Legal Blogs and Articles
Legal Blogs and Articles
Live Nation, along with other major live‑music firms, reported zero federal income tax for 2025 despite record revenues. The tax outcome stems from the 2025 One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which grants 100 % bonus depreciation on new venues, creating paper losses that erase taxable income. Live Nation posted $25.2 billion revenue and $1.3 billion operating income, yet claimed a $0 tax bill by writing off roughly $1 billion of venue construction. Similar strategies allowed MSG Entertainment, StubHub and Vivid Seats to avoid federal taxes.
Theresa Spartichino, director of practice technology at Ropes & Gray, highlighted that many law firms struggle to turn promising legal tech concepts into operational reality at scale. She emphasized the need for robust orchestration platforms that can coordinate end‑to‑end workflows,...
Katherine Charonko, a partner at Bailey & Glasser and recipient of the Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award, says the greatest obstacle to legal innovation is the rapid pace of industry change. She argues that technology solutions often lag...
Streamline AI CEO Kathy Zhu argues that cultural resistance and operational silos are the primary obstacles to legal innovation. She highlights how entrenched mindsets and fragmented processes impede AI adoption in corporate legal departments. Zhu also predicts a shift toward...
Anastasia Boyko, a Yale‑trained tax lawyer and legal futurist, argues that law firms are stuck in precedent‑driven habits while AI reshapes market rules. She urges firms to abandon copy‑cat strategies and adopt intentional, outcome‑focused planning. Boyko warns that in‑house legal...
A Massachusetts federal court denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that a pre‑hire "Workstyle Assessment" functions as an unlawful lie detector. The assessment asked candidates to rate statements on planning, persistence, reliability and emotional awareness, and...
Manish Srivastava proposes a minimal digital kernel that provides the essential shared capabilities for an unbundled state to function as a rule‑of‑law machine. The kernel focuses on legibility, reproducibility, and enforceability, allowing other applications, intermediaries, and fulfillment channels to remain...
The UK government is considering its most stringent option to ban under‑16s from social media, which would require every user to undergo age verification. Proposed methods include mandatory ID checks, biometric scans, or AI‑based behavioural profiling. Privacy watchdog Big Brother...
Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly released its first 2026 issue, featuring a collection of scholarly articles on private international law. The issue includes analyses of ship arrest across jurisdictions, enforcement of judgments against wealth structures, and the treatment of...
Chamelio, an AI‑native legal intelligence platform, has teamed up with UpLevel Ops to launch a forward‑deployed service that embeds consulting experts directly within corporate legal departments. The partnership combines Chamelio’s contract‑lifecycle intelligence layer with UpLevel Ops’ workflow redesign, stakeholder alignment,...
August unveiled Live Assist, an AI‑driven tool that operates in real time during depositions, client calls, and witness preparations. The platform listens to spoken dialogue, cross‑references statements against the case record, and surfaces contradictions or missing citations instantly. Lawyers can...
Zachary Catanzaro argues that judges consulting ChatGPT for statutory meaning face a fundamental flaw, not merely a reliability issue. Large language models predict token sequences without true semantic comprehension, making computational legal interpretation a category error. He links this flaw to...
The legal‑tech sector is witnessing a surge of senior lawyers building bespoke internal software, a phenomenon dubbed “vibe coding.” This internal‑build wave is compressing the addressable market for external SaaS providers and driving a sharp re‑pricing of legal‑tech valuations from...
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) Corte Especial ruled it could not recognize a U.S. naturalisation but did recognize a foreign judgment changing a Brazilian national’s surname to "Matthew Windsor." The decision relied on the domicile principle in the LINDB...
The Delaware Court of Chancery refused to dismiss a claim that Jefferies, the financial advisor to Forum III, aided and abetted fiduciary breaches in a de‑SPAC merger. The court applied the Dole factors, inferring that Jefferies knowingly participated by preparing...
Lawyer Zack Shapiro showcased how he leverages Anthropic’s Claude “Skills” to automate contract review and formatting tasks at his boutique firm. By creating custom instruction files that embed his decade‑long analytical framework, Claude can edit Word documents at the XML...
