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ERI, a Fresno‑based electronics recycling firm, filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against Revivn Public Benefit Corp., alleging theft of trade secrets. ERI claims Revivn poached senior employees, including former senior director Justin LeDoux and logistics director Ross Sylvester, to obtain confidential operational, financial, and technology information. The complaint highlights ERI’s proprietary automation, robotics integration, and software platforms, asserting that Revivn intends to use them to undercut ERI’s customers and suppliers. ERI is seeking monetary damages and a permanent injunction to stop further use of its trade secrets.
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Promotion in Motion’s appeal, upholding the earlier finding that its SWISSKISS marks are likely to confuse consumers with Hershey’s chocolate trademarks, particularly the KISS element. The court affirmed that the SWISS component is merely...
The FDA has released an online searchable table of 249 pharmaceutical quality‑related guidances, MAPPs, and compliance programs. Recent entries include the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Process Inspection compliance program (Sept 2025) and guidance on outsourcing facility inspections (Jan 2025). Topics span drug...
The on‑demand InfoTrack webinar, presented by attorney Drew Levine, teaches litigators how to balance broad discovery rights with privacy concerns. It covers proportionality, managing electronically stored information, and differences between state and federal discovery rules. The tutorial emphasizes practical, results‑focused...
The FDA provides a comprehensive suite of labeling resources aimed at industry staff who develop human prescription‑drug labeling, including DailyMed, Drugs@FDA, FDALabel, and Medication Guides. These tools grant access to over 140,000 labeling documents and detailed regulatory histories. The agency...
An enterprise AI contract‑review API that costs $1.58 per document exploded to a $1.6 million bill when exposed as an agentic API. An autonomous agent retried a single request thousands of times, and the pattern repeated across thousands of contracts, revealing...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Prediction Markets Security and Integrity Act, targeting prediction‑market platforms that allow wagers on geopolitical events, insider trading, and underage gambling. The bill seeks to ban war‑related bets, impose consumer‑protection safeguards, and align these platforms with...
Canadian taxpayers continue to face TFSA overcontribution penalties, highlighted by a recent Federal Court case where the CRA’s denial of relief was upheld. The plaintiff had accumulated over $300,000 in excess contributions between 2021‑2023 and sought a waiver, arguing that...
Bob Robertson addressed Legalweek 2026’s Day 3 session, highlighting how artificial intelligence can integrate, synthesize, and analyze disparate client data for law firms. He emphasized AI‑driven platforms that translate complex datasets into intuitive visualizations for attorneys. The discussion underscored real‑time...
A coalition of major tech firms, including Google and Tesla, is rallying to expand U.S. power‑grid capacity as policymakers seek faster upgrades. The Department of Energy has opened a $1.9 billion funding opportunity aimed at urgently needed grid modernization projects. Parallel...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been buying location data from the online advertising ecosystem, allowing the agency to track individuals' movements with minute‑level precision. The practice leverages advertising identifiers (AdIDs) that link devices to real‑time bidding markets, bypassing the...
OCR director Paula Stannard told HIMSS attendees that the HHS Office for Civil Rights is still reviewing 4,700 public comments on the Biden‑era HIPAA Security Rule proposal, which would impose stricter controls and longer implementation timelines. She warned that the...
Grammarly’s AI‑powered Expert Review feature attributed writing advice to real journalists, academics and authors, prompting a class‑action lawsuit filed by journalist Julia Angwin. Angwin’s attorney says 40 to 50 additional experts have joined the complaint, alleging unauthorized use of their...
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Canada enacted Bill C‑3 in December, expanding citizenship by descent to unlimited generations. The change enables Americans with Canadian ancestry to claim citizenship using birth, baptismal, and marriage records, and also addresses the “lost Canadians” who were previously excluded. Eligibility...
The EU’s eIDAS 2.0 revision introduces a mandatory European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet that will let financial institutions exchange verified, portable credentials instantly. Key regulatory milestones are the July 2027 AMLR harmonisation and the December 2027 wallet‑mandate, which together replace 27 national KYC...
