Mass Violence in the U.S.: Understanding the Risk and the Traverse City Walmart Attack Mass violence is a growing threat across the United States. While many incidents involve firearms, communities are learning that these tragedies can take many forms—stabbings, vehicle assaults, and other attacks in public spaces. The recent Walmart stabbing in Traverse City, Michigan, […] The post Mass Violence in the U.S. – Understanding the Risk and the Traverse City Walmart Attack appeared first on...| TFNLG
Steve Pavsner is now serving as a Hearing Officer for National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM), one of the nation’s premier providers of alternative dispute resolution (ADR)…| JGL Law
In this increasingly growing digital landscape, companies are entrusted with vast amounts of sensitive personal information. From names and email| Global Policy Watch
The common thread in these case studies was that the plaintiffs experienced an excess water problem they had never seen before. The post Examining the causes of litigious flooding events appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine.| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
The legal industry has reached a pivotal stage in AI adoption. Law firms, including litigation practitioners, must constantly consider how … The post How AI adoption is defining the future of litigation practice appeared first on Thomson Reuters Law Blog.| Thomson Reuters Law Blog
Trial and courtroom preparation includes creation of impactful courtroom demonstratives. Nextpoint discusses how it all comes together! The post Impactful Courtroom Demonstratives Lead to Trial Success: Litigation Best Practices appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
No local government employee or official is more familiar with the litigation process (and its toll) than the local government lawyer, whose role is to counsel and advocate on behalf of the local government unit. A sampling of municipal and … Read more The post Court Is in Session: Advice about Litigation from Local Government Lawyers appeared first on Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law.| Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law
Litigation is the process of resolving legal disputes through the court system. Litigation can be complex, burdensome, expensive, time-consuming, and stressful. A single lawsuit can take years to resolve and cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. But … Read more The post New Resource Available: “A Civil Litigation Guide for Non-Attorneys in Local Government” appeared first on Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law.| Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law
A contentious dispute over coupons and "stolen" commissions ends with an agreement.| Coupons in the News
The majority in a recent case -- an Obama appointeet and a Trump appointee -- ruled in favor of renewable energy. Even without Chevron deference, they were able to conclude that the statute favored solar producers. And unlike a win under Chevron, this one can't be reversed by a more conservative agency -- it's etched in stone.| Legal Planet
In the deep pool of litigation attorneys, it takes a big leap to make a splash big enough to get noticed. For Katy Young, Ad Astra’s Managing Partner, being asked to record an episode of ‘The Litigator’s Edge’ is just one of the signs her pioneering work has been recognized by her fellow advocates. … Continue reading "Ad Astra’s Managing Partner Katy Young Appears on Podcast ‘The Litigator’s Edge’" The post Ad Astra’s Managing Partner Katy Young Appears on Podcast ‘The L...| Ad Astra Law Group, P.C.
