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On March 11‑12, 2026 the U.S. Trade Representative announced 76 new Section 301 investigations, targeting 16 economies for alleged structural excess capacity and 60 economies for alleged forced‑labor violations. The USTR has set an April 15, 2026 deadline for written comments and will hold public hearings in May. While tariffs are not guaranteed, the Trump administration has positioned Section 301 as a “Plan B” tool after the Supreme Court blocked IEEPA‑based duties. Import‑dependent firms are urged to assess exposure now.
In the Supreme Court case Trump v. Barbara, the administration’s birthright citizenship claim is likely to be rejected, but the litigation has already yielded a strategic win. The Court’s recent 6‑to‑3 decision limited the reach of nationwide injunctions, forcing lower...
The New York Attorney General filed civil insider‑trading actions under the Martin Act against a Delaware‑incorporated public company and its CEO for approving a Rule 10b5‑1 trading plan while the executive possessed material non‑public information. The NYAG claimed jurisdiction because the...
A federal judge rejected As You Sow’s request for a preliminary injunction against Chubb, finding the activist group failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success under the ordinary business exclusion of Rule 14a‑8(i)(7). The court also noted Chubb, a Swiss‑based insurer, was not...
Attorneys announced a consent decree ending the Murthy v. Missouri litigation that alleged federal agencies coerced social‑media platforms to suppress protected speech. The agreement restricts the CDC, CISA and the Surgeon General from threatening platforms over content for a ten‑year...
Paris Arbitration Week’s 10th‑anniversary session highlighted how neuroscience reshapes advocacy. Speakers explained that the autonomic nervous system drives three states—social engagement, fight‑or‑flight, and shutdown—that directly affect a lawyer’s clarity, tone, and persuasiveness. Simple practices such as eye‑closing, breath regulation, and...
Deepak Kapoor argues that India’s intricate, multi‑layered legal system requires AI built specifically for its statutes, courts, and regulatory bodies. Generic, globally trained models often hallucinate citations, miss jurisdictional nuances, and fail to handle multilingual judgments. Native Legal AI, exemplified...
Donald Trump appeared in the public gallery as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on his executive order to end birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Solicitor General John Sauer struggled to persuade the justices, with Chief Justice Roberts, Justice...
The Supreme Court issued an 8‑1 decision in Chiles v. Salazar, with Justice Jackson dissenting alone and Justices Kagan and Sotomayor joining the majority to defend a broad view of commercial free speech. The opinion sparked speculation about internal tensions...
The Talking Headways podcast featured Laurel Paget‑Seekins of Public Advocates discussing how civil‑rights enforcement in transportation projects is under threat, especially as the U.S. Department of Transportation moves to rescind disparate‑impact regulations. She highlighted the chronic staffing and capacity crises...
The author finished editing the Supreme Court case *Chiles v. Salazar* for the Barnett/Blackman supplement, emphasizing its utility as a teaching tool. The 8‑1 decision, with Justice Gorsuch’s majority opinion, offers a clear synthesis of content and viewpoint discrimination doctrine...
The Delaware Court of Chancery issued a letter opinion in Shareholder Representative Services v. Sphera Solutions, clarifying when optimistic buyer statements cross from mere puffery into actionable fraud. The magistrate held that Sphera’s promise to substantially increase its marketing budget...
ACEDS Australia & New Zealand’s latest newsletter stresses that successful eDiscovery depends more on lawyer judgement than on technology adoption alone. As organisations rush to integrate generative AI, many still rely on outdated TAR‑era protocols, creating uncertainty around validation and...
Sage Steele, former ESPN anchor, settled her 2022 lawsuit against the network and announced her departure after alleging she was sidelined for voicing COVID‑19 vaccine opinions. In a recent interview on Sean Hannity’s show, Steele revealed she apologized to her...
Mega Bank Holding Co. settled federal securities‑fraud and banking‑regulation claims for $1.7 billion, admitting that non‑compliant loans were packaged into residential mortgage‑backed securities. Shareholders have combined derivative and class actions alleging the company’s proxy statements falsely claimed the board provided adequate...