The Philippine SEC released draft guidelines to end the 2021 moratorium on registering new online lending platforms (OLPs). The proposal outlines prudential, disclosure and market‑conduct standards, a single entity‑level certificate of authority, and a graduated asset‑based licensing fee effective 2027....
South Dakota Senate voted down House Bill 1209, which would have mandated employers with more than 25 staff to verify new hires through the federal E‑Verify system within ten days. The measure, originally passed by the House, faced amendments and...
The Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act, an extended producer responsibility (EPR) bill targeting packaging waste, was set aside during a committee hearing. The revised legislation lets businesses earning under $10 million and counties with fewer than 200,000 residents opt out, aiming...
India’s Supreme Court granted bail on March 12 to 74‑year‑old separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah after more than six years of pre‑trial detention. The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta cited procedural irregularities, delayed witness examination, and Shah’s age and...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a "ruthless, no‑excuses" review of the Pentagon’s civilian and uniformed legal offices, directing a 45‑day assessment and six‑month overhaul. A memo outlines a split of responsibilities, assigning civilian general counsels business, acquisition and litigation duties...
On March 11, 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Justice signed a memorandum allowing VA officials to seek court‑appointed legal guardians or conservators for vulnerable veterans, including those at risk of homelessness. The initiative is presented...
On 12 March 2026 the FCA released its annual Retail Banking Regulatory Priorities report, replacing traditional portfolio letters. The guidance stresses filling cash‑access gaps, ensuring digital‑first transformations do not harm vulnerable customers, and meeting basic‑bank‑account rules. It also requires firms to sharpen...
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas has recognized that Cumulus Media’s recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy automatically stays the company’s antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen. The stay halts all litigation activities until the bankruptcy case progresses, and the court has ordered...
Zoho Sign now offers delegated signing, letting users assign a colleague to sign documents on their behalf while preserving traceability. Delegates use their own credentials, and assignments can span up to 30 days within a six‑month window, with only one...
A Los Angeles Superior Court case brings Instagram and YouTube to trial over alleged addiction‑driven design, filed by a 20‑year‑old plaintiff claiming mental and physical harm. Closing arguments began Thursday, yet courtroom attendance and media coverage remain sparse. The lawsuit...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a consultation paper proposing a streamlined inheritance process for securities. The plan introduces a fast‑track “straight‑through processing” category for low‑value claims, setting thresholds at ₹10,000 for physical holdings and ₹30,000...
Internal Slack messages from Live Nation employees surfaced as exhibits in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit, revealing jokes about "robbing" fans for parking and VIP upgrades. The exchanges, spanning 2021‑2023, describe fans as "stupid" for paying inflated fees and were...
The High Court in Kampala set new timelines after the prosecution failed to properly serve an application to conceal the identities of six state witnesses in the treason case against opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Justice Emmanuel Baguma ordered the prosecution...
On 18 February 2026 an employment tribunal dismissed a former Google engineer’s claim that the company operated a “boys’ club” that disadvantaged women. The ex‑employee alleged gender bias, unequal pay and blocked promotions, but the tribunal concluded the evidence did...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal ordered former Whole Foods employee Faranak Moradi to post $7,500 security for costs before her appeal can proceed. The appeal stems from a 2019 termination that Moradi claims was retaliatory for reporting health‑safety concerns,...
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Wolf Greenfield and FPA Patent Attorneys are hosting a live webinar on March 18, 2026, to discuss protecting and patenting medical technology from APIs to AI across global markets. The session will compare IP rules in the United States, Australia, and other...
Digital communications governance and archiving (DCGA) has shifted from a back‑office compliance task to a strategic imperative as enterprises adopt email, chat, video, collaboration tools and AI assistants. The surge in channel variety creates new regulatory exposure, making comprehensive capture,...