The different lawsuits involving Quaker groups are explained in this brief essay from Friends General Conference.| Friends General Conference
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Maryland’s social equity licensing rules, affirming the denial of a preliminary injunction against a series of licensing lotteries that took place last year. The circuit court declined to rule on the plaintiff’s claims that the U.S. Constitution’s dormant commerce clause applies to cannabis, avoiding a […] The post 4th Circuit Upholds Maryland’s Social Equity Program appeared first on CRB Monitor News.| CRB Monitor News
*Asked & Answered Asked: "To what extent may our HOA be held liable for an injury sustained by a trespasser in our community pool?" Answered: Under California law, a property owner, including ...| HOA Lawyer Blog
In a spectacular development in the AI wars, Disney and several studios have sued the AI image-generating company Midjourney for copyright infringement (complaint here). To say that this has generated quite a stir would be a monumental understatement akin to declaring that Thunderbolts* was a bit of a flop. Not […]| Technollama
On April 11, 2025, California teen Adam Raine took his own life. Adam Raine In seeking answers, Raine’s parents discovered his eight-month, intense history of confiding in ChatGPT– incl…| deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog
A federal judge has temporarily stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from implementing its small-business data collection rule until after the Supreme Court rules next year on whether the bureau's funding is constitutional.| American Banker
Last month, the D.C. Circuit in In re: Sealed Case, 2025 WL 2013687 (D.C. Cir. July 18, 2025) invalidated a non-disclosure order (“NDO”) that applied to| Global Policy Watch
In 2020, California was the first mover in state comprehensive privacy law legislation, a distinction it held for approximately three years before other| Password Protected
The post Years Before High Court’s Ruling Against Harvard, a FOIA Request Signaled Trouble appeared first on Poliscio Analytics LLC.| Poliscio Analytics LLC
Trump pardons and absolves Jason Galanis from repaying $162 million in fines and restitution for swindling the Oglala Sioux tribe.| Poliscio Analytics LLC
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution applies to cannabis, despite the plant's federally illegal status.| CRB Monitor News
In a significant decision, the California Supreme Court clarified that forum-selection clauses included in corporate charter documents are not unenforceable simply because the designated forum, such as the Delaware Court of Chancery, does not provide the right to a jury trial. The Court drew a clear distinction between predispute jury trial waivers and forum selection […]| Cooley PubCo
5 Litigation Management Software Options For Busy Teams: 1. Briefpoint 2. Filevine 3. Clio 4. Smokeball 5. Lex Machina| Briefpoint - The new world of low-cost litigation
We explained the 7-step litigation process, including what each phase brings. See how Briefpoint can help you save time on litigation.| Briefpoint - The new world of low-cost litigation
Attorneys Susan Coleman and Michael Kwiatkowski join Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Long Island office| Long Island Business News
In the case of Mennonite Church USA et al v. DHS, the litigation that FGC is involved in, a briefing schedule has been set by the court.| Friends General Conference
Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. She is a sexual predator who for at least a decade trafficked minor females, chiefly for financier Jeffrey Epstein, but also for others to abuse, including herself. From the June 28, 2022, press release about Maxwell’s sentencing (US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York): Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced To […]| deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog
Agencies can move forward with planned RIFs and staffing reorganizations, without needing to divulge any information either to the court or to the public.| Federal News Network - Helping feds meet their mission.
On June 24, 2025, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the ACLU of Montana, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Motion to Intervene in a case brought initially by the Montana Federation of Public Employees, challenging a new Montana law that restricts Native American participation in the state’s electoral process. The new law, Senate […]| Protecting Native American Voting Rights
Despite a court order, the Trump administration is keeping agency RIF details concealed. Instead, attorneys plan to file a motion to dismiss the union's case.| Federal News Network - Helping feds meet their mission.
In a groundbreaking move, the Intellectual Property Court of China’s Supreme People's Court has issued its first-ever judgment with conditional| The Brand Protection Blog
Delaware corporations contemplating conversion to another state should take note of the Delaware Supreme Court’s recent decision in Maffei, et al. v. Palkon, et al., in which the court ruled that Tripadvisor’s decision to reincorporate in Nevada was subject to business judgment review because no existing or threatened litigation was alleged. On February 4, 2025, the Delaware […]| Cooley M&A
A district court judge this week has denied allowing four groups — the American Fintech Council, Financial Data and Technology Association, Financial Health Network and Public Citizen — to file legal briefs in support of a rule on financial data rights.| American Banker
