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The Senate approved the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on March 12 with an 89‑to‑10 vote, but the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) amendment was stripped from the final text. The CCCA, championed by Senators Roger Marshall and Dick Durbin, would force card issuers to route transactions through at least one network competing with Visa and Mastercard, a move touted to lower swipe fees. The Electronic Transactions Association and other payment‑industry groups opposed the amendment, warning it could erode security, innovation, and consumer protections. President Donald Trump had previously endorsed the combined legislation, but the housing bill now proceeds without the payment‑policy change.
A U.S. district judge blocked the Justice Department's subpoenas seeking Federal Reserve records, ruling there was no evidence to justify the probe. Judge James Boasberg concluded the subpoenas were a pretext to pressure Chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates....
The article outlines post‑CLE strategies that turn a single presentation into an ongoing relationship. It recommends delivering rich takeaways such as whitepapers, slide decks, and recordings, and offering personalized one‑on‑one consultations. It also stresses the importance of regular touchpoints via...
A federal appeals court rejected Custodia Bank’s final appeal, ending its legal fight over the Federal Reserve’s authority to grant master accounts. The decision arrives as the Fed’s Kansas City branch granted Kraken a limited master‑account‑like facility, marking the first...
A Texas federal judge vacated the Biden‑era fiduciary rule after the Department of Labor stopped defending it, ending the legal battle that began with 2024 injunctions. The decision clears the way for the Trump administration to issue a deregulation‑focused replacement....
An Ontario long‑term care personal support worker was fired after a union unit chair reported her alleged threat to “burn this place down.” The Ontario Labour Relations Board refused to dismiss her complaint, finding she has an arguable case that...
AT&T CEO John Stankey met with President Trump as the Justice Department conducts a $23 billion antitrust review of AT&T’s planned purchase of EchoStar’s spectrum licenses. The meeting was framed as a preview of AT&T’s broader $250 billion commitment to U.S. infrastructure...
A recent column details how scammers impersonate lawyers to sell bogus asset‑recovery services, demanding upfront fees for fictitious taxes and bank charges. The author exposed a case where a fake retainer looked AI‑generated, the website’s domain was registered days before...
The Oregon Supreme Court recently dismissed more than 1,400 criminal cases after ruling the state lacked sufficient public defenders to meet constitutional obligations. Across the United States, states such as Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Kansas face deficits ranging from 30%...
Cameron Nasser, an investment operations analyst at OneAmerica Financial, filed a federal lawsuit alleging retaliation after taking FMLA leave to care for his dying mother. Upon returning, his role was downgraded, performance‑improvement plans were issued, and he was ultimately terminated...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will limit transactions on newly activated mobile banking apps to N20,000 during the first 24 hours, effective 1 July 2026. The regulator also mandates single‑device binding, multi‑factor authentication for new device logins, and real‑time fraud‑monitoring systems...
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky facility in Stratford, Connecticut, faces a federal lawsuit filed by 70‑year‑old quality‑control inspector Carnell Artis, who alleges he was subjected to a racial slur, disability mockery, and ongoing retaliation after reporting the incidents. The complaint details harassment,...
The U.S. District Court for D.C. granted summary judgment to the Service Employees International Union National Industry Pension Fund, ordering Hamilton Park OPCO to pay more than $800,000 in unpaid pension contributions. The dispute centered on the employer’s failure to make...
A federal court in Washington, D.C., dismissed veteran attorney Arthur Ayo‑Aghimien II's discrimination lawsuit against his ICE supervisor, Mary‑Jean Lambert, with prejudice on all five counts. The plaintiff alleged that Lambert’s derogatory remarks and a damaging reference caused the rescission of...
A New York State Supreme Court judge ordered Bronx landlord Seth Miller to pay more than $2.1 million in fines and to complete urgent repairs at his 919 Prospect Ave. building within a strict timeline. The ruling, hailed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani as...
Bank‑level enforcement actions by the FDIC, OCC, Fed and NCUA fell 55% from 116 in 2024 to 52 in 2025, with quarterly new cases dropping from 20 to just two. At the same time, terminated actions more than doubled, reaching...
Elon Musk's X Corp, conservative platform Rumble, the Babylon Bee and other plaintiffs have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to keep a lower‑court injunction that blocks California’s Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act (AB 2655). The law, enacted...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Fair Labor Standards Act claim by a security guard at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital who argued that monitoring his radio during lunch breaks made the time compensable. The...
Lush Handmade Cosmetics agreed to settle a sex‑discrimination lawsuit after the EEOC, which had filed a complaint in 2024 alleging bias against a pansexual, nonbinary employee, withdrew its support in 2025 following a Trump administration executive order. The settlement required...
The Federal Circuit affirmed that a patent’s claim language can impose a required sequence of steps, as illustrated in Sound View Innovations v. Hulu. The court held that the grammar and logic of claim 16 mandated receiving a request before...
During the COVID‑19 pandemic, vaccine makers pledged not to enforce mRNA‑related patents, but that restraint has ended, sparking a wave of litigation over lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and mRNA payload technologies. Major cases include Alnylam’s suits against Pfizer and BioNTech, Arbutus’s...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) reshaped the federal tax code, but state responses are split. Roughly half of the states automatically conform, while many Democratic‑led jurisdictions are decoupling to protect revenue, creating a patchwork of adoption dates. This...
The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, leaving the D.C. Circuit’s ruling that works generated entirely by artificial intelligence lack copyright protection. This decision upholds the long‑standing requirement for human authorship under the Copyright Act. While the...
The Smoke Damage Recovery Act (AB 1795) is moving through the California Legislature to establish a statewide framework for evaluating and remediating wildfire smoke damage in homes. Prompted by the 2025 Los Angeles fires, which generated over 42,000 insurance claims—including 13,000 smoke‑damage...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal overturned its 1991 Euro Ceramics ruling, holding that horizontal stare decisis does not bind it to that decision. It confirmed that associate judges have jurisdiction to decide whether to set aside a default judgment...
