Every week, lawyers add sharp, timely commentary to the Library at LexBlog, covering the issues shaping their practices and industries. Top 10 in Law highlights the pieces that stood out and drew readers in.
Election Day Is Enforcement Day: What the 2026 State AG Races Mean for Your Business in 2027 and Beyond
On November 3, voters in 30 states and the District of Columbia pick their attorneys general, and at least 11 of those offices turn over in January no matter how the races go. What makes this cycle different, the Troutman team argues, is that enforcement itself has become a campaign issue, with candidates running on — and against — their offices’ litigation records. Worth studying if your clients operate anywhere on that map.
When the Robot Lies: A Colorado Court’s Warning on AI Hallucinations in Court Filings
Judge Nina Wang sanctioned a pro se litigant for citing hallucinated authority, and the opinion earns its attention by refusing to treat “AI hallucination” as one thing. Some of the citations pointed at the wrong court. Others gave correct case information and then described the holding as the opposite of what it was. That second kind survives a cursory check, which is the part worth worrying about.
Ransomware Attacks Against the Health Care Industry Doubled Over the Past Year
Comparitech counted 3.33 confirmed ransomware attacks a day against health care in Q3 — up 40% from Q2 and more than double the same quarter last year, with the U.S. leading the world at 185. Freedman’s closing note is the one to carry into a client conversation: those are only the attacks somebody admitted to.
Who Inherits When There’s No Will?
No, the assets do not go to the State. Seidel walks New York’s intestacy ladder in plain language — spouse and children first, then parents, then siblings and their kids — and lands on exactly the kind of post you forward to the person who cornered you about it at a dinner party.
The Robots Are Here! California Enacts AI Restrictions For the Workplace
Governor Newsom closed the session by signing three bills on workplace AI. The headline one, SB 947, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” takes effect July 1, 2027 and attaches a set of requirements whenever an employer relies primarily on an automated system to discipline or terminate someone. The useful detail here is how much narrower it is than the version vetoed in 2025.
Smart glasses at work: why policy has to move before the first dispute
In August, England and Wales banned Meta’s smart glasses from every criminal, civil and family court building, while leaving phones alone so long as nobody records. The difference is that you can see a raised phone. Scanlan’s point is that most workplace recording policies rest on that same assumption, and they want rewriting before the first dispute rather than after it.
Hawaii Consumer Class Action Against Kalshi: Void-Contract and Unfair-Practices Theories Reach the Prediction Markets Fight
A Hawaii resident who says he placed hundreds of wagers and more than $129,000 through Kalshi in about three weeks has sued under state law only — no federal cause of action, no nationwide class. The framing sidesteps the circuit split over whether the Commodity Exchange Act displaces state gambling law and asks something narrower instead: can transactions sold on a promise that they were “legal in all 50 states” be voided outright?
D.C. Circuit Rules Pentagon Can Exclude Anthropic from Supply Chain
The D.C. Circuit held that the Department of War reasonably designated Anthropic a supply chain risk under FASCSA — close to the opposite of what the Northern District of California concluded about a parallel designation in August. Two statutes, two courts, two answers, and a live problem for anyone selling AI into federal procurement.
EEOC Shortens Employers’ Time to Respond to Discrimination Charges
Employers who used to get 30 days to put together a position statement are receiving notices that demand one in 15, with a single short extension at most. The EEOC’s own website still says 30 days, and the agency maintains there has been no official policy change. Catala’s advice is to go by whatever deadline the notice in your hand states.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to NLRB Member Removal
Cert denied in Wilcox v. Trump, without explanation, as is customary. After Trump v. Slaughter held the FTC’s for-cause removal protection unconstitutional this summer, the Court saw nothing left to examine in the NLRA’s parallel language. Wilcox’s bid for reinstatement is finished, and the D.C. Circuit’s reasoning stands.