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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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Norfolk Constabulary will deploy live facial‑recognition cameras in Norwich, marking the first UK city‑wide rollout of the technology. Police argue the system will help identify suspects quickly and improve public safety. Civil‑rights group Big Brother Watch has condemned the move as intrusive, likening it to tools used by authoritarian regimes and noting the absence of clear legal guidance. The controversy spotlights the tension between emerging surveillance tools and democratic privacy protections.
Senator Richard Blumenthal released a Senate investigation report criticizing the Department of Justice’s settlement with Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary. The report argues the settlement—capping a $280 million fine and modest operational changes—demonstrates the Trump administration failed to protect consumers....
A Brussels court ordered 93‑year‑old Count Etienne Davignon, a former Belgian diplomat, to stand trial for his alleged role in the 1961 assassination of Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. The case, revived by Lumumba’s family and now pursued by federal...
Washington’s legislature has cleared HB 2320, an intent‑based bill targeting the illegal manufacture of 3D‑printed weapons, and it now awaits the governor’s signature. A companion proposal, HB 2321, which would have mandated online database checks and firmware controls on all printers, stalled...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of pseudonym motions filed by three plaintiffs alleging Sean Combs sexually assaulted them between 1991 and 2007. The panel applied the ten‑factor *Sealed Plaintiff* test and...
The Alberta Court of Appeal in Bilous v. Bilous ruled that the trial judge erred in allowing the ex‑wife to question a non‑party under Rule 5.18 of the Alberta Rules of Court. The court held that Rule 5.18 only permits questioning of...
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruled in Jansen v. J.M. Reynolds Pharmacy Ltd. that the pharmacy was 75% liable for a 68‑year‑old woman’s hip fracture after she tripped on an unmarked lip of a planter bed at the pharmacy’s entrance,...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP partnered with Western University’s Faculty of Law to create an upper‑year course titled “AI‑Enabled Corporate Practice: Business Law in Action,” slated for launch in the winter 2027 term. The curriculum will examine how artificial intelligence reshapes corporate...
The post walks readers through building a Contract Analyzer using ChatGPT or Claude, turning any agreement into a plain‑English clause‑by‑clause summary, risk ranking, obligation map, and negotiation playbook. By feeding the contract text into a series of four prompts, users...
Swiss Re's sigma insights report warns that ultra‑processed food (UPF) makers face growing legal exposure after the first government‑initiated lawsuit was filed in December 2025. Plaintiffs are expanding tactics from individual injury claims to public‑cost recovery actions that sidestep strict...
On 17 March 2026 the European Commission opened a public consultation on proposed revisions to the EU taxonomy, aiming to simplify the framework and reduce reporting burdens. The draft changes streamline criteria and clarify compliance across most sectors covered by...
Thirteen state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against OneMain Financial, alleging the lender misled subprime borrowers into purchasing costly add‑on products such as credit insurance. The complaint says employees pressured borrowers, financed premiums into loans, and sometimes charged add‑ons...
The Court of Appeal ordered the remittance of Sex Matters’ judicial review against the City of London’s trans‑inclusion policy for the women’s pond, overturning a High Court dismissal. The High Court had rejected the claim on procedural grounds, citing missed...
The UK government has tabled an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill that will empower it to publish the long‑awaited guidance on trustees’ fiduciary duties, particularly regarding ESG considerations. The change formalises the government’s commitment to clarify how sustainability factors...
Pro Bono Net announced it is rebranding as Scale Justice, reflecting a shift from coordinating pro bono services to a broader, technology‑driven access‑to‑justice mission. The nonprofit, founded in 1998, now reaches more than 8 million people annually and claims to have...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) canceled a $349,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant intended for HVAC replacement at North Carolina's High Point Museum after feeding the proposal into ChatGPT, which flagged the project as DEI‑related. Plaintiffs allege that...
Global Strategy Group promoted Marissa Padilla to partner in its Washington, D.C. office, where she will oversee client work, thought leadership, and new‑business initiatives across healthcare, tech, and advocacy. Ballard Partners added Rich Haslewood as a partner, tapping his deep...
Sam Bankman‑Fried’s mother, former Stanford law professor Barbara Fried, attempted to intervene in his post‑conviction proceedings by contacting the court for additional time to file papers. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected her request, stating she lacks legal standing despite...
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not give President Trump authority to impose the 2025 sweeping tariffs, striking them down in Learning Resources v. Trump. The decision left open critical issues, including how...
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit challenging two September HUD memos that tie fair‑housing enforcement funding to new eligibility criteria. The memos would stop reimbursing state agencies for cases involving discrimination based on sexual orientation,...
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of Ghana’s New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, was ordered by the Accra High Court to open his defence in a criminal trial over alleged illegal mining on his Samreboi concession. The court dismissed his no‑case‑to‑answer motion,...
The trademark dispute over the historic "Cleveland Spiders" name has moved to a federal court in Ohio. Adam Barrington, owner of clevelandspiders.com, is appealing the TTAB’s decision that upheld the University of Richmond’s objections and is also facing opposition from...
Clio founder Jack Newton traveled to Rockport, Massachusetts to interview veteran legal‑tech journalist Bob Ambrogi for season three of the Matters podcast. The conversation, recorded in April 2025, traces three decades of legal‑technology evolution, from early case‑management software to today’s...
A new ALT Agency "UK Website Health Check 2026" audit of 200 high‑profile UK sites found that 120 (60%) deploy analytics or marketing cookies before a visitor has given consent, contradicting the ICO’s claim of widespread compliance. The study identified...
