Legal Blogs and Articles
Legal Blogs and Articles
Marshall University reversed its decision to eliminate the women’s swimming and diving program after a group of athletes filed a Title IX lawsuit. The university cited financial realities and the cost of maintaining Division I swimming facilities as the original reason for the cut. External Title IX counsel warned that dropping the sport could jeopardize the school’s compliance safe harbor. Consequently, Marshall will retain swimming and diving and add the emerging women’s Stunt sport.
North Myrtle Beach’s seasonal tourism surge raises accident risk, prompting many personal injury claims. South Carolina’s modified comparative negligence law lets victims recover damages if they are less than 50% at fault, a threshold insurers often contest. Local attorneys leverage...
Mayer Brown’s March 2026 memo urges acquirers to replace traditional non‑compete covenants with forfeiture‑for‑competition (FFC) clauses after Delaware courts increasingly invalidate non‑competes on reasonableness grounds. An FFC ties a supplemental cash benefit to the seller’s agreement not to compete, and because...
The Delaware Supreme Court in *Moelis & Company v. West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund* clarified that corporate provisions that could be remedied through a charter amendment are “voidable,” not “void,” thereby allowing equitable defenses such as laches. This nuanced...
This week’s federal actions spanned health, environment and constitutional law. A U.S. District Judge halted the CDC’s plan to cut child vaccine recommendations, deeming the process arbitrary, while another judge struck down Arkansas’s Ten Commandments classroom display law as a...
On March 3, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay in the Staten Island redistricting dispute Malliotakis v. Kosinski, effectively ending the case before the midterm elections. The stay was issued per curiam without explanation, and the parties subsequently dismissed the...
Mid‑Michigan parent Kourtney alleges Bay‑Arenac Intermediate School District obstructed her request for her special‑needs son’s records, delivering roughly 6,000 largely unrelated pages with extensive redactions. She claims the district cited attorney‑client privilege for blacked‑out pages, some predating any litigation, and...
The Tulane Corporate Law Institute’s annual seminar convened Delaware Supreme Court justices, Chancery judges, and leading practitioners to dissect the year’s pivotal corporate law rulings. Highlights included the Supreme Court’s revisit of Elon Musk’s Tesla compensation package, new guidance on...
The U.S. Department of Justice resolved a $1.2 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Balt SAS, a French medical‑device company. The DOJ determined Balt paid roughly $602,000 in bribes to a senior physician at a state‑owned French hospital, treating...
A Saskatchewan judge awarded University of Regina professor $70,000 in damages, finding she was defamed by accusations that she pretended to be Indigenous and used forged documents. The court clarified that the defamation stemmed from fraud allegations, not merely the...
Corporate legal teams still manage legal holds manually using spreadsheets, email threads, and shared folders. These manual workflows create hidden costs, including lost time, reduced visibility, and heightened compliance risk. As matters multiply and data environments grow, the inefficiencies become...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) dismissed a complaint by four allergy advocacy groups that claimed Southwest Airlines violated the Air Carrier Access Act by removing nut‑allergy passengers from pre‑boarding. Southwest had shifted those passengers to a later “extra time”...
Regulators across Japan, the EU, South Korea and other jurisdictions are compelling Apple to loosen its tightly‑controlled iOS ecosystem through ex‑ante unbundling rules such as Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act and the EU’s Digital Markets Act. These measures challenge Apple’s...
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) is publishing a special issue on International Arbitration and the Space Industry, edited by Freshfields partners Alexandra van der Meulen, Kate Gough, Joshua Kelly, Annie Pan and Veronika Timofeeva. The call invites scholarly articles on topics ranging from liability...
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has issued a policy paper urging Congress to modernize the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act. It recommends formally defining internal audit within the law, updating compliance expectations for Sections 302 and 404, and strengthening coordination between internal...
Amendment 38 b would create a new Article 8ZA giving the Secretary of State power to set age‑verification requirements for information society services and to amend any provision of UK data‑protection law for that purpose. The proposal would let the government mandate...
