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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
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied HUD’s request for a stay, upholding a lower‑court order that blocks the Trump administration’s proposal to divert millions from the $4 billion Continuum of Care (CoC) program into transitional housing with sobriety and mental‑health requirements. The plan would have shifted funds away from permanent‑housing models, risking the stability of programs such as a Massachusetts initiative serving nearly 600 formerly homeless households and potentially affecting 170,000 individuals nationwide. HUD has not indicated whether it will appeal the decision. The court warned the proposal would be immediately destabilizing and disastrous for vulnerable constituents.
Just the administration of the proposed California “Billionaire Tax”, as drafted, would clearly violate the US Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, prohibiting “unreasonable search and seizure”.
Todd Blanche, former personal attorney to Donald Trump and deputy attorney general, was named interim Attorney General after President Trump removed Pam Bondi. Blanche previously authored a DOJ memo that halted crypto regulatory‑violation prosecutions and dismantled the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement...
All G, a Sydney‑based precision‑fermentation company, earned a U.S. FDA no‑questions letter for its cow‑free lactoferrin protein, clearing the path for commercial launch in the United States within months. The approval validates the ingredient’s safety and opens a new supply...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Ivy League’s policy of offering no athletic scholarships, confirming the league’s antitrust compliance. The court found the plaintiffs failed to define a relevant...
Senators Mark Warner and Adam Schiff have sent a formal letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins and the Department of Defense inspector general demanding an investigation into possible insider trading by federal officials. The inquiry cites unusually large equity and...
LexBlog is launching the LexBlog Library, a structured, citable repository of over two million pieces of legal practitioner publishing. The platform treats practitioner insights as secondary law, positioning them alongside traditional scholarly sources for citation by judges, researchers, and AI...
The U.S. Department of Education has voluntarily dismissed its appeal in the Fourth Circuit case challenging its February 2025 diversity‑related Dear Colleague Letter. The district court’s ruling—finding the guidance unconstitutionally vague and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act—remains in force,...
A new 2025 study introduces a semantic‑space metric based on Bhattacharyya distance to quantify how removing toxic tweets reshapes online discourse. Analyzing five million U.S. political tweets, the authors find that stricter toxicity thresholds produce measurable shifts, reaching roughly 20%...
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an en banc rehearing and vacated the November 2025 panel decision on Colorado’s opt‑out from the federal DIDMCA rate‑exportation framework. The case hinges on interpreting whether a loan is “made in” a state based...
Fair enough. Time to walk away, Blake. (It was time 18 months ago.) Sexual harassment claims dismissed from Blake Lively lawsuit against Justin Baldoni https://t.co/I6lsFRuFfx
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, together with Labor, Treasury and OPM, issued a joint FAQ on April 1 confirming that they will keep using enforcement discretion for No Surprises Act compliance when plans calculate qualifying payment amounts (QPAs) with...
The USPTO announced a new procedure that lets patent owners submit a pre‑order paper before the agency decides on an ex parte reexamination request. The paper is limited to 30 pages and must be filed within 30 days of service,...
On this week’s pod, we chatted with @docrodwong about the FDA, the next CBER chief and regulatory flexibility for rare diseases https://t.co/f6L7gwcNsr via @statnews
The release of the crypto market‑structure bill has been delayed as industry representatives meet with Senate staff to review revised stable‑coin yield language. The compromise bans yield paid solely on stable‑coin balances while allowing activity‑based rewards, a point that raised...
The U.S. Seventh Circuit ruled that the 2023 amendment to Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) applies retroactively, limiting corporations to a single statutory award per plaintiff. This caps damages at $1,000 per violation for private entities and $5,000 for...
Law firm Higbee & Associates sued May First Movement Technology, alleging infringement of an AFP photograph that the nonprofit never posted. The image had been uploaded years earlier by a member organization, and May First promptly removed it after being...
In this MainWire TV episode, co‑leader of the MainGirl Dads, Leyland Streiff, discusses a new lawsuit challenging the validity of signatures on their ballot initiative to protect single‑sex spaces for youth sports and locker rooms in Maine. Streiff explains that...
Intel announced that Aparna Bawa, former Zoom COO and chief legal officer, will assume the combined role of chief legal and people officer in May. The move consolidates Intel's legal, human resources, ethics, and compliance functions under a single executive,...
Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) activity plunged in Q1 2026, with total capital commitments dropping 28% year‑over‑year to $87.8 million. New issuers fell 32% to 187 filings, the lowest quarterly count in years, while closed offerings fell from 485 to 258. Despite fewer deals,...
The Department of Justice’s cyber fraud initiative has accelerated, with nine False Claims Act settlements in FY 2025 totaling more than $52 million—a three‑fold increase over the prior two years. Enforcement targets misrepresentations of cybersecurity compliance rather than actual data breaches, implicating...
Rutgers University is facing a class‑action lawsuit alleging it has accumulated a $516 million athletics debt since joining the Big Ten in 2014. The plaintiff, an alumnus and former judge, claims the university squandered public funds through wasteful spending, inadequate oversight,...
Litigation technology company AI.Law has launched the second version of its AI‑driven platform, AI.Law v2. The upgraded solution expands beyond document management to include case analysis, automated drafting, and new predictive analytics features. It also offers native integrations with leading...
The rise of autonomous trucking technology is reshaping liability law, moving responsibility from solely the driver to a broader set of parties including OEMs, software developers, and carriers. As Level 4 trucks automate driving functions, courts are likely to see more...
Blake Lively’s Sex Harassment Suit Against Co-Star Justin Baldoni Gutted by Judge https://t.co/VCDx9YBEl6 via @variety
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the Canadian Media Producers Association’s (CMPA) application to challenge the CRTC’s 20 percent copyright‑control threshold under the Online Streaming Act is premature. The court held that the CRTC’s definition has not yet been finalized,...