Stronghold Global Finance, a UK-based trade finance firm, went into administration in August last year following a High Court order.| Global Trade Review (GTR)
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower federal court’s two-year-old temporary injunction against a state-wide hemp ban.| CRB Monitor News
Whether copyrighted works can be freely used to train generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) models is at the core of dozens of lawsuits filed since AI burst onto the scene several years ago. This week, the Northern District of California issued two of the first opinions that begin to answer that question, but there remains a [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Evan Bracewell, MJLST Staffer In 2024, the Supreme Court released two major opinions related to gun safety laws, United States v. Rahimi and Garland v....| LawSci Forum
On June 3, 2025, the California Senate unanimously voted to amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) to exclude cookies and other commonly| Password Protected
Many businesses use customer-tracking technology and other tools—such as pixels, session replay, software development kits (“SDKs”), and chatbots—to improve website user experiences, understand customer behavior, train their technology, and gauge effectiveness of advertisements. Increasingly, however, these technologies present litigation risks under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). In this blog post, we provide an [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
As the first quarter of 2025 draws to a close and we look ahead to the spring, important changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence (“FRE”) regarding the use of AI in the courtroom are on the horizon. Specifically, the Federal Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules (the “Committee”) is expected to vote on [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. has granted summary judgment for Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and related defenses, as well [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
After many rounds of motions to dismiss, intellectual property cases against AI developers are moving into the discovery phase. As we previewed in our 2024 AI year in review, one of the big areas to watch in 2025 will be how much discovery courts are prepared to order into the inner workings of AI companies, [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
As generative AI platforms grow in sophistication, the initial era of text chatbots led by ChatGPT has evolved into a complex AI ecosystem of voice assistants and image and video creation platforms. Yet that is just the beginning; a world of autonomous AI agents is on the horizon. Generative AI has transformed how people around [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Developers of artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems notched a victory last week when a federal judge dismissed claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) premised on the use of copyrighted works in AI training data, holding that the plaintiffs had failed to show any concrete harm and therefore lacked standing to bring their claims. Raw [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Our top five European data protection developments from July are: EU AI guidance: Businesses should consider reviewing their AI policies and practices following guidance from the French CNIL and the Irish DPC recommending that businesses conduct AI risk assessments and prepare AI policies and procedures, alongside the EDPB’s statement supporting the appointment of DPAs as [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
On July 18, 2024, in the landmark SEC v. SolarWinds Corp. case, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer dismissed the majority of the claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) against SolarWinds Corporation (“SolarWinds”), including the SEC’s previously untested claim that alleged deficiencies in SolarWinds’ cybersecurity controls amounted to violations of the internal accounting [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Law firms invest significant resources into attracting leads, as discussed so often in the Lunch Hour Legal Marketing podcast. But are you doing enough to| Legal Talk Network
The Bank Policy Institute is among the parties that filed a lawsuit late Tuesday to challenge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new open banking rule.| American Banker
In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has construed the private right of action provision under the| Password Protected
The Financial Technology Association will now defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule after the Trump administration sided with banks that sued the agency.| American Banker
A Montgomery County judge officially ended the Alabama’s third attempt to issue licenses and launch the state’s medical cannabis market.| CRB Monitor News
A settlement agreement with the California Department of Insurance and PSI Services LLC will ensure access for blind insurance license applicants who use screen reader software| TRE LEGAL PRACTICE
Yes, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if a blind business owner comes to a government office to file her paper form, staff do need to read and write on official forms under her direction. That’s the verdict a federal jury in California delivered against Alameda County on Tuesday, April 3, 2024.| TRE LEGAL PRACTICE
