Today's Legal Pulse
UK pushes commonhold reform to boost housing supply
The Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill proposes abolishing leasehold and mandating new homes be sold as commonhold, tying the change to a target of delivering 1.5 million homes annually—the highest since 1968. The model remains untested, with fewer than 25 developments and unresolved issues around dispute resolution.
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By the numbers: Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader clear final merger hurdles
Three Hospital Systems Sue CVS Over Alleged $250 Million 340B Savings Misuse
Mount Sinai, University of Michigan Health and the University of Kansas Hospital Authority have filed lawsuits accusing CVS Health of diverting roughly $250 million in 340B drug‑pricing savings. The complaints claim CVS kept the spread as profit, prompting demands for damages and a court‑ordered audit of its pharmacy‑benefit operations.
Law Squared Appoints Erica Zhong to Lead Cubed Contract Automation Platform
Law Squared has hired Erica Zhong, a legal‑tech veteran, to run its Cubed contract‑automation platform. The move comes as in‑house legal departments scramble to adopt AI while grappling with data‑governance challenges. Zhong’s blend of corporate law, consulting and tech experience...
South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Murdaugh Murder Convictions, Ordering New Trial
The South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously reversed Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 murder convictions on May 13, finding that former clerk Rebecca Hill improperly influenced jurors. The decision mandates a new trial, reviving scrutiny of the once‑powerful legal dynasty and its tangled...
Poster Designer Sues Shopify in Australia over Ghost Stores He Alleges Copied His Work 3,929 Times
New Zealand‑based poster designer Ryan Billington has filed copyright infringement proceedings in an Australian federal court against Shopify and two alleged ghost‑store operators, clutchposters.com and audibleposters.com. He claims the sites copied his designs 3,929 times and lodged 45 takedown notices...
EnTrustAI Unveils Enterprise AI Governance Platform for Legal Firms
enTrustAI has launched an enterprise AI governance platform that lets law firms and other regulated entities continuously monitor AI behavior for safety, compliance and bias. The tool embeds human judgment into AI oversight, aiming to meet mounting board‑level risk expectations.
Todd Blanche’s Testimony Ignites Fight Over $1.8 B DOJ “Anti‑Weaponization” Fund
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before the House Judiciary Committee about a nearly $1.8 billion “Anti‑Weaponization” fund created in a settlement of former President Donald Trump’s tax‑record lawsuit. Lawmakers and senior Republicans blasted the fund as a slush‑pot for political...
"Vindictive": Obama-Appointed Judge Dismisses Tennessee Smuggling Charges Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw dismissed federal human‑smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling the prosecution vindictive. The case stemmed from a December 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee where Garcia was accused of transporting eight passengers, but the judge...
New Zealand FSP Progress: Futurionex Continues to Strengthen Platform Standardization and Transparency
Futurionex is advancing its New Zealand Financial Services Provider (FSP) compliance by tightening account access, identity verification, and permission controls. The platform now publishes clearer trading rules, product descriptions, and operational limits to cut information asymmetry. It also places risk warnings...
Kotick Says $250M Activision Lawsuit Was a Backdoor for Embracer’s U.S. Push
Activision Blizzard shareholders settled a $250 million class‑action claim tied to Microsoft’s $75.4 billion takeover. Former CEO Bobby Kotick argued the lawsuit was filed to help Sweden’s Embracer Group gain a foothold in California, a charge both Embracer and the plaintiffs denied....
Judge Dismisses Michael Wolff’s $1 B Defamation Suit Against Melania Trump
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismissed author Michael Wolff's $1 billion defamation lawsuit against First Lady Melania Trump, labeling his filing an "inappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship" and ordering the case to proceed like any other. The decision underscores limits...
Commvault Faces $1.7B Market Cap Wipeout After Securities Class Action Over SaaS ARR Claims
Commvault Systems (NASDAQ: CVLT) is confronting a securities class‑action lawsuit after its shares tumbled 31% on Jan. 27, 2026, following Q3 results that showed SaaS ARR growth slowing to 40% year‑over‑year. Plaintiffs allege the company hid a shift to lower‑priced, heavily...
