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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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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins signaled that executive‑security perks may soon lose their special‑perk status, but existing disclosure rules remain in force for 2026. Companies are seeing rapid growth in security spending, with 64% of S&P 100 firms already reporting such perks. ISS has softened its stance, indicating it will not object if firms provide thorough proxy disclosures. Proxy advisors now expect disclosures to detail the program’s nature, shareholder benefit, assessment methodology, and arm‑length decision‑making process, prompting early involvement of compensation committees.
Cleary Gottlieb’s J.T. Ho hosted the latest Timely Takes podcast, delivering a concise update on recent securities and governance developments. He highlighted three new Corporate Disclosure Items (CDIs) covering notices of exempt solicitations, broker search timing, and spinoff executive compensation...
The essay challenges the continued reliance on publicly filed corporate charters, especially in Delaware where retrieval is costly and slow. It traces charter evolution from 19th‑century incorporation formalities to today’s streamlined but opaque system. The author argues that charters serve...
The Deal Lawyers Download podcast features Morrison & Foerster’s Mike O’Bryan outlining M&A trends for 2026. Topics include AI‑driven due diligence, evolving antitrust and national‑security review regimes, new SB 21 safe‑harbor rules, recent tax law changes, and strategies for acquihires, earnouts, and activist‑influenced...
Justice Issaac Lenaola used the launch of Zetech University’s new law school to stress the urgency of ethical conduct in the legal profession, citing a recent judge’s bribery arrest. He urged law schools to hire former judges and seasoned advocates...
New Jersey remains the only U.S. state where drivers cannot pump their own gasoline, a restriction enforced by the 1949 Retail Gasoline Dispensing Safety Act. The law was enacted to mitigate fire hazards, limit exposure to gasoline fumes, and reduce...
Qomply, a regulatory‑technology firm specializing in transaction reporting, has opened a new office in Hong Kong, extending its footprint in the Asia‑Pacific region. The expansion comes as Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong roll out extensive OTC derivatives reporting reforms, marking...
Reliance Communications has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the February 13 order that bars the sale or transfer of spectrum under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The court held that spectrum, as a scarce public resource,...
Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co‑founded by Peter Mandelson, entered administration on Feb 19, leaving about 80 UK staff without pay or a statutory consultation period. Administrators confirmed employees are out of pocket by thousands of pounds and can seek a...
Boundless Immigration lawyer Andrew Smith will host an AMA on March 19 at 1:00 PM EDT for subscribers interested in filing EB‑1A, EB‑2 NIW, or O‑1 petitions. The session will cover recent adjudication trends, typical RFE triggers, and examples of strong...
Episode 398 features Anik A. Shah, Sandisk’s Director of Anti‑Bribery and Anti‑Corruption, discussing the latest anti‑corruption developments and risk‑management strategies. Shah draws on more than 15 years of experience, including a tenure at the SEC where he led multi‑jurisdictional investigations...
A federal judge ordered the removal of the DOGE deposition videos from YouTube after they went viral, but the footage had already been mirrored across the internet via a torrent and the Internet Archive. The deposited testimony shows DOGE staff...
Cooley reported record global revenue of $2.37 bn for the 2025 fiscal year, a 10.3% increase over 2024. Profit per equity partner jumped 18.3% to $4.6 m and revenue per lawyer rose 11.5% to $1.8 m. The London office led the growth surge,...
Congress is set to vote on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, a key authority that permits the NSA and FBI to collect electronic communications without individualized warrants. The renewal comes as President Trump has issued an executive...
Australia’s Fair Work Commission ruled that a binding employment contract does not automatically create an employment relationship capable of termination. In a case involving Abergeldie Personnel, the Commission found that although a formal offer letter was issued on 29 August...
One upped by the famous coverage case Cox v Hiscox (real coverage dispute relating to the Hulk Hogan Gawker case).
A bombshell document came out on Friday showing extensive corruption at the Antitrust Division. That and more, in the monopoly round-up. https://t.co/J85AjC2azt
ABC will launch the four‑part documentary series Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia in April 2026. The series offers unprecedented access to the High Court, dramatizing four pivotal rulings—marriage equality, the Mabo decision, immigration detention, and the right to vote. Produced...
Chief Justice Brian Preston rebuked Tamworth Regional Council’s legal challenge to the 372‑MW Hills of Gold wind project, labeling the council’s focus a “bee in their bonnet” and saying it had lost perspective. The council continues the case after the...
Judge Richard Eaton, a senior member of the U.S. Court of International Trade, is overseeing a massive $166 billion case to refund tariffs deemed illegally collected during the Trump era. The court has ordered the administration to return the funds quickly,...
Voting‑rights advocates in the Deep South are warning that a pending court challenge could overturn a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, potentially reshaping election rules in Alabama and neighboring states. The groups are deploying a coordinated voter‑education campaign...
Legal Services Board chief Richard Orpin announced that the LSB will pursue a review of the six reserved legal activities, citing rapid changes driven by AI and new business models. He highlighted the blurring line between regulated and unregulated advice...
A Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck solicitor Jude Sebastian Fletcher off the roll after finding he misappropriated £1 million from his firm Fletcher Day and forged bank documents. Fletcher, who had sole access to Metro Bank accounts, transferred client funds to himself...
Glaisyers LLP, a Birmingham legal‑aid specialist, entered administration after years of losses despite a £475,000 personal injection from its director. Administrators recovered about £218,000 but incurred nearly £95,000 in fees. Unsecured creditors owed £681,000 are now expected to receive no...