In "Is There a Private Cause of Action for Violations of § 508 of the Rehabilitation Act?," William Goren discusses a D.C. Circuit appellate decision in a TRE Legal Practice case that went in our client's favor. The decision established that, under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794d, "an employee of the federal government who runs into an issue with the technology being utilized by the federal government being inaccessible to them" can sue.| TRE LEGAL PRACTICE
TRE Legal Practice (TRE) and Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) filed a disability rights lawsuit in California State Court against the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for its failure to ensure the accessibility of its licensing exam for insurance agents to blind applicants. The lawsuit also includes claims against PSI Services, the private entity that CDI […]| TRE LEGAL PRACTICE
As reported in this PubCo post, the SEC announced yesterday that it was ending its “defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions”—the climate disclosure rules. In response to that action, Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw issued this Statement Regarding Climate-Related Disclosures Rule Litigation: The Commission has Left the Building. She’s none too pleased with the SEC’s action—to put it mildly.| Cooley PubCo
Today, the SEC announced that the Commissioners had voted to end the SEC’s “defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions”—the climate disclosure rules. As you probably know, a number of challenges to the climate disclosure rule were consolidated as State of Iowa v. SEC in the Eighth Circuit, where briefs in the case had been filed. Then, in February, Acting Chair Mark Uyeda issued a statement advising that he had requested that...| Cooley PubCo
Controversial Delaware SB 21 was signed into law last evening after passage yesterday by the legislature. According to this Statement from the office of Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, the Governor has “signed Senate Bill 21 into law, thanking lawmakers for the swift passage of this critical update to Delaware’s corporate law, aimed at ensuring the state remains the premier home for U.S. and global businesses. The legislation, developed in collaboration with corporate leaders and legal ex...| Cooley PubCo
As widely reported, the Delaware legislature has responded to increasing chatter and speculation about the intentions of some companies—as well as action in some cases—to change their states of incorporation from Delaware to other states by proposing new legislation, Senate Bill 21. That proposed bill would offer a process for boards to invoke safe harbor protection from litigation over potentially conflicted transactions for directors and controlling stockholders. The bill would also add...| Cooley PubCo
As discussed in this PubCo post, in February, Reuters reported that, under the new Administration, some SEC Enforcement staff have recently “been told that they will need to seek the Commission’s approval for all formal orders of investigation, which are required to issue subpoenas for testimony or documents,” marking a “change in procedure that could slow down investigations.” Previously, Reuters reported, authority to formally launch investigations had been delegated to Enforce...| Cooley PubCo
Alabama may finally move forward with cannabis business licensing after an appellate court lifted a year-long restraining order.| CRB Monitor News
In a meeting last year of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, the Committee heard from a panel regarding the continued viability—or rather, lack thereof—of §11 liability following SCOTUS’s decision in Slack Technologies v. Pirani. Slack, as you know, limited §11 liability in direct listings—and, perhaps increasingly, in the context of other offerings as well—given the difficulty of tracing shares to the defective registration statement in direct listings, where both regis...| Cooley PubCo
A consultant may decide who gets licenses under a bill that aims to move Alabama’s languishing medical cannabis program out of the courts.| CRB Monitor News
Is “-washing” the securities fraud equivalent of “-gate” for political scandals? First we had greenwashing, then diversity-washing, and now we have AI-washing—a topic that, as discussed in the Side…| Cooley PubCo
This week, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered the keynote address at the Northwestern Securities Regulation Institute in San Diego. Her theme: that public companies are “confronting a symptom…| Cooley PubCo
In this settled action—part of a slew of SEC Enforcement cases reported out in the last days before the change in Administration—the SEC alleged that Celsius Holdings, Inc. engaged in improper acco…| Cooley PubCo
On Tuesday, the SEC filed a complaint in the D.C. federal district court alleging that Elon Musk ignored the Section 13(d) beneficial ownership reporting deadline when, in March 2022, he acquired m…| Cooley PubCo
Just in time for the commencement of proxy season we have this reminder from SEC Enforcement about disclosures of related-person transactions. Failure to properly report on a related-person transac…| Cooley PubCo
Empowering financial institutions and capital providers to understand, identify and manage cannabis-related risk and opportunity.| CRB Monitor News
Commercial impracticability may be a term that is most commonly discussed in law school classrooms and cases revolving around a contract claim. The term is not discussed frequently outside of the people that deal with it daily, but it can be an important term to know when faced with a contract that has been influenced ... Read more The post What is Commercial Impracticability? appeared first on ADR Times.| ADR Times
