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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
On March 13, 2026 the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) submitted rule filing SR‑FICC‑2026‑005 to the SEC, seeking to set a delayed implementation schedule for enhancements to the correlation calculation used in bond haircut models. The filing amends the QRM Methodology Document that governs the Initial Market Risk Margin for government securities, building on changes approved in SR‑FICC‑2026‑002 on March 9, 2026. FICC invites market participants to comment on the proposed timeline via the SEC’s online portal or directly to its rule‑filing team. The final timeframe will shape how clearing members calculate margin requirements for bond positions.
The Supreme Court of India has agreed to review whether foreign employees must contribute to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) under the 1952 scheme after LG Electronics challenged the mandatory contribution rule. The dispute centers on Paragraph 83 of the...
Utah District Court Judge Tony Graf is set to decide whether media will be allowed in the upcoming hearing on the murder case of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors, Kirk’s widow, and news groups argue for open access, while the...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate oversight of cryptocurrency markets. The pact creates formal information‑sharing channels, joint working groups, and dispute‑resolution procedures to align regulatory approaches....
The Canadian government introduced Bill C-22, an act aimed at enhancing law‑enforcement access to digital information. It creates two mechanisms – a confirmation of service demand and a subscriber information production order – to address Supreme Court rulings that require...
The week saw a surge of lawsuits targeting the Trump administration, including Anthropic’s dual suits over alleged unlawful sanctions, Liberty Justice Center’s challenge to a new 10% global tariff, and the DNC’s FOIA suit against multiple federal agencies. Courts also...
The Ninth Circuit refused to rehear en banc the Olympus Spa v. Armstrong case, leaving the panel majority’s decision intact. Judge VanDyke’s lead dissent opened with a graphic description of "swinging dicks," sparking a sharp rebuke from 28 of his...
Solifi, a Minneapolis‑based secured‑finance software provider, appointed Kevin Smith as its first chief legal officer, a newly created C‑suite role. Smith arrives from Jaggaer after more than 25 years advising high‑growth tech firms on legal, risk and transactional matters. At...
The USPTO’s March 10, 2026 Official Gazette granted 19 new design patents covering items such as walking canes, garden lights, lamp accessories, and a portable pickleball net. Design patents protect only the ornamental appearance of a product, not its function, but infringement...
India’s Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed a complaint alleging that BookMyShow abused its dominant position in the online movie‑ticket market. The regulator defined the relevant market as online intermediation services for booking movie tickets and noted that while...
Queensland’s Industrial Relations Commission ruled that an employer was liable for a psychological injury after it replaced a full‑time executive support officer’s colleague with two untrained casual workers, creating an unreasonable workload. The employee, who resigned in October 2022, claimed...
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 60% of U.S. adults believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a modest dip from earlier post‑Dobbs polls. About half of respondents (51%) say obtaining an abortion in their...
The Justice Department issued an opinion that clears the way for the Trump administration’s U.S. Tech Force program to let private‑sector technologists work for the federal government while remaining employed and retaining unvested stock units. The initiative will onboard managers...
A Delaware Industrial Accident Board ordered the reinstatement of disability benefits for a worker employed by Amick Farms after a dual‑jurisdiction dispute between Maryland and Delaware. The claimant, who suffered injuries in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, had his benefits...
A Munich court ruled that TCL’s QLED‑branded TVs in Germany do not meet the technical standards of true quantum‑dot displays, violating unfair competition law. Samsung’s lawsuit forced TCL to stop advertising and selling those models as QLED in the German...
Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) are increasingly used to invest in private companies, allowing investors to sidestep disclosure requirements and often layering high fees and opaque valuations. Recent Bloomberg coverage and two Delaware lawsuits expose fraud risks and the difficulty of...
An ex‑USCIS officer hosted a virtual Q&A with immigration attorney Evan J. Law to dissect real EB‑1A case narratives. The discussion focused on how to present a compelling leading or critical role claim, the elements that make a case narrative...
A five‑lawyer competition team led by Mathilde Saltiel has left Latham & Watkins to join August Debouzy in Paris, creating a new competition, European regulation and foreign‑investment control group. Saltiel, former chair of Latham’s Paris litigation practice, brings experience in merger control, cartel...
Italy’s Constitutional Court rejected a constitutional challenge and upheld the 2025 law that sharply narrows citizenship‑by‑descent, limiting jus sanguinis to the third generation. The court deemed the constitutional questions partly unfounded, leaving the reform in place pending a full ruling....
This article is complete garbage. It claims that the symbol is not protected by the First Amendment because it is incitement, but neither mentions the relevant legal test nor presents any argument or evidence necessary to satisfy the test. The test...
China has adopted a sweeping new environmental law that will help sustain Xi Jinping's drive to tackle pollution https://t.co/eqg89kzp4f
The House of Lords industry and regulators committee is gathering evidence on how legal‑services regulation affects economic growth, with experts warning that current consumer‑protection rules act as barriers to innovation and access to justice. Most individuals and small businesses cannot...
This is the right kicker. I was in the courtroom Friday. There was no good argument it’s a national security threat. And then Defense Dept argument it’s an especially sensitive time went nowhere with the Court who flipped it around...
I don't understand this ruling. Is the court really holding that the theory that can go forward is a failure to warn of the risk that the product could be used to commit suicide?! That completely defies logic. Seems like...
The U.S. Treasury on March 13 sanctioned two companies and six individuals for operating overseas IT networks that funneled money to North Korea. The schemes, which included malware attacks and data theft, generated roughly $800 million for Pyongyang’s weapons programs in...