Lawyers at the ABA TechShow report zero encounters with deep‑fake evidence, highlighting a gap between technological capability and courtroom experience. Judge Xavier Rodriguez warned that the legal system still operates on a presumption that photos, recordings, and video are authentic,...
Germany’s Bundestag approved the Fuel Market Intervention Package within nine days, bypassing consultations and impact assessments. The bill amends Section 32f of the Act Against Restraints of Competition, eliminating the conduct‑nexus filter and extending the Federal Cartel Office’s remedial powers to...
The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) entered combat during Operation Epic Fury, marking its first operational use. A New York Times report linked the missile to a strike in Lamerd, Iran that hit a sports hall and an elementary...
A federal judge in Missouri allowed Leslie Sutton’s defamation and public disclosure claims to proceed against John Doe, who accused her of sexual abuse after she posted bondage photos of him online. Doe alleges the images were shared without his...
The author’s year‑long investigation reveals a structural flaw in England and Wales’ Single Justice Procedure (SJP). Digital case‑management platforms assign administrative labels to magistrates’ courts without a legally defined, traceable tribunal identity. This creates a gap between statutory authority and...
At the ABA Techshow, Texas Judges Xavier Rodriguez and Roy Ferguson outlined practical eDiscovery guidance for litigators. They urged attorneys to engage opposing counsel early about data production and to use short depositions to expose missing documents before involving the...
Verlata Consulting has partnered with data‑discovery specialist ActiveNav to offer law firms a joint solution for locating, governing, and securing unstructured content stored outside traditional document‑management systems. ActiveNav Cloud scans network shares, cloud storage and local drives, classifying files and...
The FTC settled with Match Group’s OkCupid over the undisclosed transfer of roughly three million user photos, demographic and location data to AI startup Clarifai for facial‑recognition training. The settlement contains no monetary fine but imposes a 20‑year permanent injunction...
A federal judge in New York ruled that the plaintiff’s civil‑conspiracy allegations against American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and its student arm, National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), are sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss. The complaint alleges...
Workable has launched built‑in Form I‑9 and E‑Verify capabilities for its U.S. onboarding platform, integrating the federal employment eligibility verification directly into its workflow. The new feature, powered by a partnership with Workbright, lets candidates complete Section 1 digitally while HR...
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the newly filed case Trump v. Barbara, in which the Trump administration argues that the Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. The hearing was notable because a...
The EDRM GenAI Working Group surveyed 19 senior legal professionals to gauge how generative AI is being applied across the eDiscovery workflow. Respondents, mainly lawyers at large U.S. firms, report strong success with text‑summarization and document‑drafting, while results for full‑scale...
Tina Tolliver, a veteran healthcare compliance executive, argues that compliance officers remain isolated because many organizations still place them under legal or finance functions despite 25 years of regulator guidance. Since 1998, the HHS Office of Inspector General and the...
The Supreme Court’s pending case Trump v. Barbara, which questions the scope of birthright citizenship, featured Justice Gorsuch quoting Justice John Marshall Harlan’s 1898 lecture on United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The citation comes from a 2013 scholarly article co‑authored by...
The Technology and Construction Court issued a landmark ruling in Crest Nicholson v Ardmore, expanding Building Liability Orders (BLOs) under the Building Safety Act. The judgment enforced a £14.9 million (≈$19 million) adjudicator’s award and, for the first time, introduced an anticipatory...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduced Bill 25, an Education Act amendment that bans ideology and political symbols in public classrooms, mandates a weekly playing of the Canadian national anthem, and requires neutral, balanced instruction. The legislation also protects staff from...
A securities class action filed in January 2026 accuses Beyond Meat’s board and executives of misleading investors by failing to disclose a material asset impairment before the third quarter of 2025. Plaintiffs allege the company continued to tout cost‑reduction initiatives...
The Trellis Blog’s latest installment examines how repeat litigants shape case strategy by leveraging state trial‑court data. By tracking parties from filing through resolution, the analysis shows that identifying recurring defendants or plaintiffs can shift uncertainty into tactical advantage. The...