Stephen Jameson, sole director of unregulated probate specialist Probate Specialist Ltd, was sentenced to one year in prison for contempt of court after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of £432,000 belonging to a 2021 estate. The court had previously issued...
The High Court ruled that Irwin Mitchell’s negligent advice did not cause the loss claimed by former client Jeremy Mark Gordeno. Although the firm admitted negligence, the judge found Gordeno would have proceeded with the Glo Homes transaction even if...
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower is reviewing the Employment Act amid a clash between the National Trades Union Congress, which wants employers to give advance notice before retrenchments, and the Singapore National Employers Federation, which warns of confidentiality breaches and implementation...
The new Bill C-22 (Lawful Access) will create new info demands and require "electronic service providers" to create new surveillance capabilities. Part 1 is improved from Bill C-2 but Part 2 is bad creating an expansive surveillance infrastructure. https://youtu.be/tZFbTYttuN8
The downside of irrevocable trusts are that they are "irrevocable" and can't easily be undone ➡️ But here's how "swap powers" – the ability to exchange assets in an irrevocable trust with other assets of equivalent value – can be...
HIStalk’s March 16 morning roundup highlights mounting pressure on healthcare delivery, noting that medical offices are idle roughly 75% of the time, which erodes patient access. Revenue‑cycle executives are grappling with the need for systematic checks to plug operational gaps. Clinicians...
The article traces insider‑trading law from its early roots in state corporate fiduciary duties to today’s dominance by the SEC, while noting that state statutes still matter. Delaware boasts the most sophisticated state‑law framework, and the Delaware Supreme Court is...
A House resolution, H.R. 3385, seeks to narrow the federal definition of a motorcycle to vehicles with handlebars and no more than three wheels, effectively removing three‑wheel autocycles from the category. The bill would leave popular models like the Polaris Slingshot...
Lawyer Nader Hasan announced serious misgivings about an upcoming Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) report reviewing the conduct of three Toronto Police Service (TPS) officers accused of colluding and committing perjury in the Umar Zameer case. Zameer was acquitted in 2024...
Three new data breach class actions against @HeyEpic landed Friday in the Western District of Wisconsin, all claiming data breach against the company and a variety of its health system customers. The twist: the complaints cite Epic's own lawsuit against...
"How the @FCC Is Trying to Make It Harder to Get Low-Income Internet" [Correction: How the FCC is trying to make it harder for dead people to get taxpayer money.] https://t.co/VlE3D5DHUc
In this Legal AF episode, investigative journalist David Armiak explains the Center for Media and Democracy’s recent IRS complaint against the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) for failing to itemize contributions and expenditures as required by law. He details RAGA’s pay‑to‑play...
A seven‑page priority‑mail document arrived at a Reno law firm claiming to be the long‑missing last will of Tony Hsieh, the former Zappos CEO. Hsieh died in 2020 without a known will, meaning his $500 million estate would default to his...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is urging the Albanese government to introduce a licensing regime that would allow it to suspend franchisors that breach transparency and disclosure obligations. Deputy chair Mick Keogh highlighted the regulator’s current inability to...
The Australian government rushed the Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No 1) Bill through parliament, granting the Home Affairs minister authority to suspend groups of temporary visa holders for up to six months. The amendment is framed as a response to the...
The risk isn’t AI drafting contracts. It’s firms that never redesign their processes and just bolt tech tools onto broken workflows.
Retired pharma R&D executive Sasha Latypova testified in a Dutch lawsuit alleging that COVID‑19 vaccine contracts were engineered by the so‑called “Architects of the Great Reset.” In a press conference she called the vaccines “indistinguishable from bioweapons,” claiming emergency legal...
I SUBMITTED my comments Parliament of Zimbabwe in support of all the 22 Clauses in the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill. Don’t be misled by people like @freemanchari & @mawarirej who are reducing the Bill to a single...
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The Pension Protection Act of 2006 overhauled U.S. retirement law by making key contribution limits permanent and expanding rollover options to Roth IRAs. It introduced stricter funding standards for defined‑benefit plans and raised PBGC premiums for underfunded pensions. The act...
The National Secular Society is preparing a judicial review against England’s Office for Students (OfS) for allegedly allowing twelve bible colleges to receive more than £80 million in public student‑loan funding and £1 million in direct grants despite restrictions on academic freedom....
A US federal judge has blocked subpoenas issued by Trump’s Department of Justice to the Federal Reserve. The judge cited “thin evidence” and the intent to “harass and pressure [Fed Chair] Powell.” TRUMP’S THREATS = BACKFIRE. https://t.co/sPyzhpBuf5
Lone Democrat on the FCC responds to Republican Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to broadcasters: https://t.co/e9xfRAbUII
The U.S. State Department announced a dramatic cut to the fee for renouncing citizenship, lowering it from $2,350 to $450 effective April 13, 2026. The reduction restores the 2010 fee level after a decade of criticism and lawsuits over the...
The February 2026 Hart‑Scott‑Rodino (HSR) filing count rose to 188, modestly above January’s 180 but well below the year‑end peak of 232. Effective February 17, the jurisdictional threshold jumped to $133.9 million, pushing larger, data‑intensive deals into the filing pool. eDiscovery,...
State Rep. Cam Cavitt criticized District Health Department No. 4 for demanding a $57 temporary food‑service permit every two weeks from children selling lemonade at the Rogers City farmers market. He argued the fee penalizes young entrepreneurs and reflects the department’s...
Our daughter Julia Angwin on how Grammarly has used her name to make suggestions...without her knowing that her name was used, or seeing the suggestions. It is appalling. Why I’m Suing Grammarly https://t.co/eJzSaOrBS3
