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Delaware Supreme Court lets insurers pursue contract claims against Blackbaud over ransomware breach
The Delaware Supreme Court reversed lower‑court dismissals, permitting insurers to bring breach‑of‑contract actions against Blackbaud for its 2020 ransomware incident. Blackbaud had previously paid a $3 million SEC fine and $49 million to state attorneys general for misleading breach disclosures.
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By the numbers: Oil majors acquire $164M of Alaska oil leases
Jay-Z has filed a $20 million defamation suit against the anonymous woman who accused him and Diddy of sexual assault. In court filings, his lawyers cite a recent New York Second Circuit decision involving Diddy’s accusers to argue that the plaintiff’s anonymity should be lifted. They contend the Jane Doe has not demonstrated a real risk of harm if her identity is revealed, and that anonymity gives her an unfair litigation advantage. The case now hinges on whether the court will prioritize privacy protections over the defendant’s right to defend his reputation.
The Trump‑led Environmental Protection Agency approved West Virginia's regional haze plan, a move that lowers pollution‑control standards for more than 150 national parks and wilderness areas. Conservation groups and environmental lawyers have filed suit, arguing the policy threatens air quality...
The SEC closed its four‑year investigation into electric‑vehicle startup Faraday Future, despite staff having issued Wells Notices recommending enforcement. The probe had centered on alleged false statements during the 2021 SPAC merger and purportedly fabricated vehicle sales in 2023. The...
Trump sanctioned French judge Guillou over the Netanyahu arrest warrant → Visa and Mastercard had to cut him off because they're American companies bound by US law. A European judge, debanked in Europe, by US sanctions. Maybe we actually need payment alternatives...
Law firms often overlook their FAQ pages, treating them as bland afterthoughts, yet these pages are critical touchpoints where prospective clients seek reassurance. By aligning the FAQ’s language, tone, and visual design with the firm’s overall brand personality, firms can...
Former Nine News presenter Amber Sherlock has lodged a Federal Court claim alleging her November 2025 retrenchment violated general protections, specifically citing age discrimination. After an 18‑year tenure and more than 5,000 bulletins, she was replaced by significantly younger presenters....
A federal court approved a settlement that eliminates the Biden administration's SAVE student‑loan repayment plan, forcing more than 7 million borrowers onto new repayment options. The move follows a GAO report highlighting weakened oversight of federal loan servicers and coincides with...
Boundless Immigration is rolling out a limited‑time, discounted case rate for EB‑1A and O‑1 visa petitions aimed at senior‑level tech and research professionals. Eligible candidates must have 8‑20+ years of experience—or 4‑7 years with demonstrable high‑impact achievements—and already meet at...
Marvin "Marv" Frandsen, a physicist‑turned naturist activist, died at 67 after a cancer battle. He spearheaded legal resistance to the 1990s crackdown on clothing‑optional use at Canaveral National Seashore, culminating in the landmark U.S. v. Frandsen First Amendment victory. The...
On March 12, 2026 Raízen S.A. and eight affiliated entities filed Chapter 15 bankruptcy cases in the Southern District of New York. The filing seeks U.S. court recognition of a Brazilian "recuperação extrajudicial" (EJ) process that the company initiated on...
The High Court dismissed Kathryn Yates' personal‑injury claim against the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Dublin Bouldering Gym after she fell 2.6 metres from an indoor climbing wall in 2018. Judge Paul Coffey found the injury resulted from the...
Child labor violations in the United States have surged fivefold over the past decade, rising from 1,012 minors in 2015 to 5,272 in 2025, with hazardous‑job violations more than doubling. Republican legislatures in Nebraska, Indiana and West Virginia enacted bills...
The Indian government has introduced a Companies Act amendment to permit restricted stock units (RSUs) and stock appreciation rights (SARs) alongside existing employee stock option plans (ESOPs) as approved executive compensation. The bill also authorises hybrid annual and extraordinary general...
