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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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U.S. regulators have signaled tighter oversight of prediction markets while the Senate advances legislation to ban sports betting on platforms such as Polymarket. Exact provisions and timelines were not disclosed in the available sources.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) unveiled three rollout options for Scope 3 greenhouse‑gas reporting under the new SB 253 corporate climate law. Companies with over $1 billion in revenue must report Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2026 and add Scope 3 disclosures starting in...
Connecticut's Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Senate Bill 397, allowing residents to sue ICE agents for rights violations and prohibiting ICE custody actions in schools, hospitals and houses of worship. Democrats highlighted the Minneapolis killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole...
A recent industry report warns that U.S. auto insurers seldom notify drivers of diminished‑value claims after accidents, creating an estimated $25 billion “blind spot.” The finding could spur regulatory scrutiny and push insurers to improve disclosure practices.
Chicago City Council voted to raise the city’s hotel occupancy tax from its current level to 19%, directing the additional revenue to a city‑wide tourism marketing fund. The move, aimed at boosting visitor numbers, will affect hotel operators and travelers...
Lucy Rigby, the UK economic secretary, announced at the ALFI conference that Britain will deepen regulatory cooperation with the EU while tailoring rules to support private‑market growth and digital innovation. The agenda includes modest tweaks to the UK’s AIFMD‑style regime,...
Construction firms are grappling with a workforce deficit that topped half a million workers in 2024, intensifying operational pressures and legal exposure. Overtime and wage‑hour violations rose 12% last year, with penalties exceeding $10,000 per infraction, while misclassification and immigration...
Philippine Stock Exchange chief Ramon Monzon said the SEC’s proposal to cap broker‑directors at a ten‑year cumulative term arrives at a precarious moment for the market, already grappling with economic headwinds and the Iran‑related oil price shock. The regulator is...
The FDA sent a March 13 warning letter to ImmunityBio, a company controlled by biotech magnate Patrick Soon‑Shiong, after finding multiple false and misleading statements about its bladder‑cancer drug Anktiva. The agency highlighted that television ads and a podcast claimed the...
Jackson Lewis P.C. announced that veteran employment litigator Lori N. Brown has joined its Phoenix office as a principal. Brown brings more than 25 years of experience handling discrimination, wage‑hour, non‑compete and independent‑contractor disputes in state and federal courts. She...
British singer‑songwriter FKA twigs has filed a new lawsuit against the 1990s duo The Twigs to secure exclusive trademark rights to her stage name. The dispute dates back to 2013 when the duo challenged her use of "Twigs," prompting a $15,000...
The U.S. Treasury Department has opened a public comment period to consider expanding the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP) to cover cyber‑related losses stemming from acts of terrorism. The agency will incorporate feedback into a mandatory report to Congress due...
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has dropped a proposal to impose penalties of up to 1% of a carrier’s turnover for inaccurate financial filings. Instead, it adopted a slab‑based framework that caps fines at ₹5 crore (≈ $0.61 million) for major violations, with...
The Defense Health Agency’s Military Medical Malpractice Claims Appeals Board denied the family’s lawsuit over the death of Specialist Maria Martinez, ruling the Pentagon bears no liability. The board concluded that even a five‑month earlier diagnosis would not have altered...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to ImmunityBio after a television ad and a podcast featuring billionaire biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon‑Shiong suggested that the company’s bladder‑cancer drug Anktiva could cure or prevent all cancers. The FDA said...
The legal sector is at an inflection point as AI moves from optional advantage to operational necessity. Technologies such as NLP, predictive analytics, RPA, and blockchain‑enabled smart contracts are reshaping contract review, litigation strategy, and compliance. Ian Khan outlines a...
The Financial Conduct Authority announced it will unveil its approach to motor finance redress on Monday, 30 March 2026, shortly after markets close. The decision follows the FCA’s October 2025 consultation on establishing a compensation scheme for consumers affected by mis‑selling in auto‑loan...
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced a plan to tighten telecom controls by banning the sale of pre‑registered SIM cards and requiring all existing users to re‑identify themselves. The proposal was debated at a Council of Ministers meeting on March 20...
On March 24, 2026, a new podcast episode launched as part of the Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus Future of Payments series, focusing on the EU’s upcoming Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and the Payment Services Regulation (PSR). The hosts, joined by...
Cotton Diaries, a global cotton advisory group, has released a report urging the European Union to embed full supply‑chain traceability—including the gin stage—into its upcoming Digital Product Passport (DPP) regulations. The report, titled “Is cotton traceability too complex – or...
Priya Sachdev Kapur has filed a notice to remove her mother‑in‑law, Rani Kapur, from the RK Family Trust that controls the promoter entity of Sona BLW Precision Forgings, a listed auto‑components firm valued at over $3 billion. The move follows a counter‑notice...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has overhauled its conflict‑of‑interest code, bringing the chairman and whole‑time members under insider‑trading norms and expanding the definition of "family" to include spouses and dependents. While the changes tighten internal governance, the...
South Florida Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that three Miami‑Dade police officers involved in the 2019 fatal shooting of UPS driver Frank Ordonez cannot be prosecuted, invoking Florida’s “stand your ground” law. The decision follows a similar ruling in September that...
A new FMCSA‑based study of 314,078 interstate for‑hire carriers links insurance underwriting type to safety outcomes. Non‑underwritten carriers consistently post higher composite risk scores and dirty‑inspection rates than peers in underwritten programs, with gaps widening for mid‑size fleets. Risk Retention...
