On October 8, 2026, a federal judge in Pennsylvania allowed most claims in a student data-breach lawsuit against Fireworks Software, Inc. to proceed, while dismissing a New Jersey consumer-fraud claim. Adamek v. Fireworks Software, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-05185-NIQA, slip op. at
Federal agencies’ growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in procurement is opening a new front in bid protests. In Trax International Corp., No. 26-796 (Fed. Cl. Sept. 22, 2026), a federal appellate court rejected a challenge to a $449 million
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing more than how legal work gets done; it is reshaping how in-house teams and outside counsel work together. As AI enters legal workflows, assumptions about who uses which tools, what information goes into them, and
On October 14, 2026, a coalition of 40 state Attorneys General filed a Notice of Interest and Reservation of Rights in the bankruptcy proceeding involving debtor, Character Technologies, Inc. (Character) regarding its product Character.AI’s “outstanding regulatory, safety and privacy issues.”
Any employer whose workforce handles hazardous chemicals has a hard date on the calendar: November 20, 2026. That is when the employer-facing obligations of OSHA’s overhauled Hazard Communication Standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200, come due for chemical substances. The
Effective November 8, 2026, New York employers will be subject to a personnel record law that creates rights for current and former employees while imposing several new obligations on employers. Prior to this law, no such rights or compliance obligations
Week of October 5, 2026
From AI-powered permitting and evolving federal permitting reforms to the continued resurgence of nuclear energy and new legal battles over fuel economy standards, this week offered another reminder that energy and environmental policy remain deeply
Maybe attacking the FBI was not such a brilliant idea. Following the FBI attack, one of the suspected leaders of ShinyHunters has been detained and is in custody. Apparently, there is no honor among thieves, as he is reportedly assisting
On September 30, 2026, a New York federal judge denied Major League Baseball’s digital-ticketing arm, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM), a chance to send to arbitration most claims over tickets that disappeared from the MLB Ballpark app after a cyberattack.
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed enforcement policy statement on personalized pricing signals that businesses may face scrutiny when they use consumer-specific data to set different prices for different customers without disclosing that practice. The statement is not binding law,