Construction eDiscovery demands a clear roadmap for handling diverse file types, from native CAD drawings to BIM models and project‑management data. The article outlines essential formats, metadata considerations, and the critical questions legal teams should pose to custodians and IT...
A wave of chatbot safety legislation has emerged in six states—Colorado, Hawaii, Arizona, Georgia, Nebraska and Idaho—mirroring Oregon's recently passed SB 1546. Each bill includes a carve‑out that exempts major AI services embedded in larger platforms, limits private lawsuits by...
DLA Piper, the world’s third‑largest law firm, announced it will dissolve its Swiss verein and adopt a global holding company to align strategy, leadership and partner economics. The move follows a decade of criticism that the verein model hampers data...
The UK government is weighing a reduction of the Freedom of Information (FOI) cost limit to curb a surge in requests. A lower limit would shrink the time authorities can spend on each request, making it easier to refuse complex...
The Permanent Bureau announced that registration is now open for the 14th International Forum on the electronic Apostille Programme (e‑APP), scheduled for 12‑13 May 2026 in Marrakesh, Morocco. This marks the first time the e‑APP Forum will be hosted in...
In 2026 a series of rulings across California, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Texas and federal courts refined the scope of Section 230 immunity. The California Court of Appeal affirmed Google’s right to suspend ads under 230(c)(1), while the Eastern District of Pennsylvania...
Alberta has tabled the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act, which would bar medical assistance in dying (MAID) for anyone under 18, for patients whose sole condition is a mental illness, and for cases where death is not...
The Supreme Court will hear Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, a dispute over whether judicial estoppel should bar a debtor’s tort claim after failing to disclose a car‑accident recovery to the bankruptcy court. The case highlights two competing appellate standards:...
A federal judge extended the construction halt on the 825,000‑square‑foot Maryland ICE detention warehouse until at least April 16, and set a hearing for the week of April 13 to consider a longer‑lasting injunction. The facility, purchased for $102.4 million and...
Immigration law firm Manifest Law will host a virtual live case review event on March 25, featuring attorney Gabriela Urizar. The hour‑long session focuses on EB‑1A, EB‑2 NIW, and O‑1 visa petitions, offering personalized feedback on submitted profiles. Participants can...
Former Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch appeared on Katie Miller’s podcast to discuss the Jeffrey Epstein files, claiming the Trump DOJ and FBI prosecuted more violent offenders and child predators in 14 months than during Biden’s entire four‑year term. He...
The Bloomberg "At the Money" episode explores how ultra‑wealthy divorces differ from ordinary splits, focusing on privacy concerns, complex estate structures, and liquidity challenges. Guest Patrick Kilbane explains that while the legal process mirrors standard divorces, a single tax mistake...
On March 5 the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights issued advisory opinion OC‑30/25 at Mexico’s request, clarifying state and private‑sector obligations to prevent illicit firearms trafficking. The opinion links illegal arms flows—over 70% of seized Mexican guns trace to the United...
Legalweek 2026 opened with high‑profile keynotes before a judicial panel anchored the event in safety, independence and the rule of law. Throughout the week the conversation shifted from AI hype to disciplined governance, operational readiness and measurable client value. Attendees...
Virginia’s Board of Real Estate suspended appraisal‑management firm Financial Asset Services (FAS) and its chief appraiser Brandon Sison for six months, adding an 18‑month probation period, after they pressured a certified appraiser to lower a $385,000 reverse‑mortgage valuation. The firm...
The essay chronicles how a succession of U.S. health‑care statutes—from the 1946 Hill‑Burton Act to the 2010 ACA provision—has incrementally constrained the industry. It quantifies each law’s impact, noting $4.6 billion in Hill‑Burton grants, 36 states retaining Certificate of Need (CON)...
The Delaware Supreme Court in Fortis Advisors v. Stillfront held that an ADR clause labeling an accounting firm as an "Arbitrator" grants it broad authority to resolve all earnout‑related disputes, including legal and bad‑faith claims, not just calculation issues. The...