This was the week when MAGA Republicans finally got what they’d been demanding for so long: A full Senate debate on the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump’s monster voter suppression bill. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/this-week-at-democracy-docket-save-takes-over-the-senate-and-dojs-latest-epic-blunder/
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit over decades‑old munitions on Guam, a case that could set precedent for federal land‑use authority, CHamoru indigenous rights and environmental law. The decision signals a pivotal moment for federal litigation...
U.S. regulators the SEC and CFTC issued new crypto guidelines that reclassify most digital assets as commodities, collectibles, payment tokens or "digital tools," removing them from strict securities oversight. The taxonomy exempts meme‑coins and other Trump‑family tokens such as $Trump,...
A JetBlue passenger on a New York‑Paris flight sued the airline after a flight attendant handed her a dry‑ice pack to treat a swollen leg, causing immediate frostbite and tissue damage. Dry ice, used by airlines for catering, is far...
Today we find out Clayton Larcombe's funds are in liquidation. The fund manager associated with the financial planning firm he is purchased is suing him personally. His 70 million of housing (Bellevue Hill, Southern Highlands) is in mortgagee possession And he is...
I’m worried about the Companies House data breach, what can I do? - The Times and The Sunday Times https://t.co/Ob5FvbS46f
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Class-action suits in the United States allege that major tequila brands such as Don Julio, Casamigos and others are using industrial cane spirit, violating the 100% agave requirement. The Mexican Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT) permits up to 1% of certain...
How are people allowed to patent such trivial and obvious uses of general purpose computers? https://t.co/XblJfmlBN2
I’ve been repotting on this, there are already state lawmakers pushing for VPN bans. The goal is to fully remove anonymity from the internet
The Connecticut Public Safety and Security Committee approved a bill allowing certified off‑duty police officers to carry firearms on school grounds, after redrafting it to limit the permission to local and state officers. The measure passed 20‑9 despite opposition from...
“And it’s not even hard to avoid citing AI-hallucinated cases. All you have to do is use Westlaw or Lexis to cite check the brief.” 👀 - a fish in water never realizes it’s wet. legal data is born free and...
"The cost to the country of this new pay-to-play approach to antitrust enforcement is enormous." https://t.co/VmM4NiCVHq
Nonprofit organizations increasingly rely on online auction platforms to raise funds, but each event exposes donor names, payment details, and personal addresses to cyber risk. The article stresses that security and compliance are not optional features but core risk‑management criteria,...
if learning from existing media makes AI outputs illegitimate, then learning from existing media is illegitimate. copyright doesn’t ban learning from works, it bans reproducing them. our neurons make brain copies. the real issue is whether outputs reproduce protected expression.
The CJEU affirmed that derivative works enjoy copyright protection in the EU only when they meet the originality threshold. In the Institutul G. Călinescu case, a critical edition of a 19th‑century Latin text was examined to determine if the editor’s...
The article recounts a personal attempt to use ChatGPT for an amicable divorce, only to discover that AI‑generated confidence can mask legal realities. It expands to show how the same unwavering certainty in health advice erodes trust in one’s own...
A U.S. district judge issued an injunction against the Pentagon's revised press credential rule, deeming it unconstitutional. The decision reinstates full media access to the Department of Defense and signals a broader First Amendment victory for journalists covering the military.
South Africa’s Minister of Employment has tabled sweeping amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Employment Equity Act and National Minimum Wage Act, aimed at modernising labour law and extending core protections to gig‑economy workers. Amendment 50A broadens the...
The district court granted West et al leave to file a combined response to the defendants’ motions to dismiss, extending the deadline to September 3, 2025. The court also dismissed the defendants’ motion to deem the case confessed as moot. On March 20, 2026,...
A federal case titled Rahul v. Noem et al was filed in the Western District of Oklahoma (case 26‑269). The docket entry, posted on GovInfo, provides basic citation details but no substantive complaint text. The plaintiffs include an individual named...
