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India’s Supreme Court rejected a petition for a national menstrual‑leave policy, warning that mandatory leave would deter employers from hiring women. The bench argued such leave reinforces stereotypes and harms women’s career growth. While several Indian states and private firms already provide limited menstrual leave, the ruling underscores persistent societal taboos. The decision has ignited debate over gender equality, workplace health, and legal obligations.
Rep. Elise Stefanik introduced the Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026, mandating that every carrier in the Department of Defense freight chain certify it has no ownership or control ties to Chinese military‑linked entities. The bill creates a...
The Union government introduced a Bill to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, imposing life imprisonment for forced conversion of children to a transgender identity and up to ten years for adults, with hefty fines. The amendment...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published minutes from its Consumer Forum meeting held on 10 February 2026. Senior representatives from consumer advocacy groups convened to discuss emerging market challenges, upcoming investigations, and policy priorities. The forum emphasized integrating consumer perspectives into...
The Office for Professional Body Anti‑Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) released its 2024/25 assessment, noting modest progress in AML monitoring across UK legal and accountancy firms but highlighting persistent compliance gaps. HMRC issued 336 penalty notices between April and September 2025,...
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has permanently barred Kasim Garipoglu from working in UK financial services, deeming him unfit and improper due to pervasive dishonesty and integrity breaches. Garipoglu, who owned and led a foreign‑exchange and CFD brokerage, repeatedly flouted...
Canada’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights approved Bill C‑9, the Combatting Hate Act, by a 5‑4 vote, moving it toward a third reading. The bill criminalizes the wilful promotion of hatred, including the display of extremist symbols such...
Spain's High Court of Justice ordered Madrid to immediately create a registry of doctors who conscientiously object to performing abortions. The national law, introduced in 2023, obliges all autonomous communities to maintain such lists to ensure women can access legal...
The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will become fully enforceable in 2027, extending mandatory cybersecurity requirements to any product with digital elements sold in the EU, including container images, Helm charts and Kubernetes operators. It codifies three core obligations: security‑by‑design...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips announced that former first‑chair federal prosecutor Zach Howe has joined its San Diego office as a partner. Howe brings more than 50 appellate oral arguments and 11 jury trials, along with extensive experience in federal prosecution...
Six years after Breonna Taylor’s fatal March 2020 raid, the Justice Department quietly eliminated the federal rule that limited the use of no‑knock warrants. The policy, adopted after her death, had required law‑enforcement to announce themselves before entering a home,...
Churchill Mortgage has sued former vice‑president Jeffrey Miller, alleging he poached staff, disclosed confidential performance data, and used AI tools to extract trade secrets for rival Supreme Lending. Miller counters that Churchill owes him $92,805 in severance and claims the...
In 2020 Oregon voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow campaign‑finance limits with 78% support. After years of inaction, the 2024 law imposed a $3,300 per‑election contribution cap, delayed until 2027 and left corporate donations largely unrestricted. In March 2025...
UK research by UKG shows 64% of frontline workers receive rota updates via informal channels lacking audit trails, exposing employers to compliance risk under the Employment Rights Act 2025. The new law mandates reasonable notice and compensation for last‑minute schedule...
The EU’s AI Act tightly regulates biometric surveillance inside Europe but omits any export‑control provisions. Slovak firm Innovatrics’ facial‑recognition system is now deployed in more than 1,700 public schools in Brazil’s Paraná state, scanning up to one million children daily....
The UK Chancellor publicly backed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in its effort to curb unjustifiable price increases on road fuel and heating oil. She warned that companies exploiting the energy crisis for excess profits would face swift action,...
A December 2025 federal court ruling allows Medicaid to share enrollee names, addresses and immigration status with ICE, overturning long‑standing privacy assurances. The change, initiated by the Trump administration, removes the guarantee that health data would not be used for...
Nevada regulators fined three individuals and a Texas private membership association for unlicensed peptide injections at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival, where two women became critically ill. The doctor and pharmacist each received $10,000 fines, the health coach...
Janita Good, a Fieldfisher partner with a D.Phil. in biochemistry, offers biotech leaders a roadmap for maximizing partnership and licensing value. She emphasizes initiating pharma discussions early, embedding commercialization plans into R&D, and aligning fundraising expectations with realistic exit timelines....
New Zealand's Online Casino Gambling Bill, expected to pass in 2026, will ban all affiliate marketing and paid influencer endorsements for online casinos. The legislation caps the market at 15 licensed operators, introduces a competitive auction, bans credit‑card and buy‑now‑pay‑later...
Delegates at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) gathered in Jamaica to push the long‑delayed deep‑sea mining code toward finalization this year. The code will set rules for extracting polymetallic nodules from the Clarion‑Clipperton Zone, a 2.3‑million‑square‑mile area central to the...
On March 11, 2026, U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin issued an order in Bey v. Midwest City. The court denied the plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration and ruled a pending motion to dismiss as moot, allowing the case to move forward....
The article outlines how the surge of sanctions—particularly the 13,000 measures targeting Russia—has become a central factor in international arbitration. It explains that sanctions affect contract drafting, choice of seat, and institutional rules, creating procedural hurdles such as blocked payments...
The U.S. Treasury issued a one‑month OFAC wind‑down licence, allowing Russian crude already at sea to complete voyages through April 11. The licence is intended to stabilise energy markets amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis that has disrupted Gulf supplies. Broker...
The European Commission adopted a definition that lets new plastic be marketed as “recycled” with as little as 2.5% waste‑derived material. Chemical‑recycling plants, heavily promoted by oil and plastics firms, have struggled: of the 78 announced facilities, only 18 are...
