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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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A New York State Supreme Court judge ordered Bronx landlord Seth Miller to pay more than $2.1 million in fines and to complete urgent repairs at his 919 Prospect Ave. building within a strict timeline. The ruling, hailed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the first under the city’s Nuisance Abatement Law, forces Miller to fix severe safety violations or incur $1,000 daily penalties. The case follows years of tenant complaints, multiple lawsuits, and a public‑officials list that repeatedly flagged Miller as one of the city’s worst landlords. The decision signals a new era of aggressive enforcement against negligent property owners.
Bank‑level enforcement actions by the FDIC, OCC, Fed and NCUA fell 55% from 116 in 2024 to 52 in 2025, with quarterly new cases dropping from 20 to just two. At the same time, terminated actions more than doubled, reaching...
Elon Musk's X Corp, conservative platform Rumble, the Babylon Bee and other plaintiffs have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to keep a lower‑court injunction that blocks California’s Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act (AB 2655). The law, enacted...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Fair Labor Standards Act claim by a security guard at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital who argued that monitoring his radio during lunch breaks made the time compensable. The...
“ROSS Intelligence Inc. told an appeals court that new filings by Anthropic PBC against the Defense Department confirm that finding fair use in AI training is "paramount" to national security.” 👀
Lush Handmade Cosmetics agreed to settle a sex‑discrimination lawsuit after the EEOC, which had filed a complaint in 2024 alleging bias against a pansexual, nonbinary employee, withdrew its support in 2025 following a Trump administration executive order. The settlement required...
The Federal Circuit affirmed that a patent’s claim language can impose a required sequence of steps, as illustrated in Sound View Innovations v. Hulu. The court held that the grammar and logic of claim 16 mandated receiving a request before...
During the COVID‑19 pandemic, vaccine makers pledged not to enforce mRNA‑related patents, but that restraint has ended, sparking a wave of litigation over lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and mRNA payload technologies. Major cases include Alnylam’s suits against Pfizer and BioNTech, Arbutus’s...
Judge blocks subpoenas in criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Judge cites Trump's TruthSocial posts in his ruling in which Trump was called Powell incompetent and stupid. https://t.co/SA5Sib2xDN
BOASBERG: “.. the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell .. “.. the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President ..” https://t.co/3e71QOib61 https://t.co/X3riZGOYAB
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) reshaped the federal tax code, but state responses are split. Roughly half of the states automatically conform, while many Democratic‑led jurisdictions are decoupling to protect revenue, creating a patchwork of adoption dates. This...
Evolve, which is the corporate trustee for a disabled girl and her mother, is literally trying to evict them from their home, according to a lawsuit filed in a Louisiana court: https://t.co/SwUgZI86FG
NEW: A federal judge threw out a pair of subpoenas the Justice Department issued to the Federal Reserve, handing a victory to the Fed and dealing a heavy blow U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's criminal investigation into Chair Jerome Powell.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, leaving the D.C. Circuit’s ruling that works generated entirely by artificial intelligence lack copyright protection. This decision upholds the long‑standing requirement for human authorship under the Copyright Act. While the...
Judge Blocks Subpoenas Against Fed Chair Jerome Powell Citing 'Essentially Zero Evidence': NBC News https://t.co/teqHqyL2FB
A proposal circulating in Albany would slash New York’s estate‑tax exemption from over $7 million to $750,000 and raise the top rate to 50 percent. The change would shift the tax burden from ultra‑wealthy dynasties to typical middle‑class families who own modest...
A federal judge dismissed the subpoenas issued to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the Fed over alleged renovation cost overruns, ruling they were primarily intended to harass and pressure the central bank. The decision was framed as a defense...
Class-action lawsuit claims Epic’s MyChart fragments patient records across portals, blocking full access & delaying disability claims. True interoperability still a challenge in digital health. https://t.co/jiKal8ggTl #DigitalHealth
The Smoke Damage Recovery Act (AB 1795) is moving through the California Legislature to establish a statewide framework for evaluating and remediating wildfire smoke damage in homes. Prompted by the 2025 Los Angeles fires, which generated over 42,000 insurance claims—including 13,000 smoke‑damage...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal overturned its 1991 Euro Ceramics ruling, holding that horizontal stare decisis does not bind it to that decision. It confirmed that associate judges have jurisdiction to decide whether to set aside a default judgment...
The Northern District of Illinois dismissed Kenny Mfg. Co.’s patent infringement complaint against Satori Home for failing to plausibly allege infringement. The court noted the complaint showed only a bracket base and arm, omitting the required two mounting locations. Even...
On March 13, 2026, the USPTO released supplemental examination guidance that broadens design‑patent protection to computer‑generated interfaces, icons, and immersive AR/VR designs. The new rules allow applicants to claim the digital design itself, provided the title and claim identify an...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued the Consumer Product Safety Commission to force the release of safety codes for children’s products that were incorporated into federal law but remain claimed as copyrighted. Public.Resource.Org, a nonprofit that publishes government documents, argues...
The Legalweek keynote urged law firms to reinvent their business models, echoing the disruptive pivots of Apple and Netflix in the early 2000s. Yet a new survey shows only 19% of firms have altered fee structures to accommodate AI, 72%...
The Federal Trade Commission is issuing $47.2 million in checks to more than 444,000 renters who paid undisclosed fees to Invitation Homes between January 2021 and September 2024. Eligible tenants will receive an average of $106, with checks that must be cashed within...