This "creators bill of rights" is nothing but PR slop when the people involved are also pushing laws like KOSA and repealing Section 230, two policies that would destroy the creator economy as we know it.
Todd Blanche, longtime Trump defense lawyer, has been appointed acting attorney general after President Trump abruptly dismissed Pam Bondi. Blanche previously served as deputy attorney general, overseeing day‑to‑day Justice Department operations following Trump’s re‑election. He defended Trump in three of...
Georgia’s Senate Bill 403 proposes that the Department of Revenue automatically issue checks for unclaimed property balances under $500, targeting the $3.3 billion currently held by the state. The bill would cross‑reference tax filings with the unclaimed‑property database, shifting the burden...
The EEOC filed a lawsuit against BestBet Jacksonville, alleging the casino‑style poker venue violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by refusing reasonable accommodations for multiple pregnant employees. One worker with low‑blood‑pressure issues and a subchorionic hematoma was denied a doctor‑recommended...
Legal scholar Orin S. Kerr submitted an amicus brief in the Supreme Court’s United States v. Chatrie, a case that tests the Fourth Amendment’s reach over geofence warrants. The brief contends that a user’s Google Location History does not qualify...
Kentucky wildlife officials proposed 200‑foot buffer zones and a list of 17 eligible lakes to curb wakeboat‑generated wakes, aligning the state with neighboring regulations. In March, lawmakers amended Senate Bill 39 to block any new wakeboat restrictions, effectively vetoing the...
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha, who became a father in October 2025, asked the Indian Parliament to codify paternity leave as a legal entitlement. His appeal highlights a growing push for gender‑balanced parental leave in a country where maternity...
D.C. Memo: Benton Researcher Says ‘No Meaningful Opportunity’ to Know if N.Y.’s Affordable Broadband Law Is Working; Benton's Caroline Stratton found 1,253 New York households enrolled in ABA plans in 2025 based on a partial data set. About...
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released a concise five‑page guidance outlining how companies can detect sham transactions used to conceal sanctioned individuals. The document provides concrete examples—such as jets transferred to trusts, funds moved to children’s...
In this episode, Amber Duke covers President Trump becoming the first sitting POTUS to attend Supreme Court oral arguments on his birthright citizenship executive order, highlighting the justices' skeptical reactions and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's memorable analogy about allegiance. She...
FCC Acts to Protect U.S. Consumers from Bank Impersonation Scams Linked to Suspicious Foreign Call Traffic https://t.co/4LNmknNXR0
The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled a rule that would raise H‑1B, H‑1B1, E‑3 and PERM prevailing wages by as much as 33%, translating to an average $14,000 annual increase per worker. The agency estimates the change could generate up...
A coalition of Democratic and Republican senators has introduced the INSULIN Act, aiming to cap insulin prices at $35 per month for people with private insurance. The bill also proposes a pilot program for uninsured patients in ten states, sparking...
News: Lawyers for Jeff Shell have begun discussions about his exit as President of Paramount. Contours of any future role (like "consultant" or outright ouster) will be determined by the internal investigation, which is expected to be done in a...
The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief supporting law firms that successfully challenged Trump‑era executive orders aimed at punishing them for representing disfavored clients. The brief argues the orders violate lawyers’ First Amendment free‑speech and associational rights, as well...
The Labor Department’s Retirement Security Rule, which would have extended fiduciary duties to one‑time advice for participants with roughly $14 trillion in 401(k) and similar plans, was vacated after the Biden administration declined to defend it and federal courts nullified the...
Legal departments are rapidly integrating AI tools into everyday workflows, but recent concerns highlight that any mishandling of privileged information, bias, regulated data exposure, or evidentiary integrity ultimately falls on the organization. General counsel, managing partners, CIOs, and legal operations...
National space laws provide the licensing backbone for launches, spectrum, and remote‑sensing, but they cannot alone resolve cross‑border disputes that arise from global satellite constellations, orbital debris, and lunar‑resource activities. The Outer Space Treaty remains the legal floor, tying private...
New Brunswick's government introduced legislation to raise the small‑estate threshold from $3,000 CAD (about $2,200 USD) to $25,000 CAD (roughly $18,000 USD). The change lets the public trustee administer more estates without court orders and permits direct asset release to verified executors without probate....
Linked (cloud) attachments remain a critical e‑discovery blind spot, despite tools that can collect and search them. Recent developments—such as the Carvana court‑ordered capability test, the Sedona Conference’s 2025 commentary, and the proposed Reconstruction‑Grade eDiscovery (RG) standard—reinforce the duty to...
New Brunswick will launch centralized virtual bail hearings in Fredericton and Woodstock starting April 9, expanding later to Moncton. The program moves all bail participants online via Microsoft Teams, freeing a courtroom that currently hosts bail hearings two days a week....
Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered a self‑represented plaintiff in a medical negligence lawsuit to undergo a capacity assessment. The court found sufficient evidence that the plaintiff’s physical and mental ability to manage the case was in question, satisfying the...
Am I hallucinating or did I just read a WSJ editorial (not op-ed) calling for increasing antitrust scrutiny of a highly profitable industry. (It does happen to be one that Fox Corp. is forced to bargain with) https://t.co/L6pyj5xLJX
India's Income Tax department has issued a draft assessment denying treaty benefits to Jane Street's Singapore subsidiary for FY 2023‑24. The department invoked the Multilateral Instrument‑Principal Purposes Test (MLI‑PPT) of the India‑Singapore tax treaty, alleging that the main purpose of...