HaystackID announced that its CoreFlex platform has won the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award from the Business Intelligence Group, recognizing its generative‑AI‑driven legal and investigative workflows. CoreFlex provides a cloud‑native interface that consolidates matter management, data ingestion, reporting and automation,...
The European Union’s AI Act, set to become enforceable on August 2, 2026, imposes a risk‑based regulatory framework on any organization that develops, deploys, or offers AI within the EU market. It distinguishes unacceptable, high‑risk, limited‑risk and minimal‑risk systems, with high‑risk AI...
Ofcom has reversed its earlier stance and will reopen climate‑change denial complaints against TalkTV and TalkRadio, marking the regulator’s first climate‑misinformation investigation since a 2017 breach. The decision follows a Good Law Project letter that prompted Ofcom to reconsider more...
A Shreveport family has filed a wrongful‑death lawsuit alleging the fire department failed to inform first‑arriving crews that multiple occupants were trapped in an April 2025 house fire. Dispatch messages reportedly omitted the occupant detail, and Engine 6 began fire suppression without...
India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has mandated city gas distributors to supply piped natural gas (PNG) connections to schools, colleges, hostels, community kitchens and Anganwadi centers within five days where pipelines exist. The directive follows a surge...
The UK Parliament is debating a new amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would give the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology authority to block social‑media access for anyone under 18, replace the earlier Lords‑proposed...
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) has opened applications for three‑ to six‑month legal internships at its Permanent Bureau in The Hague, running from September 2026 to February 2027. Interns will rotate through the Family and Child Protection Law, Transnational...
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of the federal ban on firearm possession by felons in U.S. v. Williamson, but Judge Don Willett, joined by Judge Cory Wilson, issued a concurrence questioning the ban’s basis in the Commerce Clause. Willett...
The Louisiana Fatherhood Task Force presented bipartisan recommendations to improve state resources and policies for fathers. The plan seeks to modify existing statutes and expand support services, marking a rare cross‑party effort on family policy in the state.
The British Columbia Supreme Court upheld an associate judge’s refusal to merge a family‑law case and a personal‑injury lawsuit stemming from a knife attack between spouses. The court found the judge correctly applied the consolidation test, giving weight to the...
U.S. senators have introduced a bipartisan bill to bar sports‑betting‑related prediction market contracts, directly affecting platforms like Polymarket. The move comes as the crypto‑based market grapples with insider‑trading allegations and a high‑visibility Washington “Situation Room” event that has intensified the...
The European Banking Authority released its second impact assessment of the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL). The report finds that by the end of 2024 EU resolution entities hold MREL‑eligible instruments equal to 34.7% of total...
Superhuman chief executive Shishir Mehrotra faced a class‑action lawsuit after Grammarly’s Expert Review used his name without consent, prompting the company to kill the feature and issue a public apology. In a candid interview, Mehrotra outlined how the incident reshapes...
Secretary for Security Chris Tang addressed public concerns about a provision granting police the authority to require individuals to provide phone passwords. He stressed that such a power can only be exercised after officers obtain a court warrant for national security-related...
🚨 JUST IN Circle just froze USDC balances in 16 hot wallets linked to an ongoing U.S. civil case, according to ZachXBT. 👀 https://t.co/Taw7uv9GyA
Two Catholic priests from Minnesota’s St. Cloud Diocese have been charged under a state law that classifies clergy as a prohibited occupational relationship, making sexual contact a crime regardless of consent. Their shared defense attorney, Paul Engh, filed motions to...
🚨 Anthropic's CEO just called it: 50% of entry-level lawyers, consultants, and finance workers will be entirely wiped out within 1 to 5 years. Junior staff and grad students are cooked ♨️ https://t.co/qPgbBROSYO
Exclusive: US SEC's ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses over Trump cases before leaving, sources say https://t.co/Z4sEYxud0H
The White House and a bipartisan group of senators have reached a tentative agreement on legislation to settle the stablecoin yield dispute, aiming to provide regulatory clarity for the $150 billion stablecoin market. Details of the deal were not disclosed, but...
Interesting. FCC has banned the import of all new consumer routers manufactured outside of the US. https://t.co/AtctxEoKFs
JUST IN: 🚨 CFTC launches Innovation Task Force to create clear rules for crypto, blockchain, AI, and prediction market innovations https://t.co/YCAYilyiso
The Competition and Markets Authority’s Submissions Assessment Unit (SAU) has released its final report advising the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) on the proposed Electric Car Grant subsidy scheme. The report evaluates OZEV’s assessment of the scheme’s compliance with...
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 introduced a centralized audit system for partnerships, restricting Administrative Adjustment Requests (AARs) once the IRS issues a Notice of Administrative Proceeding (NAP). This limitation can trap taxpayers, as illustrated by an estate‑partnership scenario where...
The article clarifies that AI and automation, while related, serve distinct roles in eDiscovery. Automation executes repeatable, rule‑based tasks such as legal‑hold notifications and workflow routing, whereas AI interprets data, classifies documents, and generates insights. Legal teams are urged to...
ELTEMate co‑CEO Dr. Sebastian Lach says corporate legal departments are outpacing other functions in adopting generative AI. He argues that true success will depend on a holistic approach that blends technology, policy, and talent. The commentary follows Hogan Lovells' recent...
As every parent of teenagers knows all too well, in an open system, regulation merely moves the location of bad behavior; it doesn't eliminate it. That prediction markets are awash in insider trading should surprise no one.