President Trump launched a unilateral missile strike against Iran, bypassing any congressional authorization. Legal scholars and constitutional experts argue the move violates the War Powers Clause, sparking a heated debate over executive authority. Democrats, joined by two Republican lawmakers, are...
Former chairs of the OECD Working Group on Bribery warned that the Convention’s effectiveness is eroding due to the United States’ retreat from vigorous FCPA enforcement, weak EU anti‑corruption directives, and political interference in high‑profile Italian cases. They urged other...
The D.C. Circuit affirmed that the IRS may disclose a taxpayer’s address to ICE under 26 U.S.C. §6103(i)(2) and ruled the IRS‑DHS memorandum of understanding a non‑binding policy statement. In a separate opinion, the court held that the FAA must independently review...
Proxy advisers are split on Avio’s proposed bylaw changes ahead of its March 3 extraordinary meeting. Glass Lewis recommends shareholders approve a board size reduction to nine directors, giving the controlling shareholder seven seats, while ISS advises voting against the amendments....
The Department of Justice is appealing a ruling that blocked a subpoena targeting a queer‑owned clinic providing gender‑affirming care, arguing that the clinic’s patient‑education materials should be treated as drug labeling under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. By...
The Sixth Circuit dismissed Ohio property owners' right‑of‑publicity lawsuit against Yardi’s PropertyShark, a free‑trial commercial database that aggregates government real‑estate records. The court held that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate any commercial value in their names, a prerequisite for a...
The Winter 2026 eDiscovery Pricing Survey of 53 professionals reveals a fragmented market for generative AI‑assisted review pricing. Hybrid and per‑document models each account for 28.3% of responses, while per‑GB, per‑token, subscription and outcome‑based models remain niche. When per‑document rates...
The Norwegian Shipbrokers’ Association (NSA) and BIMCO have adopted SALEFORM 2025, the latest version of the standard ship sale and purchase memorandum. The revision updates the 2012 form to reflect new banking, KYC/AML, anti‑bribery, sanctions, and EU emissions regulations. It...
Harvard professor Jack Goldsmith argues that legal debates over President Trump’s recent strike on Iran are largely symbolic, as the Constitution provides only political, not judicial, constraints on presidential use of force. He notes that Office of Legal Counsel opinions...
Trial lawyers can leverage generative AI to condense opening statements, improving juror engagement. A recent example shows ChatGPT rewriting the 15‑minute, 2,300‑word opening from the Derek Chauvin trial into a 360‑word, 2½‑minute version, which was then rehearsed using a realistic...
President Trump has repeatedly proclaimed himself a staunch defender of the Second Amendment, yet his administration’s legal actions reveal a mixed record. The Justice Department has supported modest relaxations of gun rules while simultaneously defending key restrictions, such as the...
Former Moelis & Co. investment banker Benjamin Taylor will travel from France to the United States to plead guilty to providing confidential deal information to a multinational insider‑trading network. The ring, uncovered in a 2019 indictment, operated across the US,...
On 25 July 2025 the Delhi High Court issued an anti‑arbitration injunction halting a Singapore‑seat ICC arbitration between Engineering Projects (India) Limited and MSA Global LLC. The court relied on Section 9 of the CPC, finding the tribunal’s composition oppressive after...
The SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals upheld Sugarloaf Technologies, an SDVOSB mentor‑protégé joint venture, after GSA protested its award for missing the specific reporting language required by 13 C.F.R. § 128.402(c)(11)‑(12). Sugarloaf’s agreement instead contained a clause stating reports would be submitted...
Morgan Lewis’s chief AI and knowledge officer, Colleen Nihill, explained how widespread generative AI adoption will overhaul law‑firm operations. She warned that routine document drafting, research, and due‑diligence tasks will shift from billable hours to AI‑driven efficiencies. Firms that merely...
The ILTA Just‑in‑Time initiative addresses the rapid digital transformation reshaping the legal profession. New lawyers now graduate into environments dominated by AI‑assisted drafting, cloud‑based research, and remote collaboration tools. ILTA’s on‑demand training modules aim to up‑skill attorneys quickly, bridging gaps...
