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On March 30, 2026, the EEOC filed a federal lawsuit against Ascend Wellness Holdings, alleging that female employees at its Collinsville, Illinois dispensary endured a sexually hostile work environment and that one employee was constructively discharged. The complaint centers on General Manager Steve Garmon’s daily sexual comments, advances, and assault, which persisted despite complaints to HR dating back to 2021. Ascend, which employs about 70 workers at the site, is accused of failing to act, prompting the EEOC to seek back pay, injunctive relief, and punitive damages. The case is in early stages with no findings yet.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced civil penalties totaling nearly $430,000 against three shippers for violating hazardous‑material rules on air cargo. Verizon faces a $70,500 fine for shipping lithium‑ion batteries to FedEx without proper classification, packaging, labeling, or emergency‑response data. World...
A federal court dismissed all of Aneesa Johnson’s discrimination claims against Georgetown University, upholding the school’s decision to fire her based on its at‑will probationary policy. Johnson, an African‑American Muslim assistant director, was terminated after old anti‑Zionist tweets surfaced on...
The EU Pay Transparency Directive mandates gender‑neutral job evaluation to ensure equal pay for work of equal value. In response, the European Institute for Gender Equality released a voluntary EU Toolkit on March 26, 2026, offering nine modular tools that...
Toll Northeast Building, a homebuilder, sued Paul Camarda and his entities on March 30, 2026 in the Southern District of New York, alleging they blocked the second closing of a two‑parcel residential land deal in Putnam County. The first parcel closed in...
Maryland’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has drafted an amendment to Rule 2‑504.3, the state’s computer‑generated evidence rule, to expressly cover generative AI exhibits. The proposal mandates prior notice, full disclosure of training data and methodology, a pre‑trial...
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a workers’ compensation penalty against Whirlpool for failing to install required guard railings at a conveyor‑belt crossing, deeming the task of crossing the belt as effectively required. The court interpreted Ohio Administrative Code 4123:1‑5‑05(C)(3) to...
First American Title Insurance and its mortgage arm have moved to freeze more than $1.6 million in the bank accounts of Novad Management Consulting, alleging the reverse‑mortgage servicer concealed a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ban and a HUD settlement. Novad stopped...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a detailed Q&A to clarify how data contributors should onboard to the EU’s Consolidated Tapes (CTs) for bonds and equities ahead of the system’s go‑live. It reminds trading venues and Authorized...
An Ohio appeals court upheld the dismissal of an employer intentional tort claim stemming from a workplace shooting that injured seven employees. Plaintiff Nicholas Harris alleged Tri‑Tech Laboratories allowed an intoxicated, armed coworker on site, but the court said his...
Former JPMorgan Private Bank executive director Joshua Biering filed a federal petition after a FINRA panel concluded the firm deliberately impeded his move to a competitor but awarded him zero damages. Biering, who managed roughly $1 billion in client assets and...
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) operates a two‑tier system: a Court of First Instance split into local, regional and central divisions, and a Court of Appeal seated in Luxembourg. The central division is anchored in Paris with additional seats in...
A Delaware Court of Chancery judge denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, allowing a lawsuit by the YWCA of Rochester to proceed against the Hatteras fund complex. The case centers on a 2021 transaction that swapped a $305 million diversified portfolio...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that the FDA has still not finalized the financial conflicts‑of‑interest (COI) guidance for its advisory committees, despite a law mandating it 13 years ago. The agency also fails to publicly disclose how it evaluates...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against a Texas Kroger store for revoking a previously granted ADA accommodation for an employee with neuropathy. The employee had been allowed to use a walker and take frequent sitting breaks,...
Australia has introduced its first orphan works scheme, allowing libraries and museums to digitise and share works whose copyright owners are unknown or unlocatable. The framework lets owners reclaim exclusive rights if they later surface, while mandating a searchable registry...
Cetera Financial and Ameriprise are facing class‑action lawsuits after data breaches exposed client personally identifiable information. Cetera’s breach stemmed from an unauthorized email account access, leaking names, Social Security numbers and account details. Ameriprise was hit by the ShinyHunters ransomware...