Academics, advocates, and policymakers have long advocated for a new digital regulator (NDR) to oversee AI and technology markets. On February 25, 2026, GWU’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator convened a summit of leading experts to examine...
At TechShow, Jordan Furlong and Nilay Patel delivered back‑to‑back keynotes that converged on a single insight: the human lawyer remains indispensable. Furlong framed the lawyer as a trusted guide who can walk clients through complex valleys, while Patel emphasized law’s...
The first quarter of 2026 saw limited corporate FCPA activity, with the DOJ’s sole corporate case being the Balt resolution that resulted in a $1.2 million disgorgement after a voluntary disclosure. The SEC did not bring any corporate FCPA actions during...
A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to supply records identifying Jewish employees as part of an antisemitism investigation. The court’s directive does not require the university to disclose each employee’s specific group affiliation, but it does demand...
Uber’s vice‑president and chief deputy general counsel, Katie Waitzman, highlighted that AI‑driven legal tech will transform productivity and knowledge management within corporate legal teams. She argued that collaboration, not rigid standardization, should guide the deployment of these tools. Uber’s legal...
Google X’s senior discovery and litigation strategy leader, Alex Ponce de Leon, announced that generative AI is fundamentally reshaping corporate legal departments and their reliance on outside counsel. He highlighted that AI‑driven tools are cutting document review times by up...
General counsel Eric D. Greenberg of Cox Media Group argues that legal technology is rapidly deepening the split between high‑value advisory services and commoditized transactional work. He notes that AI‑driven platforms and automation are pushing routine tasks into low‑cost solutions,...
James O’Keefe was served a domestic‑violence restraining order live on air at his West Palm Beach headquarters. The order was filed by former Project Veritas board member Matthew Tyrmand, who O’Keefe alleges threatened his life. The incident follows a bitter power...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted July 4 2025, added Section 1062 to the Internal Revenue Code. The provision lets sellers of qualifying farmland defer the entire capital‑gain tax into four equal, interest‑free installments when the buyer is a qualified farmer. This...
The blog revisits April Fools’ Day workplace prank litigation, recalling two 2011 cases and highlighting the 2023 *Banks v. GM* decision where a single noose created a hostile‑work‑environment claim. It underscores that jokes targeting race, sex, religion or disability cross the...
The Supreme Court issued an 8‑1 decision in *Chiles v. Salazar*, striking down Colorado’s law that barred therapists from discussing same‑sex attraction or gender transition with minors, deeming it viewpoint discrimination. A whistleblower alleges that Minnesota’s child‑care and Medicaid programs...
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and As You Sow have filed a complaint alleging the SEC illegally altered Rule 14a‑8, which protects shareholder proposal rights, by issuing blanket “no‑objection” letters without proper rulemaking. The agency’s new practice bypasses the...
The SEC has launched a new Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) Enforcement Group, marking a rare expansion of its enforcement staff after a year of reductions. The move underscores Chairman Gary Gensler’s focus on financial and accounting fraud as a top priority. Analysts...
Federal courts this week dismissed two long‑standing FINRA and SEC doctrines, ruling that FINRA enforcement participants must not endure the full internal disciplinary process and SEC appeals before seeking judicial relief on constitutional grounds. The decisions also questioned FINRA's authority...
Four Western multinationals spent over $5 billion settling FCPA violations linked to Gulf Cooperation Council markets. Although each firm operated formal compliance programs, due‑diligence and audit reports, the controls failed because they were calibrated for Western commercial norms. The article highlights...
Critics argue that aggressive enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) puts American companies at a competitive disadvantage overseas. Experts counter that the law actually strengthens U.S. firms by forcing them to compete on quality, reliability and transparency rather...
Legal IT Insider’s Inside View podcast reveals that Webber Wentzel’s innovation arm, Fusion, has spun off into an independent subsidiary, positioning itself as a full‑service product development and advisory firm. The new structure grants Fusion greater agility to serve legal...
