Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday endorsed the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) by police departments to find perpetrators of serious crimes. “I very much support that technology, and I think that every city that has used it has seen its success over and over and over again,” AG Blanche said at news conference to announce an award of $73 million to Jacksonville, Florida, as part of the Department of Justice’s Model Cities Initiative. Ja...
The Court declined the opportunity to weigh in on whether courts must independently interpret agency precedents announced through adjudication, denying review of a petition that argued the NLRB had ef...
States that have previously given warnings to individuals upon identifying a potential work search eligibility issue will no longer be able to do so and, instead, will be required to find that individual ineligible for UC that week. DOL’s Employment and Training Administration has proposed a rule that would establish a nationwide minimum work-search standard for individuals collecting unemployment compensation (UC). The proposal, scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on November…
The complaint asserts that Mr. Huang’s alleged fraudulent conduct can be imputed to NVIDIA. A new class action complaint alleges that NVIDIA Corporation and its founder-CEO Jensen Huang concealed material risks arising from Huang’s extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based executive accused of being a Chinese intelligence asset, raising concerns about national security and export controls evasion (Kistenmacher v. NVIDIA Corporation , No. 5:26-cv-13448 (N.D. Cal. filed Nov. 9,…
State utility regulators next week plan to consider a resolution calling on Congress to take steps to shore up the cyber defenses of water utilities. The resolution being presented to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) at its annual meeting would ask Congress to “remedy the funding shortfall” facing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “to allow the agency to successfully fulfill its responsibilities and provide essential cybersecurity support…
PHMPT prevailed, but it failed to differentiate between document review necessary to make its case and document review it would have done without having sued to enforce FOIA production. At the conclusion of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation about access to the FDA's Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine records, the federal district court in Fort Worth, Texas awarded the FDA’s $618,629.27 offer of judgment for attorney’s fees and costs to Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency…
Treasury should extend anti-money laundering obligations across the digital asset payment chain, the banking trade group said. The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) urged the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Treasury Department to expand anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements to digital asset intermediaries, particularly in secondary-market transactions. In a letter , the group said existing reporting frameworks leave information…
Although the video streaming patents claimed abstract ideas, their allegedly unconventional caching arrangements supplied sufficient inventive concepts to withstand dismissal. Netflix, Inc. must defend claims that its streaming platform infringes three patents covering distributed video caching and partial video pre-fetching technologies, after a federal district court in Delaware rejected its challenge to patent eligibility and the sufficiency of the infringement allegations. The court…
Franchisor’s unreasonable delay constituted a material breach of the franchise agreement, relieving franchisees of liability for unpaid fees and liquidated damages. The Third Circuit affirmed judgment for Huber Hotels, LLC, and its owners, holding that the district court did not clearly err in finding that Travelodge materially breached the parties' franchise agreement by failing to integrate their Wisconsin hotel into its central reservation system within a reasonable time. Travelodge sought…
The chatbot engaged the minor in discussions involving self-harm and suicide, the complaint asserts. The parents of a 13-year-old student have sued Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. on their child’s behalf, alleging that Google’s Gemini chatbot contributed to a severe mental health crisis after the student accessed the technology through a school-issued Chromebook. The parents seek compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and a jury trial. The case was recently removed…
After a similar proposal was withdrawn in 2021, the agency has finalized regulations requiring attorneys to use its electronic filing system in most administrative cases. The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized a rule requiring electronic filing in administrative proceedings before its Office of Administrative Law Judges, adopting a proposal first issued in 2021 despite concerns raised by practitioners about the agency's filing system. The final rule, scheduled for publication November 9,…
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
At a Glance NYSDOL confirms that the Trapped at Work Act applies to new agreements, or new or amended terms in existing agreements, entered into on or after December 19, 2026. Truly voluntary repayment agreements that are separate...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
At a Glance Following Democratic gains in Congress and the states, the next two years will be a busy period for labor and employment law. Employers can anticipate active state-level lawmaking and increased congressional scrutiny o...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
Renowned tax and accounting expert Mark Friedlich takes a look at how counsel to corporations can examine a possible move. Businesses face a new and complex picture when choosing a state of incorporation, as the competition among ...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
The latest CFTC orders recognized penalties owed in prior related SEC proceedings. In settled orders announced Monday, the CFTC barred eight individuals for two years from registering with the CFTC in any capacity or acting as a p...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
Among the recurring topics at the Privacy + Security Academy’s fall 2026 Privacy + Security Forum this week were AI (artificial intelligence), cybersecurity, privacy, and data breaches, with panelists emphasizing, among other thin...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
An updated cyber incident reporting form that will improve the ability to identify cyber attack trends was unveiled today by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “By improving data quality, the more robust form st...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
The CARE proposed rule would remove or narrow numerous Medicare and Medicaid compliance requirements while adding birth-tissue consent protections and modernizing facility safety codes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
Federal courts’ authority to universally vacate agency rules under the Administrative Procedure Act and state laws applying to drug manufacturers are among the pending issues. Although the Supreme Court's health law docket has bee...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
On October 21, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced a final rule implementing key provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act.[1] Effective Januar...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
Comments challenge quadrupling insider loan thresholds. Better Markets, the “Wall Street watchdog,” has submitted separate comments to the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance in connection with the agencies’ propos...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
But they are unlikely to collect on the judgment. A group of book publishers have won a $19.5 million default judgment in their copyright infringement lawsuit against an online repository of pirated written materials. But the judg...
PATENT—9th Cir.: Manufacturer of Exparel anesthetic gets mixed results under an assignment agreementYou have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
PATENT—9th Cir.: Manufacturer of Exparel anesthetic gets mixed results under an assignment agreement
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
The district court erred in computing pre-judgment interest due. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted mixed results to the manufacturer of the anesthetic Exparel in a dispute involving interpretation of an assignment...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
A court approved a settlement that will provide restitution to consumers after alleged price-fixing and bid-ridding practices. The federal district court in Hartford, Connecticut granted final approval to a $29.6 million settlemen...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
The allegations called for per se treatment regardless of how any party might label or characterize them. Three foreign manufacturers of flavoring and fragrance products were not entitled to judgment on the pleadings, held the fed...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
Days before trial, the distributor conceded the product contained hazelnuts. The consumer, allergic to hazelnuts, ate a chocolate wafer distributed by Solen USA that failed to disclose whether the wafer contained hazelnuts or was ...
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
You have 1 more complimentary views available this month. Log in if you are already a customer
A consumer need not identify the precise defective component of a complex, integrated vehicle at the pleading stage to proceed with redhibition and warranty claims against the manufacturer. In an action involving alleged defects i...