchise more than 20 million Americans. Republicans counter that the voter registration and ID legislation would not prevent legitimate voters from casting ballots. Election experts note the bill...
NY Times Moves to Block Court‑Busting Interim Policy
The N.Y. Times filed a motion to compel compliance with Judge Friedman's court order, seeking to strike down a new interim policy announced yesterday: "The intent is obvious: The Interim Policy is an attempted end-run around this Court’s ruling." https://t.co/PrGj4NDOIB https://t.co/EpcMrmhFR7