As I read and listen to responses to the new CA law, a theme emerged: the Linux community thinks this is ridiculous and is unlikely to comply (and compliance would be next to impossible to enforce...) https://t.co/hiQJkTfESN
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld West Virginia's ban on Medicaid coverage for gender‑affirming surgeries, extending the restriction from minors to adults. The ruling overturns a lower court finding that the 2004 statute violated anti‑discrimination laws and...
A February 2025 U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruling in Kwong v. United States broadened the interpretation of IRC Section 7508A, extending tax filing, payment and refund deadlines to July 11, 2023. The decision means the IRS may have improperly...
A Rhode Island federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate its master collective‑bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees’ National Veterans Affairs Council, covering over 300,000 workers. The order restores the...
A British Columbia Supreme Court anti‑SLAPP ruling in February 2026 upheld a journalist's right to publish a 2021 investigative piece on Create Abundance, a Canada‑registered group alleged to have ties to China’s United Front Work Department and linked to the...
The IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations outlining the new Trump account, a child‑focused, tax‑advantaged retirement vehicle created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Eligible newborns born between 2025 and 2028 receive a one‑time $1,000 federal pilot contribution, and...
The Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s summary‑judgment rulings in Global Tubing v. Tenaris, vacating both the inequitable conduct and Walker Process antitrust decisions. The appellate court found genuine factual disputes about whether Tenaris intentionally withheld material prior‑art information during...
Mississippi lawmakers have advanced a bill that would eliminate state income tax for college athletes, effectively granting them a financial advantage over peers in neighboring SEC schools. The proposal, still pending Senate approval, could give Ole Miss and Mississippi State a...
Adobe agreed to a $150 million settlement to resolve a Justice Department and FTC lawsuit alleging it concealed early‑termination fees and made cancellations difficult. The deal provides $75 million in free services to eligible customers and a $75 million payment to the government....
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires issued a March 11 memorandum expanding the discretion used in institution decisions for inter partes review (IPR) and post‑grant review (PGR) proceedings. The new policy allows examiners to consider whether accused products or...
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has accused member Cloud Innovation Limited (CIL) and its affiliate Larus Ltd of using a series of lawsuits to paralyse the regional internet registry. The litigation seeks to block IPv4 address allocations and impede...
High‑net‑worth divorces rarely hinge on a single bank account; they involve layered trusts, corporate interests, and property held through multiple entities. Early in the case, parties must treat the process as a financial investigation, mapping the entire asset ecosystem and...
Freelancers, small businesses and so on have a statutory right under uk law to charge interest on unpaid bills. But the calculation can be complex. So my old friend the brill actress and podcaster Laura Shavin built a calculator. It’s...
The EEOC issued a 2‑1 decision overturning the 2015 Lusardi ruling, limiting transgender federal employees to bathrooms that correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Chair Andrea Lucas justified the move under Title VII, while Democrat member Kalpana Kotagal dissented,...
The Workplace Policy Institute highlighted a surge of industry petitions to the NLRB, seeking new rules to protect secret‑ballot elections, reevaluate captive‑audience meetings, and restore a common‑law test for independent‑contractor classification. The Board also declined to overturn the 1970 Ex‑Cell‑O...
Costa Rica has leveraged its long‑standing sustainability framework to launch a nationwide, deforestation‑free coffee program ahead of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). A pilot with the CoopeTarrazú cooperative in 2024 introduced satellite‑based mapping, AI tools, and due‑diligence training, leading to...
Why is it so hard to get law firms to adopt technology?The answer: the billable hour. Not as a pricing mechanism, but as the operating system of the entire firm. It shapes comp, performance, and earnings, and thus behavior. I...
The Connecticut Housing Committee approved a bill, 11-8, that requires landlords of buildings with five or more units to provide a legitimate reason before evicting tenants who have lived there for at least one year. The legislation specifically targets no‑fault...
A federal judge in Florida dismissed a class‑action lawsuit alleging Publix overcharged shoppers at self‑checkout. Plaintiff Wendy Koutouzis claimed weight‑based pricing errors on 18 items, but the court found she had received refunds for many disputed purchases and was charged...
Ofcom confirmed that AVS Group has not yet paid the £1 million fine, the £50,000 secondary penalty, or the £8,000‑per‑day daily charge for ongoing non‑compliance with the Online Safety Act, and is reviewing recovery options. Meanwhile, SpaceX’s Starlink has applied for...
SerpApi has asked a federal court to dismiss Reddit’s lawsuit alleging the company scraped Reddit content via Google Search. The API provider argues Reddit does not own the user‑generated posts, that the cited snippets are too brief for copyright, and...
Dynasty Financial Partners is fighting Merrill Lynch’s motion to force arbitration over a raiding claim tied to the OpenArc breakaway. Merrill argues the court should either compel arbitration or lift the existing stay so its lawsuit can proceed, while Dynasty...
Ken Ofori‑Atta, Ghana's former finance minister, remains in an ICE detention center in Virginia after being arrested for a visa overstay. His lawyer says he is pursuing permanent U.S. residency, arguing he would not receive a fair trial in Ghana...
Epic Systems secured a stipulated judgment and permanent injunction against GuardDog Telehealth in its lawsuit with Health Gorilla. GuardDog admitted its business model involved requesting and summarizing medical records via the Carequality and TEFCA interoperability frameworks under the guise of...
Press freedom is under unprecedented attack, with over 330 journalists imprisoned worldwide by the end of 2025, marking a five‑year streak above 300 incarcerations. Authoritarian regimes such as Belarus and Azerbaijan are codifying repression through treason laws, extremist labels, and...
