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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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California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation agreed to a $1.9 million settlement with 13 women injured during a mass use‑of‑force incident at the Central California Women’s Facility in August 2024. The plaintiffs reported seizures, respiratory distress and lasting vision problems after officers employed batons, physical force and chemical agents. More than 41 staff members faced discipline, from transfers to termination, though the agency did not admit wrongdoing or promise policy changes. A separate class‑action suit remains pending, and the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil‑rights investigation into staff misconduct at California women’s prisons.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by BASE Access that sought to overturn the National Park Service’s long‑standing ban on BASE jumping in national parks. The court ruled the plaintiffs lacked legal standing and noted that even if the...
Marshall Scholar Ben Fischer, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh, declined to sign an open letter urging a global moratorium on privacy‑preserving age‑assurance technology. While he agrees with many concerns in the letter, Fischer remains optimistic that a blend...
The Alberta Court of Appeal in Iyer v. Nazir warned that the plaintiffs relied on AI‑generated, non‑existent case citations, underscoring the need for diligent verification. Although the court imposed no additional cost penalties, it rejected the plaintiffs' appeal for a...
Accounting-related securities class actions dropped 40% in 2025, reaching a 20‑year low of 34 filings, while settlement values surged 40% to roughly $1.5 billion. The median settlement climbed 38% to $17.1 million, the highest since 2022, and cases now average 4.1 years to...
On March 27 2026 the European Union published a corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2025/1355, the ECB’s framework governing systemically important payment systems. The amendment corrects a typographical error in recital 2, leaving the substantive oversight requirements unchanged. The original regulation, effective July 2025, sets governance,...
On 27 March 2026 the EU Official Journal published Commission Implementing Regulation 2026/722, which amends the technical standards set out in Implementing Regulation 2024/3172. The amendment refines the European Banking Authority’s Single Access Point (EBA‑SAP) requirements for disclosures by credit institutions that are not...
On 27 March 2026, the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Information Commissioner’s Office issued a joint statement outlining regulatory expectations for firms handling vulnerability‑related data. The guidance ties the FCA’s Consumer Duty to the ICO’s data‑protection standards, covering support...
Senate and House Democrats sent a letter to DNI Tulsi Gabbard asking whether using virtual private networks could strip Americans of their heightened FISA protections. They argue VPNs obscure a user’s true location, potentially reclassifying U.S. persons as foreign targets...
Proud of this little graphic I made for this week’s ICYMI newsletter: Is Social Media About to Get Slapped with a Warning Label? And what does that mean for all of us in the ecosystem (creators, marketers and platforms)?! https://liahaberman.substack.com/p/icymi-is-social-media-about-to-get
FBT Gibbons announced the addition of two partners, Martina Hinojosa and Kevin O'Donnell Stanek, to its public finance practice in Houston and Columbus. Hinojosa, formerly of Bracewell, specializes in municipal bond issuances, public‑private partnerships and tax compliance. Stanek joins from...
LATEST: 🇺🇸 Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott says the stablecoin yield debate is complex, with banks and crypto firms like Coinbase still at the table negotiating https://t.co/guK3dR2LRR
Grant Cleveland, CTO of Cleveland & Co, says AI is deepening client‑firm partnerships by creating shared intelligence across platforms. The firm recently earned the Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Award for Most Innovative Law Firm/Client Tech Collaboration, underscoring its pioneering...
Troutman Pepper Locke’s chief knowledge management and innovation officer, William Gaus, says artificial intelligence will speed the shift toward self‑service intelligence tools in legal departments. The firm recently earned the Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Award for Innovations in Knowledge...
At the Kalshi conference this morning. COO Luana Lopes Lara just noted that 10-15 percent of the company’s team is devoted to market intregrity, preventing insider trading etc https://t.co/kvA31jTP0B
Netflix Loses First Round in Battle Against EU Rules Requiring Streamers to Fund Local Productions https://t.co/ffkOZXRk6t via @variety
Nigeria’s fintech surge is now being credited to a deliberate regulatory foundation built by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The 2011 launch of the NIBSS Instant Payments platform cut interbank transfer times from days to seconds, generating real‑time data that...
Stamp, a London‑based startup launched in November 2024, is creating an ethical certification system that puts creators in control of their credibility. Co‑founder Lucy Magri‑Overend explains the platform evaluates creators on three pillars—regulatory compliance, audience care, and personal values—through a self‑reflection...
A BioSpace webinar highlighted how biotech firms can close the expectation gap with the FDA to avoid last‑minute decision‑day setbacks. Speakers emphasized the FDA’s recent pledge—led by Commissioner Marty Makary and CBER Director Vinay Prasad—to provide regulatory navigation for small companies,...
Couple interesting meetings for FDA Commissioner Makary: met with Arnold Ventures on Mar. 3 about "collaboration opportunities" https://t.co/vEyhDu5xaW and with $MNPR on "establishing a regulatory mechanism" on Mar. 13 https://t.co/DHaD6IlvCS
A Los Angeles jury held Meta Platforms and Google-owned YouTube liable for designing addictive features that harmed a teenage user, ordering $3 million in compensatory damages—$2.1 million from Meta and $900,000 from YouTube. The verdict, the first of its kind, could reshape...
The Florida 6th District Court of Appeals struck down a 62‑year‑old procedural rule that forced parties to hire expert witnesses for attorney‑fee awards. The decision, described as a “sea change,” could slash defense costs for insurers and streamline fee‑shifting disputes...
The European Parliament voted 311‑against extending an interim e‑Privacy derogation that lets online platforms voluntarily detect, remove and report child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The measure will lapse on 3 April 2026, stripping services of a legal basis to scan for both...
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed a preliminary injunction that bars a private citizen from publishing personal information he obtained from discarded City of Scranton personnel files. The boxes, marked "Shred 2033," were left at the curb, photographed, and partially disclosed...
