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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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Belgian prosecutors admitted they mistakenly implicated EU lawmaker Daniel Attard in a Huawei bribery probe, confusing him with a Maltese businessman of the same name. The error surfaced after the MEP asked for a double‑check of the suspect’s identity. The mix‑up underscores procedural gaps in the investigation of alleged Chinese influence in European institutions. It arrives amid wider scrutiny of Belgium’s anti‑corruption unit and its handling of high‑profile cases.
The February 2026 appellate roundup highlights several pivotal employment‑law decisions. The Fifth Circuit affirmed that overtime liability hinges on an employer’s actual or constructive knowledge of hours worked, rejecting a contractor’s claim of unlimited‑hour entitlement. The Sixth Circuit required age‑discrimination...
The Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta struck down California’s policy against forced outing of LGBTQ‑identifying students, framing the practice as a due‑process violation for parents even without religious objections. The decision builds on the Court’s earlier Mahmoud...
Proskauer Rose announced a series of senior hires to expand its private funds platform, adding partners with deep experience in fund formation, regulatory compliance, and capital‑markets transactions. The new talent bolsters the firm’s ability to serve private‑equity, venture‑capital and hedge‑fund...
Effective March 1, 2026, FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Rule mandates filing a Real Estate Report for every non‑financed transfer of residential property to an entity or trust, regardless of value. The rule replaces the previous geographic targeting orders with a permanent, nationwide...
Sidley, the sixth‑ranked firm on the 2025 Am Law 100, announced an income‑partner tier that creates a nonequity partnership level. The move follows a wave of Biglaw firms—starting with Cravath’s salaried partner tier in 2023 and later Paul Weiss, WilmerHale, and...
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against California challenging its stringent tailpipe emissions standards, arguing they force an unlawful rapid shift to electric vehicles. The suit follows congressional action that blocked California's plan to ban new gasoline car sales by...
U.S. regulators will propose easing Basel III endgame capital rules. Fed Vice Chair Michelle Bowman said duplicative capital‑calculation requirements will be removed and adjustments made for trading and mortgage exposures. The changes aim to shrink banks’ reserve buffers, freeing funds for...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the U.S. Department of Education halted its accuracy and call‑quality assessments of federal student‑loan servicers in February 2025, shortly after the Trump administration cut roughly half of the Education Department’s staff. This scaling back...
Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Ron Wyden, have sent letters to eleven pharmaceutical companies demanding details on their most‑favored‑nation (MFN) agreements and whether those prices generate real savings for Medicaid, with a March 23 response deadline. The inquiry follows earlier requests...
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The SEC continues to refine short‑selling regulations, balancing market stability with the benefits of price discovery. Historical measures such as the uptick rule and Regulation SHO laid groundwork for modern oversight, while the 2023 reporting mandate now forces institutional investors to...
The FDA’s Electronic Registration and Listing Compliance Program (eDRLS) safeguards the accuracy of drug registration and listing data that underpin inspections, electronic prescribing, and reimbursement systems. While automated validation rules catch many errors, the program also employs manual surveillance to...
Littler’s latest Lounge episode examines the EU Pay Transparency Directive as it takes shape across member states. The discussion outlines new recruiting disclosures, employee pay‑information rights, and varying reporting thresholds that firms must navigate. Hosts emphasize the need for precise...
It's interesting that Congress is moving to restrict institutional investors from buying up homes, but there's no similar effort for health care.
Lawfare will host a live webinar on March 13 at 4 pm ET featuring editor Benjamin Wittes with senior editors Kate Klonick and Roger Parloff. The discussion will cover Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Department of Defense’s supply‑chain risk designation, questions about...
Estate planning often pits equal splits against equitable distributions, especially when adult children have vastly different financial circumstances. Harry Margolis advises parents to address disparities through lifetime assistance or specialized tools rather than altering the will. Strategies like special‑needs trusts...
my new favorite hobby is reading about Anthropic's internal AI workflows this one especially caught my attention: anthropic's ENTIRE legal review process is now handled by just 1 Claude system a single non-technical lawyer vibe-coded and it cut turnaround time by 80% here's...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed that the state Whistleblower Act shields employees even when they are involved in the wrongdoing they report, as held in Galvin v. Roxbury Community College. Thomas Galvin, the college’s chief compliance officer, was terminated after...
‘What happens if we don't get Clarity?’ In this episode of DEX in the City, hosts Vy Le, KK Bos & Jessi Brooks dig into: 🤔 Whether regulatory guidance could suffice in the place of the Clarity Act 💀 How...
The article warns that AI music platforms have built their models on unlicensed recordings, especially from independent artists, and are now proposing “walled‑garden” licensing schemes with major labels. While Warner has struck a dual‑use deal, Suno and other firms reject...
On March 9, 2026 the U.S. DOT and FAA unveiled the Advanced Air Mobility and eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), selecting eight multi‑state projects to begin real‑world operations by summer 2026. The program gives manufacturers a structured pathway to fly in national...
The Internal Revenue Service issued a six‑page notice proposing amendments to the tax‑exempt refunding bond regulations. The changes would formally include 90‑day Treasury certificates in the definition of tax‑exempt bonds, clarifying how proceeds moved from State and Local Government Series...
The U.S. Justice Department sued to block California’s electric‑vehicle fuel‑efficiency rules, arguing that federal CAFE standards preempt state action. A recent reconciliation bill stripped CAFE penalties for light‑vehicle fleets, effectively turning the standards into a voluntary program. The author contends...
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Republican lawmakers have asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to use executive authority to index capital gains on primary residences to inflation. Indexing would adjust the cost basis, potentially reducing taxable gains for long‑term homeowners, especially higher‑income sellers. The proposal builds...
