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The U.S. Department of Justice approved the Hewlett Packard Enterprise‑Juniper Networks merger, citing modest antitrust risk and clear national‑security benefits. Critics argue the consent decree was politically motivated, but the Tunney Act hearing highlights pro‑competitive remedies such as divestitures and software licensing. Intelligence agencies, including the CIA, view the combined firm as a stronger counterweight to China’s Huawei. The court’s review underscores that the settlement meets the public‑interest standard under the Tunney Act.
A federal judge in Northern California granted Elon Musk’s request to bar questions about his alleged ketamine use in the ongoing Musk v. Altman lawsuit, deeming the evidence irrelevant and lacking supporting record. The court, however, denied Musk’s broader motion,...
A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed a libel suit filed by Shannon Bitzer against WBIR and Tegna, ruling that the outlet’s article describing his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol events as an "insurrection" was substantially true and protected by...
Elon Musk’s legal team has filed a motion asking Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick to recuse herself after a LinkedIn “support” reaction to a post celebrating a $2 billion jury verdict against Musk. The request intensifies the ongoing clash between Musk and...
Thompson Hine unveiled SmartPaTH Plus, a generative‑AI upgrade to its legal service platform that now automates over 100 workflows. The enhancement adds AI‑driven contract analysis, predictive cost modeling, and real‑time compliance alerts, aiming to boost predictability and transparency for corporate...
Attorney Pete Patterson’s recent essay on birthright citizenship repeats and expands on earlier errors, notably ignoring the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act that defines citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil. The critique highlights his misreading of the 14th Amendment’s...
The D.D.C. court allowed two of Michael Newman's defamation claims against Howard University to proceed while granting summary judgment on the rest. Newman, a former law student expelled after academic and disciplinary issues, alleges Dean Holley made false, malicious statements...
The Supreme Court will hear *Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties*, a case that tests whether federal courts can confirm arbitration awards after compelling arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The dispute stems from Badgerow v. Walters, where the Court...
The amicus brief challenges California’s anti‑dissemination statute that criminalizes publishing sealed arrest records, arguing it violates the First Amendment. The court granted a special motion to strike, finding the plaintiff’s claims were protected by anti‑SLAPP law and lacked merit. An...
Meta announced a major pullback from its metaverse ambitions, slashing the Horizon Worlds budget and postponing the launch of next‑generation VR headsets. The decision follows stagnant user growth, rising development costs, and a strategic shift toward artificial intelligence and its...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Enforcement Director, David Miller, will announce the agency’s 2026 enforcement priorities and discuss insider trading risks in prediction markets at a Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) event on March 31, 2026. The fireside...
The FTC sent a warning letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook alleging that Apple News may favor left‑leaning outlets and suppress conservative sources, raising possible Section 5 violations under the FTC Act. The move comes as critics push to repeal the...
The federal court in Denver has taken a firm stance against careless use of generative AI in litigation. In the defamation suit Coomer v. Lindell, Judge Nina Wang issued an Order on Post‑Trial Motions compelling the defense to show cause...
Routine K‑12 decisions—parent notifications, staff speech, student support—are increasingly being framed as federal constitutional claims under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and Title IX. Since 2022 courts have lowered the escalation threshold, allowing ordinary disputes to become multi‑dimensional federal cases with...
The Supreme Court heard arguments on a challenge to allowing states to count mail‑in ballots for up to five days after an election, with the majority expressing skepticism about the necessity of the extension. The Court also unanimously ruled that...
Family law covers divorce, separation, child custody, support, and adoption, each with distinct legal pathways. Engaging attorneys who understand local court rules can trim expenses and ease procedural stress. Distinguishing divorce from separation enables clients to select the appropriate legal...
The IPKat weekly roundup highlights a series of cross‑border intellectual property developments. The CJEU clarified copyright subsistence for critical editions, while the EU General Court refined the genuine‑use test for local trademark users. In Australia, federal courts appear more willing...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s February 20, 2026 decision invalidating IEEPA tariffs has triggered consumer class actions against retailers such as Fabletics and Costco for allegedly passing tariff costs to shoppers. The lawsuits claim violations of state consumer‑protection statutes and seek...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to obtain records on the WISeR program, a multi‑state Medicare pilot that uses artificial intelligence to evaluate prior‑authorization requests. WISeR,...
Romania’s water agency, coal‑power producer and oil‑pipeline operator have suffered ransomware attacks linked to Russian‑aligned groups such as Qilin and Gentlemen, which the country’s top cyber official says are timed with its support for Ukraine. The EU possesses a cyber‑sanctions...
Two leading legal‑tech founders outline how AI will reshape eDiscovery by 2026, forecasting that automated document review will handle the majority of workload and that predictive coding will become self‑training. They predict cloud‑native platforms will become the default for midsize...
Housing Secretary Steve Reed announced a moratorium on cryptocurrency political donations and a £100,000 (≈ $127,000) annual cap for Britons living abroad. The move follows the Rycroft review, which warned of foreign‑linked dark money and called for stricter donor checks. Britain...
The article argues that acquihires—transactions focused on acquiring a startup’s workforce rather than its products—are attracting heightened antitrust scrutiny, especially in the AI sector, but they are not inherently anti‑competitive. It cites recent high‑profile deals such as Microsoft’s hiring of...
California’s Workplace Know Your Rights Act mandates that by March 30, 2026 every employer must give employees the chance to name an emergency contact and specify if that contact should be alerted when the employee is arrested or detained on...
Construction eDiscovery faces distinct hurdles because project data lives in specialized platforms like Procore and Primavera, often spread across many custodians and devices. The article outlines how most critical information can be exported as CSV, Excel, XML, or PDF, providing...