Senators Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez unveiled the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, seeking to halt new AI‑focused data‑center projects until federal standards on climate impact, worker safety and consumer protection are established. The move spotlights rising electricity...
Louisiana lawmakers have introduced three bills aimed at modernizing the state’s captive insurance framework, with a particular focus on entities that underwrite commercial trucking risks. House Bills 936 and 904 would tighten capital requirements, impose stricter governance standards, and broaden...
New capital commitments in U.S. litigation finance jumped about 23% in 2025, ending a two‑year contraction. The increase stemmed mainly from existing funders deploying more capital rather than fresh investor inflows, with only one new firm entering the market. Portfolio...
State and local governments must bring their public‑facing digital properties into compliance with the Department of Justice’s WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards by April 24, 2026 if they serve 50,000 or more residents, with a later deadline of April 26, 2027 for smaller entities. The mandate,...
Justice Felix Frankfurter’s 1952 remarks in the steel seizure case warned that executive power must be checked by a disciplined judiciary. He argued that courts should limit themselves to narrow, concrete disputes and avoid broad constitutional pronouncements unless no lesser...
Gerard Ryan, a Mississippi resident, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to insider trading using confidential drug‑approval information obtained from a family member employed at a pharmaceutical firm. The scheme involved Ryan and an associate executing thousands of illegal trades...
April 2026 brings a packed slate of FCC deadlines for U.S. broadcasters, including April 1 EEO public‑file reports for stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, and the start of Mid‑Term EEO reviews for larger units in Delaware, Pennsylvania...
A federal judge in Northern California denied Meta's bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company helped create fraudulent pump‑and‑dump ads for a Chinese penny stock. Plaintiffs claim Meta's AI‑driven tools—Flexible Format, Dynamic Creative, and Advantage+ Creative—generated and optimized deceptive...
The FTC has sued Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, alleging Robinson‑Patman violations based on 17 million paired price transactions. Southern Glazer’s counters that the agency cannot point to a single unlawful sale or a retailer harmed by price discrimination. The FTC’s...
On 26 March the UK government announced sanctions against Xinbi, the region’s largest illicit cryptocurrency marketplace that moved roughly $19.7 billion in fraudulent funds. Xinbi, based in China, is tied to the #8 Park scam compound in Cambodia, which houses up to 20,000...
Utah enacted a law banning police and other officials from requiring polygraph tests of sexual assault victims, signed by Gov. Spencer Cox and effective in May. The measure ends a practice that allowed investigators to request lie detector tests, which...
Law firms rely heavily on email for client instructions, draft circulation, and negotiation, creating a hidden productivity bottleneck. Emerging AI tools now scan inboxes, automatically classify messages, extract action items, and summarize long threads. These capabilities link directly to document...
Should Fraudsters get time off because they did not commit a crime before or were never caught previously?
The Merit Systems Protection Board issued a ruling that allows the Trump administration to dismiss non‑partisan administrative judges without cause or prior warning. The decision argues that civil‑service protections impede the president’s Article II authority to oversee agencies that shape policy....
The Constitution Amendment (No. 3) Bill introduces BETTER SYSTEMS.. These are systems that will outlive all of us, do not personalise this Amendment. No matter who you are, these systems will be for you too… https://t.co/J7ZaDgqXAd Throughout his Presidency, President @edmnangagwa...
The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that directors and senior officers who ignore credible sexual‑misconduct reports can face breach‑of‑fiduciary‑duty claims. The decision applied the Caremark oversight framework, finding that both systemic inaction and superficial responses constitute bad‑faith conduct. It also...
A federal judge in Atlanta will hold an evidentiary hearing on March 27 to decide whether the FBI’s January 28, 2026 seizure of 656 Fulton County ballot boxes violated Georgia’s sovereign and constitutional rights. The hearing, presided over by Trump‑appointed...
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Non‑bank financial institutions (NBFIs) are increasingly subject to stringent anti‑money‑laundering (AML) requirements, compelling them to adopt comprehensive risk assessments, robust customer‑due‑diligence (CDD) processes, and continuous transaction monitoring. Regulatory frameworks such as the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA PATRIOT Act...
In this episode, Neil Freiman and Toby Howell discuss the congressional push to ban prediction markets, highlighting three new bills targeting contracts on elections, sports, and government actions, and the industry’s defense that these platforms are merely event‑based swaps. They...
Republicans in the House are advancing the SAVE America Act, a proof‑of‑citizenship bill that would require a passport, birth certificate, or naturalization papers to register or re‑register to vote. The legislation effectively reinstates a poll tax, with document costs ranging...
Legal marketers who choose curiosity move from execution to strategy, becoming indispensable advisors. By asking deeper questions and immersing themselves in lawyers' work, they gain insights that shape firm positioning and client acquisition. Curiosity enhances four core competencies—relationship building, service‑delivery...
The Canadian government will amend the Income Tax Act to lengthen the tax deferral window for livestock producers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba who received compensation after bovine‑tuberculosis‑related herd destructions in 2024 and 2025. The new schedule allows deferral of...
The European Union is revamping its customs code to tighten control over the flood of low‑cost fashion parcels entering the bloc. Under the new rules, online marketplaces such as Shein, Temu and AliExpress will be liable for customs duties, product...
Advocate General Emiliou urged the CJEU to interpret Article 17 of the EU DSM Directive as covering not only the communication right but also the reproduction right of online content‑sharing service providers (OCSSPs). He argued that storing user‑uploaded content creates a...
U.S. ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder warned that heavy fines and strict rules could push American tech firms out of Europe, jeopardizing the continent’s participation in the AI economy. He cited recent EU penalties—including a €200 million ($230 million) fine on...