ERI, a Fresno‑based electronics recycling firm, filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against Revivn Public Benefit Corp., alleging theft of trade secrets. ERI claims Revivn poached senior employees, including former senior director Justin LeDoux and logistics director Ross...
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Promotion in Motion’s appeal, upholding the earlier finding that its SWISSKISS marks are likely to confuse consumers with Hershey’s chocolate trademarks, particularly the KISS element. The court affirmed that the SWISS component is merely...
The FDA has released an online searchable table of 249 pharmaceutical quality‑related guidances, MAPPs, and compliance programs. Recent entries include the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Process Inspection compliance program (Sept 2025) and guidance on outsourcing facility inspections (Jan 2025). Topics span drug...
The on‑demand InfoTrack webinar, presented by attorney Drew Levine, teaches litigators how to balance broad discovery rights with privacy concerns. It covers proportionality, managing electronically stored information, and differences between state and federal discovery rules. The tutorial emphasizes practical, results‑focused...
The FDA provides a comprehensive suite of labeling resources aimed at industry staff who develop human prescription‑drug labeling, including DailyMed, Drugs@FDA, FDALabel, and Medication Guides. These tools grant access to over 140,000 labeling documents and detailed regulatory histories. The agency...
An enterprise AI contract‑review API that costs $1.58 per document exploded to a $1.6 million bill when exposed as an agentic API. An autonomous agent retried a single request thousands of times, and the pattern repeated across thousands of contracts, revealing...
On March 5 2026 a Intel shareholder filed a sealed derivative complaint in Delaware alleging that the company’s board breached fiduciary duties by accepting a roughly 9.9% equity stake from the U.S. government. The stake, part of an $11.1 billion federal investment tied...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Prediction Markets Security and Integrity Act, targeting prediction‑market platforms that allow wagers on geopolitical events, insider trading, and underage gambling. The bill seeks to ban war‑related bets, impose consumer‑protection safeguards, and align these platforms with...
Legal firms are increasingly deploying generative AI to summarize contracts, pleadings, and discovery material, turning thousands of pages into concise briefs within minutes. The technology leverages large language models fine‑tuned on legal corpora, delivering context‑aware abstracts that preserve critical clauses...
The CFTC issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and a staff advisory to craft a comprehensive regulatory framework for prediction markets. The agency highlighted a surge in market activity, with open interest surpassing $1 billion and monthly on‑chain volumes jumping...
This is a challenging spot, because if you don't outright specialize in clients with special needs children, most advisors may only come across these scenarios once or twice in a career, and won't necessarily have a good network of attorneys...
Canadian taxpayers continue to face TFSA overcontribution penalties, highlighted by a recent Federal Court case where the CRA’s denial of relief was upheld. The plaintiff had accumulated over $300,000 in excess contributions between 2021‑2023 and sought a waiver, arguing that...
Bob Robertson addressed Legalweek 2026’s Day 3 session, highlighting how artificial intelligence can integrate, synthesize, and analyze disparate client data for law firms. He emphasized AI‑driven platforms that translate complex datasets into intuitive visualizations for attorneys. The discussion underscored real‑time...
The Fourth Circuit issued a public admonishment to attorney Eric Nwaubani after his appellate briefs cited three nonexistent judicial opinions, a mistake the court linked to possible generative AI use. The panel found his conduct violated Local Rule 46(g)(1)(c) and...
I don’t think Pennsylvanians understand how big of a deal this is for the health of our state. This would ultimately be a soft ban on fracking in the state. When comment periods open later this year, we have to...
Hideous handling of #AlinaHabba may jeopardize #NJ lead in #mortgagefraud cases. She+3 successors all disqualified by a federal judge. #realestate #CRE #mortgage #PamBondi #Trump https://t.co/qjSREOwVWm
A coalition of major tech firms, including Google and Tesla, is rallying to expand U.S. power‑grid capacity as policymakers seek faster upgrades. The Department of Energy has opened a $1.9 billion funding opportunity aimed at urgently needed grid modernization projects. Parallel...
CFTC to set ‘rules of the road’ for prediction markets, Chair Selig says The guidance warns exchanges to avoid listing contracts that could be easily manipulated, citing examples such as bets tied to injuries or other narrowly defined sports outcomes. https://t.co/Dr13o6VPmA
CA AG Rob Bonta says Trump's antitrust approach "is not fueling competition or protecting workers. He is handpicking winners and losers."
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been buying location data from the online advertising ecosystem, allowing the agency to track individuals' movements with minute‑level precision. The practice leverages advertising identifiers (AdIDs) that link devices to real‑time bidding markets, bypassing the...
CA AG Rob Bonta says of AI that state "must do everything we can to limit bias in AI and disenfranchising people of color."
California AG Rob Bonta says while AI may be the "Wild West" it is not above the law.
California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act mandates paid sick leave for all employees, granting at least 24 hours of accrued leave and protecting workers from retaliation if adverse action follows leave within 30 days. Employers frequently ask how to prevent...
California AG Rob Bonta blasts proposed Nexstar-Tegna deal, saying if deal goes through a "a single massive company will have outsized influence" and consumers will suffer higher prices and less access to news and sports.
CA AG Rob Bonta says his office will be vigorous in its review of Paramount - Warner deal. Concern of higher consumer costs, job loss, etc.
CA AG Rob Bonta says Live Nation settlement is "very weak" and "inadequate." Live Nation "acted illegally and created a monopoly." Says State AGs will continue trial if it can't reach a more fair settlement."