Owner‑operator Jorge Rivera Lujan and other petitioners have filed an emergency petition asking a federal court to halt the FMCSA’s final rule that restricts non‑domiciled commercial driver’s license (CDL) eligibility, effective March 16. They argue the rule is arbitrary and...
FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs announced that the agency is collaborating with Congress on the “Dalilah Law,” a bill that would codify the agency’s final rule barring most non‑U.S. citizens from obtaining a commercial driver’s license (CDL). The legislation mandates English‑only...
FAMIMOVE 3.0 launches on 1 March 2026 as an EU‑co‑funded initiative under the JUST‑2025‑JCOO programme, extending the work of FAMIMOVE 2.0. The two‑year project brings together seven universities from six Member States to study children in vulnerable migration situations. It will map child‑protection...
The Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s ruling in Zaha Hadid Ltd v The Zaha Hadid Foundation, clarifying that IP licence agreements of indefinite duration can be terminated on reasonable notice. Sir Colin Birss C’s judgment aligned with earlier...
Frontier Airlines denied boarding to a passenger of Indian descent during a June 13, 2023 overbooked flight, offering vouchers but no seat. The passenger, an attorney representing herself, sued for $15 million alleging racial discrimination and breach of contract. The 10th Circuit dismissed the...
Michael Ramsey’s upcoming Notre Dame Law Review article revisits the originalist debate over the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, defending a broad interpretation that grants citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States. The paper critiques narrower readings proposed by...
The Supreme Court will hear Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, examining whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) preempts state negligence claims against freight brokers for negligent hiring. The case stems from a 2017 Illinois crash where...
The Supreme Court heard Pung v. Isabella County, where taxpayer Michael Pung argues that a tax‑foreclosure auction sold his property below fair‑market value and thus violates the Fifth Amendment takings clause. The justices appeared convinced they will reject the takings...
At Harvard Law School's Rappaport Forum, legal scholars debated the Supreme Court’s increasingly controversial “shadow docket.” Professor Kate Shaw and moderator Richard Re led a conversation about recent interim relief orders, emphasizing that it is too early to infer systematic...
Houston-based personal injury firm John K. Zaid & Associates deployed EvenUp’s Proactive Personal Injury AI Platform. The AI rollout generated a 30% month‑over‑month increase in demand drafting and a 300% jump in settlement offers on low‑value claims. Automated medical chronology...
The SEC filed a lawsuit against Morocoin Tech Corp., three investment clubs and four crypto‑trading platforms, accusing them of a fraudulent token offering that promised outsized returns and left retail investors empty‑handed. The complaint highlights a novel legal question: whether...
Oman has become the first GCC market to mandate natural‑catastrophe coverage within its Unified Motor Insurance Policy, effective 19 February 2026 after a one‑month alignment period. The scheme, built with Oman Re, Gallagher Re and the Oman Insurance Association, automatically protects third‑party...
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a recall petition against City Councilmember Lucy Lauser was legally insufficient because her topless protest on International Transgender Day of Visibility was protected expressive conduct under the First Amendment. The court clarified that Washington’s...
Ironclad, the San Francisco‑based contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, announced that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) has topped $200 million, up from $150 million a year earlier and reflecting nearly 40% year‑on‑year growth. The company, valued at $3.2 billion after its 2022 funding...
The EU’s Digital Networks Act (DNA) is being positioned as a cornerstone for simplifying telecom regulations and reducing market fragmentation across member states. At the Future Connectivity Summit, regulators emphasized the Act’s role in fostering spectrum coherence while also highlighting...
In Yotta Techs. Inc. v. Evolve Bank & Trust, a California magistrate denied all four of Yotta’s motions to compel production of documents. The court rejected Yotta’s request for unredacted personally identifying information, finding the effort disproportionate and untimely. It...
The NBER study compiled the first large‑scale dataset of 614 U.S. venture‑capital‑backed startups that faced fraud charges since 2000. It shows VC‑backed firms are 54% more likely to be charged with fraud than comparable non‑VC firms in a public‑company subsample....
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission secured a final consent judgment against Fernando Passos, former executive vice president of finance and investor relations at IRB Brasil Resseguros. Passos allegedly fabricated a press release and shareholder list claiming Berkshire Hathaway had...