The Northern District of Illinois dismissed Kenny Mfg. Co.’s patent infringement complaint against Satori Home for failing to plausibly allege infringement. The court noted the complaint showed only a bracket base and arm, omitting the required two mounting locations. Even...
On March 13, 2026, the USPTO released supplemental examination guidance that broadens design‑patent protection to computer‑generated interfaces, icons, and immersive AR/VR designs. The new rules allow applicants to claim the digital design itself, provided the title and claim identify an...
The Federal Trade Commission is issuing $47.2 million in checks to more than 444,000 renters who paid undisclosed fees to Invitation Homes between January 2021 and September 2024. Eligible tenants will receive an average of $106, with checks that must be cashed within...
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld West Virginia's ban on Medicaid coverage for gender‑affirming surgeries, extending the restriction from minors to adults. The ruling overturns a lower court finding that the 2004 statute violated anti‑discrimination laws and...
A February 2025 U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruling in Kwong v. United States broadened the interpretation of IRC Section 7508A, extending tax filing, payment and refund deadlines to July 11, 2023. The decision means the IRS may have improperly...
A Rhode Island federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate its master collective‑bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees’ National Veterans Affairs Council, covering over 300,000 workers. The order restores the...
The IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations outlining the new Trump account, a child‑focused, tax‑advantaged retirement vehicle created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Eligible newborns born between 2025 and 2028 receive a one‑time $1,000 federal pilot contribution, and...
The Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s summary‑judgment rulings in Global Tubing v. Tenaris, vacating both the inequitable conduct and Walker Process antitrust decisions. The appellate court found genuine factual disputes about whether Tenaris intentionally withheld material prior‑art information during...
Mississippi lawmakers have advanced a bill that would eliminate state income tax for college athletes, effectively granting them a financial advantage over peers in neighboring SEC schools. The proposal, still pending Senate approval, could give Ole Miss and Mississippi State a...
Adobe agreed to a $150 million settlement to resolve a Justice Department and FTC lawsuit alleging it concealed early‑termination fees and made cancellations difficult. The deal provides $75 million in free services to eligible customers and a $75 million payment to the government....
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires issued a March 11 memorandum expanding the discretion used in institution decisions for inter partes review (IPR) and post‑grant review (PGR) proceedings. The new policy allows examiners to consider whether accused products or...
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has accused member Cloud Innovation Limited (CIL) and its affiliate Larus Ltd of using a series of lawsuits to paralyse the regional internet registry. The litigation seeks to block IPv4 address allocations and impede...
The Workplace Policy Institute highlighted a surge of industry petitions to the NLRB, seeking new rules to protect secret‑ballot elections, reevaluate captive‑audience meetings, and restore a common‑law test for independent‑contractor classification. The Board also declined to overturn the 1970 Ex‑Cell‑O...
Costa Rica has leveraged its long‑standing sustainability framework to launch a nationwide, deforestation‑free coffee program ahead of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). A pilot with the CoopeTarrazú cooperative in 2024 introduced satellite‑based mapping, AI tools, and due‑diligence training, leading to...
A federal judge in Florida dismissed a class‑action lawsuit alleging Publix overcharged shoppers at self‑checkout. Plaintiff Wendy Koutouzis claimed weight‑based pricing errors on 18 items, but the court found she had received refunds for many disputed purchases and was charged...
SerpApi has asked a federal court to dismiss Reddit’s lawsuit alleging the company scraped Reddit content via Google Search. The API provider argues Reddit does not own the user‑generated posts, that the cited snippets are too brief for copyright, and...
Dynasty Financial Partners is fighting Merrill Lynch’s motion to force arbitration over a raiding claim tied to the OpenArc breakaway. Merrill argues the court should either compel arbitration or lift the existing stay so its lawsuit can proceed, while Dynasty...
Ken Ofori‑Atta, Ghana's former finance minister, remains in an ICE detention center in Virginia after being arrested for a visa overstay. His lawyer says he is pursuing permanent U.S. residency, arguing he would not receive a fair trial in Ghana...
Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank refused to remove an X post declaring the sheriff’s office will not hire noncitizens, despite a legal memo from prosecutors that the stance violates Washington state law. The memo cites RCW 43.101.095, which permits lawful...
On 11 March 2026 the Financial Action Task Force published a report titled “Understanding and Mitigating the Risks of Off‑shore Virtual Asset Service Providers.” The paper details the specific money‑laundering and terrorist‑financing threats posed by offshore VASPs and outlines a suite of...
The European Union has approved a ban on 31 meat‑related terms such as “chicken”, “beef” and “steak” for plant‑based substitutes, while exempting generic descriptors like “burger” and “sausage”. Brands will face short‑term disruption as they lose familiar shorthand for product...
A wave of sanctions activity is reshaping compliance across the United States, Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Treasury issued new Venezuela oil licenses, deployed the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act against a Russian cyber‑espionage broker,...
On 13 March 2026 the FCA released a good‑practice review of firms’ consumer‑understanding under the Consumer Duty. It highlights that firms should use diverse data sources, test communications with real customers, and design clear, accessible journeys. The guidance stresses tailored support for...
An Ontario arbitrator ordered Cargill Limited to reinstate Dung Phan, a 24‑year employee, replacing his termination with a six‑month unpaid suspension, back pay and full seniority. The arbitrator found Phan’s urging co‑workers to “sign off” was serious misconduct but deemed...
The High Court quashed a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warrant that seized a barrister's electronic devices, finding the regulator had made "significant errors of law" in its application. The warrant was issued under section 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence...