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has elevated deputy general counsel Andrew Marcus to the role of general counsel, succeeding James Hunter who will retire on April 1. Marcus, who joined MVW in 2015 and previously served as deputy GC, brings extensive legal experience across...
A Scottish court upheld Petrofac Ltd's company voluntary arrangement (CVA) after a 99% creditor vote, clearing a legal challenge from HM Revenue & Customs. The CVA enables the sale of Petrofac's Asset Solutions business to CB&I on a debt‑free, cash‑free...
Former Michigan linebackers coach Chris Partridge filed a federal lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and a violation of his Fourteenth Amendment due‑process rights after being dismissed during an NCAA sign‑stealing investigation. The suit targets the university, its board of regents and...
RQM+ announced SMART Solutions, a life‑cycle partnership model that fuses regulatory, quality, clinical, reimbursement and laboratory expertise for medical device and diagnostics firms. The offering comes in two formats: an integrated solution for small‑to‑mid‑size companies and a functional, modular option...
Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) secured an $18.75 million default judgment against William Freemon, a U.S. operator of illegal IPTV services such as Streaming TV Now, Instant IPTV and TV Nitro. The Northern District of Texas court awarded statutory damages for willful copyright infringement,...
New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled that public school districts can face vicarious liability for teachers’ alleged sexual abuse, even when the conduct occurs outside the traditional scope of employment. The decision overturns prior rulings that granted broad immunity under the...
U.S. District Court for D.C. dismissed all four claims filed by Neonu Jewell, former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Development Finance Corporation, after her termination following President Trump's executive order to dismantle federal DEIA programs. The order led...
A former MSC Cruises director alleges the cruise line approved her remote work in late 2024 without any paperwork, then later denied the same arrangement as a disability accommodation, triggering a federal lawsuit. The complaint cites race and disability discrimination,...
Hong Kong's national security court ruled that a prima facie case exists against veteran Tiananmen vigil activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung for inciting subversion. The three designated security judges dismissed the defence’s bid for early acquittal but also rejected...
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that unconditional payments restart the two‑year prescriptive period for first‑party insurance claims, even when the insurer becomes insolvent and the claim moves to the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA). The decision arose from a Hurricane...
South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill imposing a five‑year moratorium on the sale, manufacture, and distribution of cultivated meat, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The measure makes the state the eighth in the nation to...
On March 13 2026 the DTCC Data Repository (U.S.) LLC filed a revised rulebook with the CFTC, slated to become effective on March 27 2026. The amendment updates user access protocols, Super Access Coordinator duties, fee structures, data submission standards, unique identifier requirements, and...
On March 13, 2026 the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) submitted rule filing SR‑FICC‑2026‑005 to the SEC, seeking to set a delayed implementation schedule for enhancements to the correlation calculation used in bond haircut models. The filing amends the QRM Methodology Document...
The Supreme Court of India has agreed to review whether foreign employees must contribute to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) under the 1952 scheme after LG Electronics challenged the mandatory contribution rule. The dispute centers on Paragraph 83 of the...
Utah District Court Judge Tony Graf is set to decide whether media will be allowed in the upcoming hearing on the murder case of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors, Kirk’s widow, and news groups argue for open access, while the...
The Canadian government introduced Bill C-22, an act aimed at enhancing law‑enforcement access to digital information. It creates two mechanisms – a confirmation of service demand and a subscriber information production order – to address Supreme Court rulings that require...
Solifi, a Minneapolis‑based secured‑finance software provider, appointed Kevin Smith as its first chief legal officer, a newly created C‑suite role. Smith arrives from Jaggaer after more than 25 years advising high‑growth tech firms on legal, risk and transactional matters. At...
India’s Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed a complaint alleging that BookMyShow abused its dominant position in the online movie‑ticket market. The regulator defined the relevant market as online intermediation services for booking movie tickets and noted that while...
Queensland’s Industrial Relations Commission ruled that an employer was liable for a psychological injury after it replaced a full‑time executive support officer’s colleague with two untrained casual workers, creating an unreasonable workload. The employee, who resigned in October 2022, claimed...
A Delaware Industrial Accident Board ordered the reinstatement of disability benefits for a worker employed by Amick Farms after a dual‑jurisdiction dispute between Maryland and Delaware. The claimant, who suffered injuries in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, had his benefits...
A Munich court ruled that TCL’s QLED‑branded TVs in Germany do not meet the technical standards of true quantum‑dot displays, violating unfair competition law. Samsung’s lawsuit forced TCL to stop advertising and selling those models as QLED in the German...
A five‑lawyer competition team led by Mathilde Saltiel has left Latham & Watkins to join August Debouzy in Paris, creating a new competition, European regulation and foreign‑investment control group. Saltiel, former chair of Latham’s Paris litigation practice, brings experience in merger control, cartel...
Italy’s Constitutional Court rejected a constitutional challenge and upheld the 2025 law that sharply narrows citizenship‑by‑descent, limiting jus sanguinis to the third generation. The court deemed the constitutional questions partly unfounded, leaving the reform in place pending a full ruling....
The House of Lords industry and regulators committee is gathering evidence on how legal‑services regulation affects economic growth, with experts warning that current consumer‑protection rules act as barriers to innovation and access to justice. Most individuals and small businesses cannot...
The U.S. Treasury on March 13 sanctioned two companies and six individuals for operating overseas IT networks that funneled money to North Korea. The schemes, which included malware attacks and data theft, generated roughly $800 million for Pyongyang’s weapons programs in...