Advita Ortho, a newly formed orthopedics company that acquired Exactech's assets, received an FDA warning letter in December concerning its Equinoxe Reverse Shoulder System. The letter highlighted undefined product specifications, inadequate supplier audits, incomplete production documentation, and persistent temperature and...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s latest data shows women now comprise 55% of UK lawyers but only 35% of equity partners, with parity at salaried partner level (49%). Representation of disabled solicitors has risen to 8%, still well below the 17%...
Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan Warrior Infertility Act to designate infertility as a presumptive condition under the 2022 PACT Act. The bill would fast‑track VA coverage for in‑vitro fertilization and other reproductive treatments without requiring veterans to prove a direct service...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides Form 7779 for individuals to submit data subject requests under UK data protection law. The form covers rights such as access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, and directs users to the dedicated SAR...
The SEC and CFTC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to end decades‑long regulatory turf wars and launch a Joint Harmonisation Initiative. The agreement targets a fit‑for‑purpose framework for crypto, dual‑registered trading venues, modernised clearing, and streamlined trade‑data reporting. By...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its takeaways from the 2025 Call for Evidence on the retail investor journey, outlining concrete actions to make investing easier for EU consumers. It will focus on streamlining disclosure requirements, simplifying suitability...
Rhode Island Senate Bill 2774, introduced on March 4, would prohibit the sale of over‑the‑counter diet pills and weight‑loss or muscle‑building supplements to anyone under 18. The bill requires retailers to store these products in locked cases or behind counters, limiting...
British Columbia announced amendments to the Employment Standards Act and the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act aimed at streamlining dispute resolution. The changes let the Employment Standards Branch use Unclaimed BC to recover unpaid wages faster and require employers to deposit...
On February 26, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board denied a request to overturn the 1970 Ex‑Cell‑O decision, preserving the longstanding rule that limits remedies when an employer refuses to bargain during a test‑of‑certification. The Board, led by two Trump...
The SEC launched only ten accounting and auditing enforcement actions in 2025, the fewest in nine years, and collected just $31 million in settlements, a sharp drop from $907 million the previous year. Most of the 2025 penalties were imposed during outgoing...
OPay refutes online claims that its Lagos and Abuja offices were sealed by the Nigeria Revenue Service over alleged tax violations. The company confirms all locations remain open and fully operational. It explains the rumor originated from an NRS industry‑wide...
Campaigners, including Medact and Amnesty International, warn that the NHS's £330 million Palantir Federated Data Platform (FDP) could allow police and immigration officials to access confidential patient records. Palantir denies any legal ability to share data with government departments, stating the...
Rajinder Gill was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for operating an unauthorised sale‑and‑rent‑back scheme that defrauded vulnerable homeowners of £925,233. The scheme, run through Secure Property Consultants Ltd, forced owners to sell below market value, pay...
On 9 March 2026 the High Court appointed BTG as administrators of Concept Capital Group (CCG) after an application filed in February. The FCA had previously frozen roughly £23 million of CCG assets and launched High Court proceedings in July 2025 over an alleged...
The FCA has warned second‑charge mortgage lenders and brokers to raise standards after a review uncovered weak affordability checks, inappropriate debt‑consolidation advice, poor record‑keeping and opaque fees. The sector, which serves borrowers with high debt and low resilience, accounts for...
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for defendants in A+PEL’s trade‑secret lawsuit, finding the nonprofit’s Mentor Teacher training, client list, and member database were not protectable under the DTSA or Louisiana’s trade‑secret statute. The court highlighted A+PEL’s failure to maintain...
A federal judge ruled that Washington legislators were within their rights to deny press badges to three conservative media figures, rejecting a request for a restraining order. In a separate dispute, DISH Network lost its retransmission agreement with Gray Media,...
South African seafarers remain tax‑resident unless they meet strict residency tests, despite working under international crew visas. The tax code offers a full seafarer exemption for those who spend at least 183 full days abroad and perform “passage” duties, while...