Federal prosecutors in California have charged ten foreign nationals from four crypto market‑making firms with orchestrating wash‑trading and pump‑and‑dump schemes that artificially inflated token prices. CEOs of Vortex and Contrarian were arrested in Singapore and extradited to Oakland, where they...
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court ruled in Friger Salgueiro v. Mech‑Tech College that commercial image rights can be transferred only through a written agreement, regardless of whether the individual is an employee or contractor. Verbal consent or implied permission does...
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock announced a ban on merchant surcharging for card payments. The decision follows a two‑decade review of Australia’s electronic payments market, which regulators say has been exploited by banks and multinational schemes. The ban...
Indiana enacted House Bill 1200, requiring all commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants to demonstrate English proficiency and restricting license ownership to drivers with established domicile. Effective April 1, the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles began revoking licenses of roughly 2,000...
The Federal Circuit’s 2025 decision in Lashify, Inc. v. ITC broadened the economic prong of the domestic‑industry requirement, allowing all U.S. labor and capital—including warehousing, marketing and distribution—to count toward eligibility for Section 337 relief. This change enables more patent owners...
President Trump signed an executive order directing DHS to create state‑by‑state lists of adult U.S. citizens for upcoming federal elections, aiming to curb mail‑in voting. Experts argue the federal government lacks reliable data to compile accurate citizenship and residency records,...
A federal appellate court declined to revive a challenge to Minnesota's 2023 deep‑fake law, leaving the 8th Circuit's earlier ruling intact. The law criminalizes realistic AI‑generated videos of politicians unless they are clearly labeled as parody. Plaintiffs Christopher Kohls and...
A New Brunswick labour board ruled on Jan. 8, 2026 that Versatile Training Solutions illegally terminated commercial‑vehicle instructor Evan Theriault after his concussion symptoms resurfaced, ordering the company and its manager to pay $22,440 (≈ $16,400 USD) in damages. The board found the employer’s refusal...
The European copyright lobby is intensifying legal attacks on virtual private networks (VPNs) across the EU, with Denmark’s draft law, French court orders, and a Spanish ruling all targeting VPN providers. In France, courts have compelled major services such as...
Kevin Lauri of Jackson Lewis highlighted a noticeable rise in client requests for alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) in a recent Law.com article. Although demand is climbing, roughly 60% of clients revert to traditional hourly billing after an initial trial. Lauri...
Former NTIA administrator John Kneuer told a Federalist Society webinar that the Ligado lawsuit is unlikely to destabilize the certainty surrounding FCC spectrum auctions. Ligado is pursuing roughly $40 billion in damages, claiming the Defense Department’s secret use of L‑band spectrum...
Cincinnati property owners are now liable for removing graffiti within 30 days, or the city will contract the cleanup and bill them. Unpaid bills can become liens and potentially trigger foreclosure, with one homeowner facing an $18,000 charge. Similar nuisance‑abatement...
Nintendo's U.S. patent on character‑summoning battle mechanics was rejected by the USPTO in a non‑final decision, jeopardizing its legal leverage against Pocketpair's Palworld. The patent, granted in September 2025 and covering 26 claims, aimed to protect the summon‑and‑fight loop popularized...
ClientEarth and Oceana have taken their lawsuit over alleged illegal fishing by Spanish‑owned vessels off Senegal and Guinea Bissau to Spain’s Supreme Court after the Madrid High Court dismissed the case. The NGOs allege the vessels routinely switch off AIS and...
OnlyOffice has terminated its eight‑year partnership with Nextcloud after the latter launched a fork called Euro‑Office without securing approval. OnlyOffice alleges the fork breaches its AGPL‑based license by omitting required attribution and branding, and accuses Nextcloud of poaching staff and...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous Cox Communications ruling, which bars liability for internet providers unless they actively induce infringement, is now being leveraged by Elon Musk’s X Corp to seek dismissal of a music‑publisher copyright case. X’s lawyers argue that...
