It has also issued a final rule ending the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories. The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to eliminate a Biden-era regulation requiring immigration officers to give weight to prior approvals when adjudicating many requests to extend nonimmigrant worker status. It is also…

The report made no specific findings of wrongdoing but strongly suggested that advocacy around proxy votes could, among other things, result in loss of Schedule 13G status. The SEC’s Divisions of Enforcement and Corporation Finance issued an Exchange Act Section 21(a) report regarding the activities of certain shareholder interest groups and other investors and asset managers, some of them among the largest in the U.S., and whether their allegedly coordinated efforts to elect dissident…

Google LLC’s proposed $10 million purchase of the assets of bankrupt Spirit Airlines—mainly to obtain data to train AI (artificial intelligence)—has prompted warnings from lawmakers and labor unions about the threat to former Spirit employees’ privacy. “This sale presents uncharted territory. According to publicly available court findings, the proposed sale would involve an extraordinary volume of Spirit’s internal records, including approximately 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft…

The unauthorized disclosure of sensitive health information was akin to a breach of confidence or contract that courts have traditionally recognized as providing a basis for a lawsuit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed and remanded the decision of the district court that dismissed a lawsuit after the lower court found that the unauthorized disclosure of private health information (PHI) did not constitute an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer Article III…

The inquiry is the latest action by Trump to remove Cook from the Fed following a rebuke by the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump has issued a Presidential Memorandum establishing a committee of inquiry to determine whether cause exists to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook based on allegations that she made false statements in connection with one or more mortgage instruments. The Oct. 7, 2026, action renews an effort that began when the White House told Cook the President was…

The publications alleged that OpenAI copied their journalism for AI training, generated outputs that substitute for their reporting, and removed identifying copyright information. USA TODAY Co. and 18 affiliated national and local news publications have sued OpenAI, alleging that it copied hundreds of thousands of protected articles and other journalistic works without permission to develop, train, and operate its generative AI products. The publications seek more than $250 million in damages,…

Proprietary manufacturer had proffered a reasonable alternative to the district court's interpretation of a settlement agreement to patent litigation which contained ambiguous terms as to its coverage and exclusions. A Third Circuit panel has mostly reversed and remanded a district court ruling in a lawsuit brought by generic drug manufacturer Sandoz against proprietary drug manufacturer United Therapeutics Corp (UTC). The litigation concerned vasodilator drug treprostinil, which in the form…

The court declined to dismiss negligence or products liability claims for lack of proximate cause. The federal district court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted in part and denied in part Lyft’s motion to dismiss a case brought by the widow of a driver who was killed by a rider with a history of violent crime. The widow’s Sixth Amended Complaint accused Lyft of negligence and products liability, arguing the rideshare app’s defective design and the company’s failure to warn caused her…

The administration says companies will be barred from the permanent visa program pending review of alleged H-1B abuses. The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft Corp., Adobe Inc., and other employers from participation in the permanent visa program based on allegations of H-1B fraud, according to statements by Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling on social media and comments by Vice President JD Vance during an October 8 press conference on visa fraud. The action appears to be one of the…