OFAC Sanctions Six Ethereum Addresses Linked to Sinaloa Cartel Money‑Laundering Scheme
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added six Ethereum addresses to its Specially Designated Nationals list, accusing them of moving fentanyl proceeds for the Sinaloa Cartel. The move spotlights how criminal drug networks are exploiting blockchain and raises...
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Globant S.A. Investors to Act: Class Action Filed Alleging Investor Harm
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman filed a securities‑fraud class action against Globant S.A., alleging the company misled investors about its Latin American expansion. The complaint covers anyone who bought Globant shares between February 15 2024 and August 14 2025. It claims false statements about demand,...
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Vital Farms, Inc. Investors to Act: Class Action Filed Alleging Investor Harm
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman filed a securities‑fraud class action against Vital Farms Inc. (NASDAQ: VITL), alleging the company misled investors about delays in its new ERP system and missed its full‑year 2025 earnings guidance. The complaint covers anyone who bought...
Kalshi and Rhode Island Sue Each Other in Latest Challenge to Prediction Markets
Rhode Island’s attorney general sued prediction‑market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, alleging they bypass state‑only sports‑betting rules. In response, Kalshi filed a counter‑suit asserting that its event contracts fall under federal oversight by the CFTC, not state law. The state is...
Orion Legal MSO Partners with Hughes & Coleman to Expand Managed Services Platform
Orion Legal MSO has entered a strategic partnership with Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, providing the firm with a full suite of operational support services. The deal highlights the growing reliance on managed service organizations to streamline the business side...
Jamaican Judge Delays Larceny Trial Over Missing Wallet, Citing Evidentiary Gaps
In Montego Bay, a St. James Parish Court judge set a new case‑management date for a simple larceny charge after defense lawyer Michael Hemmings argued the Crown cannot meet the burden of proof. The dispute centers on a missing $100...
SEC Chair Paul Atkins Unveils IPO Reform Plan to Cut Costs for Small Firms
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins announced a package of rule changes designed to streamline IPO filing categories, expand scaled disclosure and lower compliance costs for small and mid‑size issuers. The May 2026 proposals aim to reverse a decade‑long decline in public...
Kenjiro Tsuda Sues TikTok over AI Videos Allegedly Stealing His Voice
Kenjiro Tsuda, a famed Japanese voice actor, has filed a lawsuit against TikTok’s parent company alleging unauthorized AI replication of his distinctive vocal timbre. The claim centers on an anonymous account that posted at least 188 videos between July 2024 and...
Do You Own an Android Phone? Claim a Part of Google's $135M Data Harvesting Settlement Soon
Google has agreed to a $135 million settlement over allegations that its Android operating system secretly harvested cellular data from users without consent. The class‑action, Joseph Taylor v. Google, claims the practice began in 2017 and amounted to conversion, a rare legal claim for...
Supreme Court Poised to Decide if Geofence Warrants Can Unlock AI Chats and Cloud Data
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to issue a decision in Chatrie v. United States, a case that could allow law‑enforcement to use geofence warrants to sweep millions of AI chat histories, keyword searches and cloud‑stored content. The ruling, expected...
Opposing Lawyer Moves Roundup Settlement to Federal Court, Delaying $7.25 B Deal
Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion settlement of Roundup cancer claims faces a procedural setback after opposing counsel filed to move the case to federal court. The move could disrupt a June 4 opt‑out deadline and stall a July 9 hearing, while the...
How a Trial Attorney Challenges Corporate Defense Strategies
In Georgia injury cases, corporations often launch rapid internal investigations and deploy defense counsel before plaintiffs finish treatment, shaping evidence and liability narratives. Trial attorneys like David Van Sant counter this by issuing early preservation notices, scrutinizing internal records, and...
Genesis Ransomware Claims US Law Firm Victim as FBI Warns of Surge in Microsoft 365 Phishing
The Genesis ransomware gang announced a breach of an unnamed US law firm, and the FBI issued a fresh alert about the Kali365 phishing toolkit that can bypass Microsoft 365 multi‑factor authentication. Both developments underscore escalating cyber threats to legal...
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman Unveils AI‑Driven Litigation Subscription Service
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman (FRB) launched a value‑based subscription model for business litigation, pairing flat‑fee pricing with a private AI workspace for clients. The pilot, based in Newark, aims to replace six‑minute billing increments with predictable monthly rates, targeting small...