The EU’s Digital Services Act, enforceable since February 2024, now obliges online marketplaces to verify seller identities, disclose contract details, and suspend non‑compliant traders. Enforcement has intensified, with authorities seizing 152 million illegal items worth €3.4 billion in 2023, more than double...
The International Filiation Law conference will convene on 24‑25 September 2026 at the University of Bonn. It will scrutinise the EU Parenthood Proposal, exploring academic and political reactions within a human‑rights and EU‑law framework. A diverse roster of speakers—from the German Federal...
Magistrate Judge Stephanie Christensen found that both parties in Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC cited a non‑existent case and fabricated quotations, likely generated by artificial‑intelligence tools. Plaintiff’s brief contained four false citations, and the defendant inadvertently...
"If I buy property in Singapore and I already own something in KL, how does that affect what happens to both if something happens to me?" That question told me everything about where this client was at.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a $42 million jury verdict against CACI Premier Technology for conspiracy to commit torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment at Abu Ghraib. The panel rejected CACI’s extraterritoriality arguments, finding that U.S....
A Global Legal Post webinar highlighted how generative AI is unlocking firm‑wide knowledge for legal drafting, allowing even small practices to create sophisticated templates without large knowledge‑management teams. Panelists from Gleiss Lutz, Hengeler Mueller and Pérez‑Llorca explained that AI now drafts complex...
Something happened on March 11 that could reshape crypto for the next decade, and almost nobody is talking about it. The SEC and CFTC signed a historic agreement to end their regulatory turf war and coordinate crypto oversight. For years,...
The FAA has transitioned to the new Part 450 licenses for commercial space launch/reentry. https://t.co/HjK7RLvyJQ
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking Secretary Kennedy's revisions to the childhood vaccine schedule and halting new appointments to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. The administration had re‑categorized six vaccines under a novel "parental‑choice" framework, prompting legal challenges. Kennedy’s...
Incredibly, Sweden passed a staffing law that went into effect--I'm not making this up--Oct 2022. It requires temp/staffing firms to offer permanent positions after 24 months, & there's legal speculation there it might apply to consulting firms too. 1/2 https://t.co/xwN37kW7ne
The Trump administration is "gearing up for war" to push Congress to codify its drug pricing policy — despite little appetite for it on the Hill. Still, the pharma industry sees risk in the back-and-forth. https://t.co/DR2LotvXFq
Maruti Suzuki India received a draft income‑tax assessment of ₹5,786.4 crore for the 2022‑23 fiscal year. The company announced it will file objections before the dispute‑resolution panel. It emphasized that the order has no immediate effect on its operations, finances or...
It seems the judge in the Ticketmaster case, Arun Subramanian, is aware of the alleged corruption at DOJ Antitrust. He told settling parties to retain all communications. https://t.co/6Tuq2gxAJi
U.S. Department of Justice has moved to retry Roman Storm, co-founder and developer of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer https://t.co/LkuIGfnS8h
The digital marketplace has moved from owning books, music and films to licensing them, placing user rights under contract terms rather than the Copyright Act. In Canadian higher‑education libraries, over 90% of acquisitions are licensed, forcing librarians to navigate complex...
Greece is preparing a social media ban for children under 15 https://t.co/ecC5EHELKU via @NikasSotiris @PaulTugwell1 @flacqua @v_dendrinou https://t.co/yQMDvO18wa
SEC eyeing toward cutting disclosures from 4 times per year to 2 times per year. Its enforcement chief just quit after only 7 months.
The EU Data Act obliges manufacturers of IoT devices and SaaS providers to make user‑generated data readily accessible and transferable by design. Articles 3 and 4 require that data be supplied in a structured, machine‑readable format, often forcing back‑end redesign...
Anthropic has unveiled the Claude Partner Network, a $100 million initiative to accelerate enterprise adoption of its Claude large‑language model. The program enlists consulting giants such as Deloitte and Accenture to provide implementation, engineering, and go‑to‑market support. While the network promises...
Ballard Partners has signed a six‑month, $2 million agreement to represent the general command of the Libyan Armed Forces, advising on public‑policy positioning, communications, and U.S. government engagement. The contract automatically renews for successive six‑month periods unless either party provides 30‑days...
The Sixth Circuit ruled that under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), a plausibly alleged sexual‑harassment claim renders a pre‑dispute arbitration agreement unenforceable for the entire lawsuit, not just the harassment claim. In the...
The SEC is weighing a shift from mandatory quarterly earnings reports to a biannual cadence, a move first floated by former President Donald Trump and championed by SEC Chair Paul Atkins, who aims to release a proposal by early 2026....
The Indian government will mandate QR‑code‑based digital certification for every retail shop, linking each outlet to a central compliance database. Shoppers can scan the code with a smartphone to see real‑time status on pricing, weights, and past violations. The scheme,...
Business owners often postpone addressing disputes, assuming they can resolve issues later, but such delays can cause claims to become time‑barred. A statute of limitations is a procedural deadline that, once missed, results in dismissal of the claim without relief....
London‑based Baker McKenzie reported that 17 of its 20 newly qualified associates will stay, delivering an 85% retention rate for the 2026 cohort. One of the retained lawyers is on a fixed‑term contract, which slightly alters the calculation to 80%...
On 14 January 2026 the French Senate passed a Bill creating a statutory confidentiality regime for in‑house legal advice. The protection applies only to communications drafted by qualified corporate counsel, purely legal in nature, addressed to management and marked as confidential, while...