Empowering financial institutions and capital providers to understand, identify and manage cannabis-related risk and opportunity.| CRB Monitor News
The key to good crowd-funding is information, and transparency. We want to suggest some rules of thumb. The post Crowd-funding: transparency and trust first appeared on .|
Empowering financial institutions and capital providers to understand, identify and manage cannabis-related risk and opportunity.| CRB Monitor News
Empowering financial institutions and capital providers to understand, identify and manage cannabis-related risk and opportunity.| CRB Monitor News
Over the past year, there’s been much discussion, debate, and suspicion about holding the most sacrosanct court proceedings via video. A growing consensus is that the pandemic caused the judicial branch to advance technologically for the better. And there’s little debate that many of the emergency and stopgap measures put in place during shutdowns will...| Legal Talk Network
We examine the usefulness of mediation in a personal injury settlement and consider the benefits that make it a valuable option. Click here to learn more!| ADR Times
Learn and listen about various ADR methods and their growing importance in the legal world from Legal Talk Network.| Legal Talk Network
As discussed in this press release, the SEC has announced Orders settling charges against Ideanomics, Inc., its current CEO and former CFO, as well as its former Chair and CEO, for alleged misleadi…| Cooley PubCo
Coal advocates offer troubling new grounds for the Supreme Court to stay EPA’s carbon pollution standards.| Legal Planet
While they may sound intimidating, mandatory settlement conferences allow parties to reach an agreement before trial. Click here to learn more!| ADR Times
Check out these examples of personal injury settlements to help you gauge if pursuing a personal injury claim may be a good idea in your case. Click here!| ADR Times
The mediator will need to include a list of essential elements to accomplish the purpose of the mediation opening statement. Click here to learn more!| ADR Times
What is a paralegal? These legal professionals are the backbone of the legal system, offering critical assistance in many areas, Learn more here!| ADR Times
In Loper Bright v. Raimondo, which overturned the 40-year-old doctrine of Chevron deference (see this PubCo post), SCOTUS highlighted the continued relevance of the doctrine articulated in Skidmore…| Cooley PubCo
The Q2 2024 Thomson Reuters Law Firm Financial Index (LFFI), powered by Financial Insights, showed continued strong growth for law firms amid a resurgence in transactional practices and solid fundamentals in the second quarter of 2024. Released today by Thomson Reuters, the report showed a healthy outlook for law firms with overall demand up 2.4% ...| Legal Current
𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘓𝘓𝘗. In 2022, the world was captivated by Johnny Depp's defamation case. One of the individuals who stood out during this| Legal Talk Network
Utah v. Julie A. Su, a new opinion from Fifth Circuit, concerns an appeal of the “weighty question”—post Chevron—of whether, as phrased by the Court, “ERISA allow[s] retirement plan managers to con…| Cooley PubCo
Third-party financing of lawsuits| Brussels Report
This term, SCOTUS delivered two big wallops to the administrative state in the decisions eliminating Chevron deference (Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept of Commerce…| Cooley PubCo
On Friday, SCOTUS issued its decision in two very important cases, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept of Commerce, about whether the National Marine Fisheries Service…| Cooley PubCo
Is it ok for an agency to change its mind? Well that depends. If the agency was “arbitrary and capricious” in failing to provide an adequate explanation to justify its change, a court may well vaca…| Cooley PubCo
What’s the latest on SB 313, the proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law largely designed to address the outcome of the decision in West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v.…| Cooley PubCo
Back in March 2023, the DOJ unsealed an indictment against Terren Peizer, formerly the executive chair of Ontrak, Inc., representing the first time, according to the press release, that the DOJ bro…| Cooley PubCo
As you probably recall, on March 6, the SEC adopted final rules “to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings.” (See this PubCo post, this PubC…| Cooley PubCo
In January, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against Arjuna Capital, LLC and Follow This, the two proponents of a climate-related shareholder proposal submitted to Exxon, seeking a declaratory judgment t…| Cooley PubCo
Controversy notwithstanding, the proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law in Senate Bill 313 have reportedly “sailed through” the Delaware Senate and are scheduled to move to the…| Cooley PubCo
As you know, the Nasdaq board diversity disclosure requirements might be in jeopardy at the moment, as we await the decision of the en banc Fifth Circuit following oral argument in Alliance for Fai…| Cooley PubCo
Last month, this PubCo post discussed the recent controversy over proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law. As noted in the post, the Council of the Corporation Law Section of t…| Cooley PubCo