Texas AG Sues Discord Over Child Safety Failures, Citing Misleading Claims
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on May 22, 2026, alleging that Discord, Inc. fails to protect underage users and misleads parents about its safety measures. The complaint targets the platform's design, moderation practices, and public representations, marking...
Cravath Publishes Q1 2026 Review Highlighting M&A, Activism and Governance Trends for Private‑Equity
On May 22, 2026 Cravath released its Q1 2026 Quarterly Review, a legal‑industry analysis that outlines emerging patterns in mergers and acquisitions, activist campaigns, restructuring and corporate‑governance. The report is positioned as a key reference for private‑equity firms planning transactions and navigating regulatory...
D.C. Circuit Review – Reviewed: AI in War, Historic Tribal Site, Sexual Harassment Defamation
The D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in Anthropic PBC’s challenge to the Department of War’s use of the Supply Chain Security Act to halt the AI firm’s products after it refused to remove lethal‑autonomy and surveillance restrictions. Judges probed whether the...
Protecting Purchased Goodwill: Sale-of-Business Restrictive Covenants Under National Scrutiny
Recent court rulings in Delaware and California sharpen the standards for sale‑of‑business restrictive covenants. In Delaware, the Arxada case upheld a five‑year noncompete tied to a $450 million goodwill purchase, while BluSky rejected a worldwide restriction for a regional acquisition. California’s...
Live Nation Operates in ‘Climate of Fear,’ Finds U.K. Trade Committee, Urges ‘Full Market Investigation’
The UK House of Commons Business and Trade Committee has called on the Competition and Markets Authority to launch a full market investigation into Live Nation’s dominance of the live‑music sector. The committee’s report, based on evidence from industry participants,...
Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's Defamation Litigation Threat
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismissed Michael Wolff's declaratory‑judgment suit that sought to pre‑empt a potential defamation action by Melania Trump. The court characterized the filing as abusive forum‑shopping and refused to address the merits of Wolff's alleged statements...
Founders Lose 22% Equity Due to Multiple SAFE Caps
A founder raised 3 SAFEs at different valuation caps. $4M cap. $6M cap. $10M cap. When they got to Series A, they expected to own about 60% of their company. The actual number? 38%. They'd given away 22% more of their company than they...
Mitchell Worsoff Built His Career Inside the Courtroom
Mitchell Worsoff, a former Toronto provincial prosecutor, has spent nearly three decades mastering Ontario criminal courts before founding Worsoff Law Firm. His dual perspective as both prosecutor and defence lawyer informs a meticulous, preparation‑first approach that has earned him a...
Integrate AI Into Courts to Expand Access to Justice
“instead of fighting a losing battle against the symptoms of AI adoption by litigants, the legal system should integrate AI tools to enhance and scale up the legal process itself… we can ensure that we reap the fruits of greater...
Google Sued for Downgrading Single Dad’s Rating After Baby‑bonding Leave
A former Google engineer claims the company reduced his performance rating after he returned from paid baby‑bonding leave, filing a lawsuit that alleges sex‑based discrimination against fathers. The case spotlights how tech firms handle parental leave for dads under California’s...
Federal Judge Orders MRED to Restore Zillow and Trulia IDX Feeds
U.S. District Judge John Tharp Jr. granted Zillow’s preliminary injunction, compelling Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) to restore IDX and VOW feeds to Zillow and Trulia. The order reinstates roughly 43,000 Chicago-area listings—about 99.98% of MRED’s inventory—after the MLS had...
Anthropic Launches Claude for Legal to Embed AI in Law Firm Workflows
Anthropic introduced Claude for Legal on May 22, 2026, a version of its Claude chatbot built for law firms and corporate legal teams. The tool promises to automate document review, research and drafting, but immediately raised data‑privacy and professional‑responsibility concerns...
Senator Lummis Secures Senate Banking Committee Vote to Advance CLARITY Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis, chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets, won a Senate Banking Committee vote to advance the Cryptoassets Legal Clarity and Regulatory Improvement Act. The bill seeks to end years of regulatory ambiguity by defining token...