The federal court initially denied the plaintiff’s request to strike Exhibit 1 and granted an amendment allowing her to seek the immediate return of her children, setting a July 2, 2025 deadline for supplemental briefs. The court also ordered the Oklahoma Department of...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) board will meet on Monday to consider easing settlement norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) by allowing same‑day netting of cash trades, replacing the current gross settlement requirement. The change aims to...
A growing cohort of Americans is openly questioning whether they can refuse to pay federal income taxes as a form of moral protest against policies such as immigration detention and foreign wars. While conscientious objection is recognized for military service,...
Georgia prosecutors have invoked the state’s domestic terrorism statute against activists who opposed the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, known as “Cop City.” The charges stem from 2023 protests that included arson and property damage, carrying potential sentences of up...
In MA v WK (2025) three women who performed nikah ceremonies in England argued that later registration of those unions in Pakistan should render them valid foreign marriages under English law. The Family Court rejected the claim, reaffirming that the...
Vedanta Ltd has filed an appeal with the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) contesting lenders’ approval of Adani Enterprises’ ₹14,543 crore bid for the bankrupt Jaiprakash Associates (JAL). Vedanta argues it offered the highest net‑present‑value bid of ₹12,505.85 crore and that...
Human Rights Watch has called on Norwegian authorities to release Tommy Olsen, a Norwegian migrant‑rights activist, and to block his extradition to Greece under a European Arrest Warrant. Olsen was arrested in Tromsø and faces Greek charges of espionage, human...
The Georgia Supreme Court identified multiple erroneous citations in a 33‑page order denying a new trial for Hannah Payne. Chief Justice Nels Peterson noted at least five non‑existent cases and five misapplied precedents, some directly lifted from the state’s 37‑page...
It is easy to become numb to the corruption afflicting the US government, but corruption of merger oversight is a big deal -- “If you don’t approve this settlement, I will destroy you. I will destroy your job at the...
The NCAA has filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana, seeking an emergency temporary restraining order to bar DraftKings from using its March Madness trademarks in betting promotions. The complaint alleges trademark infringement, false association and dilution,...
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed House Bill 1, a proposal that would let individuals donate up to $1,700 to scholarship‑granting organizations in exchange for a federal tax credit, effectively channeling federal dollars toward private‑school tuition and homeschooling. Beshear argued the...
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division appointed Daniel Flickinger as senior counsel, despite his 2020 Facebook post that referenced George Floyd’s murder and sparked a protracted Alabama Supreme Court dispute. Flickinger’s post, deemed “apparently” about Floyd, led to his resignation...
State legislatures advanced a wave of telehealth measures in February 2026, including South Carolina's detailed teledentistry standards, Mississippi's telemedicine cannabis certification, and Tennessee's ban on gender‑affirming telehealth reimbursements. Washington issued emergency Medicaid rules expanding telemedicine for maternal support and clarifying...
Indiana Governor signed House Bill 1052, banning internet‑based sweepstakes‑style gaming products statewide effective July 1 2026. The law defines a sweepstakes game by its online availability, dual‑currency model, and simulation of casino, lottery or sports wagering. Violations attract civil penalties up to...
Several state broadband associations -- plus @NEWSMAX -- today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to block @NXSTMediaGroup-@TEGNA merger, which closed on March 19, 2026, the same day the $6.2 billion deal was approved by the...
🚨News Flash: @DIRECTV intervenes in the D.C. Circuit case in agreement with @NEWSMAX and several cable broadband associations seeking to reverse @FCC approval of the @NXSTMediaGroup-@TEGNA merger, which closed March 19. Can they really unscramble the egg? https://t.co/5CxQWIVDs9
In‑house counsel Tig Pocock outlines ten essential expectations for external lawyers, emphasizing business alignment, concise communication, and decisive advice. He stresses the need for early risk disclosure, realistic timelines, and transparent fee estimates to avoid surprises. The piece also highlights...