The Trump administration has filed a court request to dismiss over half of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s remaining staff, scaling back from earlier plans to cut 90% and shut down the agency. Acting director Russell Vought, who halted most...
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed a mandamus petition with the state Supreme Court to void Otero County’s $283 million intergovernmental service agreement with ICE, arguing it lacks required state approval and violates the Immigrant Safety Act. The contract, re‑approved...
Republican Senator Bernie Moreno announced plans to broaden the U.S. ban on Chinese electric vehicles, targeting not only the cars themselves but also associated software, components, and joint‑venture partnerships. The proposal would reinforce the existing 100% tariff regime and aim...
The Moon’s south‑pole water ice is emerging as the first truly valuable commercial resource, promising a propellant depot that could slash deep‑space mission costs. While the 1967 Outer Space Treaty bars sovereignty claims, it remains silent on extraction, prompting a...
New allergen disclosure laws in California and New York are set to reshape menu transparency for restaurants in 2026. California’s Senate Bill 68, effective July 1, requires chains with 20 or more locations to list the nine major allergens on...
Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller‑Sutter has filed criminal defamation and insult charges after an X post displayed vulgar, misogynistic remarks generated by Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot. The remarks, prompted by an unidentified user, were deemed not protected speech but...
The Department of Justice filed a March 24 letter admitting that the May 2025 ICE memorandum never applied to immigration‑court arrests, effectively labeling those actions illegal. The admission overturns the administration’s long‑standing claim that courthouse arrests were authorized by policy. It...
The Financial Conduct Authority has approved higher award limits for the Financial Ombudsman Service, effective 1 April 2026. The maximum payout for complaints arising from actions on or after 1 April 2019 will rise to £455,000 (approximately $580,000), while older complaints will see a...
On April 1, 2026 the Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority issued a formal response to a joint letter from the Chancellor, the Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Secretary for Business and Trade. The BoE/PRA pledged to...
On 1 April 2026 the FCA and PRA released a joint Consultation Paper proposing to scrap the 15% high loan‑to‑income (LTI) cap for individual lenders while keeping the aggregate exposure at roughly 15%. The regulators suggest firms can set their own high‑LTI...
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr warned that the current deregulatory push, especially cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, could trigger a systemic "race to the bottom." He highlighted that the CFPB has lost roughly one‑third of its workforce, eroding...
The U.S. Treasury has opened a notice‑and‑comment rulemaking to solicit feedback on implementing the GENIUS Act, which legalizes payment stablecoins. The agency proposes that issuers with up to $10 billion in outstanding stablecoins may be regulated at the state level if...
On April 22, 2026, legal experts hosted a one‑hour webinar covering New York’s complex wage‑and‑hour statutes. The session examined split‑shift rules, call‑in and travel‑time pay, overtime exemptions, independent‑contractor criteria, and the state’s varied minimum‑wage thresholds. It also highlighted record‑keeping obligations, prohibitions...
On March 17 the House Education and Workforce Committee advanced H.R. 7661, dubbed the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act and informally called the National Book Ban Bill. The resolution would prohibit Title I federal funds for schools that provide or...
Verizon obtained a federal preliminary injunction forcing T‑Mobile to pull ads claiming consumers can save over $1,000 annually by switching to its “Better Value” plan. T‑Mobile rejected the ruling, asserting its advertising is accurate and backed by HarrisX market research,...
FATCA and CRS filings seem on track, yet private‑capital firms wrestle with fragmented investor tax data. Records are siloed across onboarding tools, fund administrators, internal databases and external providers, forcing compliance teams into repetitive reconciliation work. Legacy, manually‑driven infrastructures amplify...
India’s Ministry of Ports & Shipping announced a six‑month postponement of the cabotage policy that would have ended foreign‑flag vessels’ right to operate coastal shipping routes. The original rule, introduced in 2018, aimed to force domestic operators to handle intra‑country...