Airline Was Within Its Rights to Fire Pilot Arrested On Rape Charges Even Though All Charges Were Dropped, Tribunal Rules
A UK employment tribunal ruled that EasyJet was justified in dismissing a First Officer who had been arrested and later cleared of rape charges. The airline suspended the pilot after the arrest, offered a "career break" option, and ultimately terminated...
ROSEN, LEADING TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Sportradar Group AG Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action -...
Rosen Law Firm has filed a securities class‑action lawsuit against Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD) alleging false statements and inadequate compliance during the November 2024‑April 2026 period. The complaint claims the company worked with black‑market gambling operators and overstated its KYC controls,...
AT&T Sues California to Scrap Copper Network, Pledges $19 Bn Fiber Rollout
AT&T has filed a federal lawsuit against California officials to overturn state rules that force the carrier to maintain its legacy copper telephone network. The company says the copper system serves only 3% of households and costs about $1 bn a...
GOSS SHAREHOLDER ACTION REMINDER: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Reminds Gossamer Bio (GOSS) Investors of Securities Class Action Deadline on June...
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is urging Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS) investors to act before the June 1, 2026 deadline to seek lead‑plaintiff status in a federal securities class action. The lawsuit claims the company misled investors about the design of its Phase 3 PROSERA...
Relativity Adds Anthropic Claude Compliance API to Boost AI Data Collection for E‑discovery
Relativity announced integration of Anthropic's Claude Compliance API into RelativityOne, allowing legal, compliance and security teams to collect Claude Enterprise activity logs and conversation content. The move broadens the platform’s native AI‑data collection suite and aims to give firms visibility...
Wisconsin Dairy Farmer's Lawsuit Ends Race‑Based USDA Aid Rules Nationwide
Wisconsin dairy farmer Adam Faust sued the USDA over race‑ and sex‑based eligibility rules in three federal farm‑aid programs. The settlement forces the agency to eliminate those criteria, affecting roughly 2 million white male farmers and sparking debate among Black farming...
Spain’s Supreme Court Dismantles Nationwide Short‑Term Rental Registry, Boosting Airbnb Hosts
Spain’s Supreme Court has struck down the national short‑term tourist‑rental registration system introduced by Royal Decree 1312/2024, a move hailed by Airbnb hosts and regional governments. The ruling preserves data‑sharing obligations for platforms but returns regulatory authority to autonomous communities,...
Uber and Avride Face Lawsuit After Delivery Robot Injures Jersey City Cyclist
Cyclist Conor Shannon has filed a lawsuit against Uber and Avride, alleging the autonomous delivery robot that struck him was negligently deployed on public streets. The case, highlighted by Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, raises urgent questions about liability and safety...
Give Your Family the Gift of an Estate Plan, and Ask the Same of Them
In this episode of the Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing Podcast, host Robert Prokamp talks with estate‑planning attorney Jill Mastriani about why every family should have an up‑to‑date estate plan. Mastriani explains the basics of wills, trusts, powers of attorney,...
IBRX SHAREHOLDER ACTION REMINDER: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Reminds ImmunityBio (IBRX) Investors of Securities Class Action Deadline on May 26,...
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP reminds ImmunityBio (IBRX) shareholders that the deadline to seek lead‑plaintiff status in a federal securities class action is May 26, 2026. The firm is recruiting investors who bought IBRX between Jan 19 and Mar 24, 2026 after the stock fell 12.13%...
MEDP SHAREHOLDER ACTION REMINDER: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Reminds Medpace (MEDP) Investors of Securities Class Action Deadline on June 8,...
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is reminding Medpace (NASDAQ: MEDP) investors that the June 8, 2026 deadline to seek lead‑plaintiff status in a federal securities class action is fast approaching. The lawsuit alleges the company misled investors about its backlog cancellation rate and failed...
RGC SHAREHOLDER ACTION REMINDER: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Reminds Regencell Bioscience (RGC) Investors of Securities Class Action Deadline on June...
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is urging Regencell Bioscience (NASDAQ:RGC) investors to act before the June 23 2026 deadline to seek lead‑plaintiff status in a federal securities class action. The lawsuit alleges the company made false statements and failed to disclose market‑manipulation risks,...