The post argues that Supreme Court precedent makes AI output—specifically large language model (LLM) text—protected speech, limiting the government’s ability to regulate the AI industry. It traces the Court’s shift from the "clear and present danger" test to the "imminent...
The article maps U.S. philanthropic money flowing to climate‑litigation NGOs using IRS Form 990 data and interactive Sankey charts. It highlights direct grants to groups such as Climate Central, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Union of Concerned Scientists,...
Intapp unveiled Celeste, an agentic AI platform that embeds reasoning and execution directly into firm workflows, moving beyond generic chatbots. At Amplify 2026 the company demonstrated DealCloud with Celeste, allowing users to query and update deal data in plain English,...
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has refused to release all documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, citing legal obligations to protect victim identities, preserve ongoing investigations, and comply with privacy statutes. Critics argue that sensitive information could be redacted,...
In 2024 the child support program collected $29.5 billion, with 97 % paid directly to families. New guidelines, effective this year, require both parents to share financial duties based on income, time spent with the child, and defined educational and medical expenses....
The Supreme Court will hear Abouammo v. United States, examining whether a federal crime’s “contemplated effects” allow prosecutors to bring a case in a district where the impact, rather than the conduct, occurred. The dispute arises from a former Twitter...
A newly hired flight attendant at SkyWest Airlines sued the carrier, alleging retaliation after she reported a senior instructor who appeared intoxicated during a United Express flight in November 2024. The complaint claims SkyWest denied her protected medical leave, stripped...
A federal grand jury in Ohio indicted two Chinese chemical firms and six Chinese nationals for conspiring to supply fentanyl precursors and cutting agents to Mexican cartels, including a terrorism count for material support to the Gulf Cartel. Prosecutors allege...
Freeport-McMoRan disclosed that it is investigating its Indonesian joint venture, PT Smelting, for possible violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti‑bribery laws. The probe was launched after the company voluntarily notified the SEC and DOJ and...
In 2025, a majority of lawyers embraced generative AI, with 63% of mid‑sized firms formally adopting tools such as Microsoft Copilot. Yet 81% of firm leaders voiced concerns over reliability, highlighted by a ten‑fold rise to 487 AI‑related hallucination cases...
In December, TikTok agreed to spin off its U.S. operations to a consortium of Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX, creating TikTok USDS Joint Venture with roughly 45% ownership for the investors. The Wall Street Journal revealed the investors...
Global law firm Dentons has completed a phased rollout of LexisNexis’s web‑based matter management solution, Lexis Everyfile, across its UK Legal Delivery Centre. The platform centralises case files, documents, and workflow steps, giving teams greater visibility and reducing operational friction....
After leaving an AmLaw 200 firm, the author launched Texas Appellate Counsel as a fully remote practice. He discovered that long‑time clients often don’t even know the city where he lives, underscoring that proximity is no longer a trust factor....
The Supreme Court heard *Watson v. RNC*, challenging Mississippi's rule that counts mail‑in ballots postmarked by Election Day if they arrive within five business days. The case could affect similar statutes in 14 states and the District of Columbia ahead...
The blog examines how Anglophone African courts are integrating the U.S. comity doctrine from Hilton v. Guyot into the traditionally obligation‑based common‑law regime for recognizing foreign judgments. Liberia stands out as the only jurisdiction that fully embraces comity, while Kenya...
From 1 December Acas extended the early‑conciliation period from six to twelve weeks to ease administrative pressure. However, Acas data for April‑June 2025 shows 68 percent of notifications never progress to an ET1 claim, and tribunals remain back‑logged, with hearings sometimes scheduled years...
Over the past month the SEC overhauled its enforcement manual for the first time in nearly ten years, announced the resignation of its enforcement chief, and signed a memorandum of understanding with the CFTC. It also hinted at a rule...
In April 2025 the USPTO abruptly ended its Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Programme, a fast‑track that gave climate‑focused inventions fee‑free, accelerated examination. Launched in 2022, the pilot processed 1,399 petitions and granted 898 special statuses, delivering first Office Actions in...
China’s Anti‑Foreign Sanctions Law (AFSL) finally became operational in March 2025 when the State Council issued detailed implementation provisions. The first AFSL‑based lawsuit, filed by a Chinese ship‑component maker against a European client, was heard in Nanjing Maritime Court and...
The article argues that well‑crafted contract templates are a strategic business tool, not merely legal paperwork. By codifying risk preferences and commercial intent once, templates streamline negotiations, reduce legal review cycles, and prevent ad‑hoc risk decisions. Organizations that rely on...
Smokeball, a cloud‑based practice management platform for small‑to‑mid‑size law firms, announced a strategic partnership with Thomson Reuters to embed the firm’s CoCounsel Legal AI directly into its software. The integration combines Thomson Reuters’ extensive legal content library with AI‑driven drafting,...
The article examines the original meaning of “sectarian,” tracing its 19th‑century roots as a label for specific denominational doctrines rather than all religion. It highlights the Supreme Court’s *Town of Greece v. Galloway* decision, which allowed non‑generic prayers, and contrasts...
In its 2025 fiscal year, the DOJ Antitrust Division pursued a series of high‑profile actions that reshaped competition policy. The division secured settlements in the RealPage and Constellation‑Calpine cases, forced Google to share search data, and readied a Live Nation‑Ticketmaster...
On March 24, 1966 the Supreme Court’s Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections decision struck down state poll taxes, cementing voting as a fundamental right protected by the Equal Protection Clause. The article marks the 60th anniversary of that ruling...