The author’s bonus newsletter dissects the Supreme Court’s March 2 emergency rulings in Mirabelli v. Bonta and Malliotakis v. Williams. He critiques Justice Barrett’s concurrence—joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh—for offering only a superficial defense of the Court’s decision...
Southwest Airlines adopted a Texas‑mandated bylaw requiring a 3% shareholder stake to bring derivative actions. An investor with only 100 shares sued, claiming directors breached fiduciary duties after abandoning the “Bags Fly Free” policy under Elliott pressure. The federal court...
Eve Legal is hosting a March 25 webinar to unveil its AI Agents designed for plaintiff law firms. The platform promises to triple attorney capacity and shave more than 60 days off case resolution times by automating routine tasks around the...
Attorney Ernie Svenson explains why he abandoned ChatGPT for Anthropic's Claude, citing the CoWork feature that lets the AI interact directly with local files. He leveraged Claude’s Projects to build legal training courses in under three hours, generating quizzes automatically....
Kim, founded by legal‑tech pioneer Karl Chapman, has launched an execution layer that converts AI‑generated requests into deterministic, governed workflows for enterprises. The platform offers a no‑code configuration tool that integrates across existing systems, ensuring reliable outcomes without locking customers...
A recent investigation reveals that UK government departments spent over £1 million on legal fees to contest Freedom of Information (FOI) requests in 2024‑25. The Cabinet Office topped the list with £318,000, while the Department of Health and Social Care and...
Lord Carswell, former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, reflected on the pressures of judge‑alone trials in Diplock courts, which now handle about five percent of the region’s most serious cases. He argued that despite the heavy responsibility, judges have...
The California federal court in Cai v. Visa dismissed securities‑fraud claims after finding the plaintiff could not link Visa’s stock decline to alleged misstatements. Visa had disclosed a Department of Justice antitrust investigation years before the lawsuit, and the stock...
Michael Francus proposes that states create a regulatory framework for city finances that prioritizes stable revenue sources and limits debt, mirroring the safeguards used by counties. He highlights county practices such as reliance on property taxes, state aid, debt caps,...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security imposed a $374,474 civil penalty on California‑based satellite supplier Vizocom for illegally exporting controlled technical data on UHF military antennas to a Chinese manufacturer. Vizocom uploaded detailed specifications to a...
After eight years of denying pharmaceutical preliminary injunctions, Australia’s Federal Court granted two rare orders in 2025‑26, favoring originators Janssen and AstraZeneca. The court applied the traditional two‑factor test—prima facie infringement and balance of convenience—but placed greater weight on the...
In-house legal teams face rising litigation, investigations, and tighter budgets, with document review consuming roughly 75% of e‑discovery costs. Over 70% of companies generating more than $1 billion in revenue already have or plan to acquire document‑review technology. Exterro argues that...
London & Naor P.C., a boutique civil litigation and white‑collar defense firm in Oakland, used Everlaw’s cloud‑based e‑discovery platform to handle terabytes of data and complex cases with a lean staff. By leveraging Everlaw’s AI‑driven document review, analytics, and collaborative...
Opus 2 announced that its AI‑enabled intelligent legal solution platform is now available to law firms beyond litigation, allowing them to design custom workspaces, trackers, and client portals. The adaptable platform combines structured data worksheets, collaboration portals, dashboards and AI...
Legal analyst Jordan Furlong predicts that AI will become the productivity engine for law firms, shifting lawyers from billable‑hour tasks to relationship‑building, empathy, advocacy, and judgment. Joe Calve argues that this shift creates a new business model—"Judgment as a Service"—where...
The UK government published a Report and Impact Assessment on the use of copyrighted works in training artificial intelligence systems under Sections 135 and 136 of the Data (Use and Access) Act on 18 March 2026. The documents, available as...
The author announced the resolution of a July 5, 2025 incident involving projected laser equipment, agreeing to a $100 civil fine and $30 in court costs while having the property returned and no criminal record. Attorney Mark Goldstone represented the author, and...