A High Court judge found that claimant Laimonas Jakstys used smart glasses linked to his mobile phone to receive coached answers while testifying. The judge ruled his testimony unreliable, rejected it in full, and awarded indemnity costs to the defendants....
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal suspended solicitor Shafiq‑Ul Hassan for two years after finding he deliberately lied in a 2019 meeting to shield a client from pressure, rather than striking him off. The tribunal described his motives as “laudable” but emphasized...
The Ministry of Justice has proposed an Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts (ILCA) scheme that would divert 75% of interest earned on pooled client funds and 50% on designated individual accounts to a public fund. Oxford scholars Linda Mulcahy and...
Flora Page KC resigned from the Legal Services Board to openly oppose the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which aims to limit jury trials in the UK. She argues the legislation is rushed, lacks public consultation, and threatens the constitutional right...
Law firms have been cautioned not to overlook the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s AML enforcement as the Financial Conduct Authority prepares to become the sole supervisor of anti‑money‑laundering rules, a transition that could stretch to three years. Experts at the Law...
House Energy and Commerce Democrats urged FCC Chair Brendan Carr to investigate Fox News for airing old footage of former President Donald Trump, prompting a sharp rebuttal from Carr. Replies highlighted that the FCC’s authority is limited to over‑the‑air broadcasters,...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit allowing the families of two teenagers who died after ingesting sodium nitrite purchased on Amazon to pursue product‑liability claims. The panel held that suicide is not a superseding cause under Washington's...
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction restoring roughly $14 million in Interior Department grants to three western environmental groups after finding the Trump administration cut the funds due to the organizations’ DEI‑related speech. The court held the cuts likely violated...
PFAS false‑advertising class actions are expanding from environmental suits to any consumer‑facing sector that uses health, safety or sustainability language. Plaintiffs argue that terms like “natural” or “eco‑friendly” imply PFAS‑free status, even when PFAS enter products unintentionally via supply chains....
Judge Pauline Newman, a senior Federal Circuit judge, has filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review her removal from active service by fellow judges. The D.C. Circuit previously held that the Judicial Councils Reform and Judicial...
Ed Martin, the Trump‑appointed DOJ pardon attorney, has been charged by the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility for allegedly using his official position to coerce Georgetown University Law Center into abandoning its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs....
The Trump administration is leveraging lawsuits against Republican‑led states to overturn existing statutes, exemplified by a six‑hour settlement with Texas that nullified a law allowing undocumented students to pay in‑state tuition. By reaching rapid settlements, the White House sidesteps legislative...
Media Matters and X Corp. filed a joint stipulation to dismiss all federal lawsuits between them, ending a year‑long dispute that spanned U.S., Irish, Singaporean, and UK courts. The dismissal is with prejudice against X’s claims but leaves the nonprofit...
Genius Act sorted stablecoins. Done. But thats only half the regulatory picture. The Clarity Act is the other half and arguably the bigger one. It draws the line between securities and commodities. Once institutions have that answer they can go all...
Wow. The government corrects a statement its lawyer said in court, that the credential policy is “more subjective.” It amends to say that the standards are objective.
On March 6, 2026 the GSA issued a proposed GSAR clause—552.239‑7001—mandating the exclusive use of "American AI" in all Schedule contract performance. The clause requires contractors to disclose every AI system, enable human oversight, report incidents within 72 hours, and provide extensive documentation...
NEW: US Treasury issued a general license for the delivery and sale of Russian oil loaded on vessels as of March 12. Moscow continues to be the single largest beneficiary of the Iran War. https://t.co/oVlT1gzuuN
Time to renew your trademark before it's too late?! Slow down and check that the trademark renewal isn't a scam. Here's what I received a few days ago, and how I figured out it wasn't legit: https://t.co/HDUOjUwayt #scams #spam #trademark...
A Chicago federal judge ordered Amazon to produce the source code behind its biometric‑recognition systems in a lawsuit filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The magistrate ruled that the code is discoverable, provided Amazon’s trade‑secret protections are upheld...
In this episode, host Adam interviews Michael Riston of Project Saltbox about a federal judge’s temporary injunction halting ICE’s construction of a massive detention‑warehouse in Williamsport, Maryland. The discussion details how community activism, backed by environmental science expertise and coordinated...
A new Brownlee LLP report urges Alberta to scrap its upcoming “Care‑first” no‑fault auto‑insurance regime, slated for Jan. 1 2027, arguing it strips victims of the right to sue and limits compensation. The report highlights that UCP AGM members voted to retain...
Hyatt hotels in Australia have overhauled their card‑payment surcharge practices after the ACCC flagged excessive debit‑card fees at the Hyatt Regency Sydney. The regulator required the chain to separate debit and credit surcharges and ensure they do not exceed actual...
On March 11, 2026 New York’s Appellate Division, Second Department, dismissed foreclosure actions by Fannie Mae and U.S. Bank, finding the filings untimely under the state’s six‑year statute of limitations. Both lenders relied on strategies—voluntary case dismissals and challenges to prior acceleration—to reset the clock,...
At the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam conference, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brenna Jenny outlined the Department of Justice’s enforcement philosophy under the False Claims Act. She stressed that the DOJ targets concrete harm, will pursue stale conduct within the statute...
Parents of 4‑year‑old Ayden Fang filed a lawsuit after he was killed on Aug. 8, 2025, when a 19‑year‑old driver lost control exiting a parking lot and drove onto the sidewalk in downtown Burlingame. The suit names the city, the driver and...
