Business
8am™ Partners with Tribeca Festival®, Bringing Professional Excellence to New York’s Most Ambitious Stage
8am will sponsor two World Premiere screenings during the Festival.
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Lawsuits & Litigation
How Guardianship for Substance Abuse Can Support Long Term Recovery
Families facing repeated relapse, impaired judgment, and ongoing crisis often need more than informal support to protect a loved one and create a path toward stability.
Crimes
What Factors Influence Sentencing Decisions in Criminal Law Cases?
Mandatory sentencing requirements can limit judicial discretion and require minimum penalties for certain offenses.
Lawsuits & Litigation
What to Do When Your Pharmacy License Is Under State Board Investigation
Facing an investigation can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to handle everything by yourself. Keeping your paperwork in order, watching what you put in writing, and getting guidance early can make the process far less chaotic.
News & Politics
Who Is Prohibited from Owning a Gun Under Federal Law?
A person does not always need a violent felony conviction to lose firearm rights under federal gun laws. Certain people are automatically banned from owning firearms because lawmakers consider them a higher public safety risk.
Lawsuit: Massachusetts AG Campbell Accuses United HealthCare of Medicaid Fraud
The lawsuit cites an instance in which UnitedHealthcare allegedly overcharged MassHealth by $133,000 over the span of five years for a patient who allegedly needed assistance with tasks like…
Ryan J. Farrick
23andMe testing kits on display. Image via Flickr/user:Mike Mozart. (CCA-BY-2.0). (source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/49483046143).
California Sues 23andMe Over Massive 2023 Data Breach
“Our investigation found that the company failed to take basic steps to protect users’ data,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.
Ryan J. Farrick
Donald J. Trump speaking at a Republican summit in 2015. Image via Flickr/user:Michael Vadon. (CCA-BY-2.0)
Federal Court Agrees to Reopen Trump’s $10b Lawsuit Against IRS
“They point to the fact that the settlement in question includes a ‘three-paragraph addendum … [that] purports to ‘forever bar and preclude’ the United States from pursuing claims that could have been [otherwise] asserted [against] Plaintiffs,’ and highlight the fact that Defendants did not ‘even try to defend against Plaintiffs’ claims’ despite their active opposition to nearly identical claims in other litigation,” Judge Williams noted.
Ryan J. Farrick
Immigration enforcement officers detaining a migrant. Image from Picryl. Public domain.
Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against City of Boston
“The redressability problem here is straightforward as it is fatal to the United States’ claim,” the judge wrote. “As a matter of Massachusetts law, Boston law enforcement officers may not detain a person solely based on a federal immigration detainer or administrative warrant because no authority empowers them to do so.”
Ryan J. Farrick
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When the Chart Gets It Wrong: How AI Documentation Is Changing Risk in Behavioral Health
As AI-assisted documentation becomes more widely adopted, a broader question worth tracking is whether failure to adopt available tools that meaningfully improve documentation accuracy could itself become a factor in negligence assessments.
Dr. October Boyles
Business
DownsAaron Announces Savannah Clifton’s Promotion to Shareholder
Clifton’s promotion deepens the firm’s complex commercial litigation services for clients navigating Florida’s evolving privacy risks.
Business
Sherlocq Launches the First AI-Native Regulatory Intelligence Platform for Global Financial Services
The platform brings multi-jurisdiction regulatory research, document intelligence, and sanctions intelligence to compliance, legal, and regulatory professionals across 30+ jurisdictions, with institutional-grade security, live AI connectors for Claude and ChatGPT, and a Board of Advisors that includes two former Chief Executives of the Dubai Financial Services Authority.
Recalls & Safety Alerts
Infant Formula Recalled Over Cereulide Concern
Three infant formula batches recalled after toxin discovered during testing.
Weird Crimes
Cali Man Gets 5+ Years for Reptile Smuggling
Federal case ends after years of illegal reptile trafficking.
Lawsuits & Litigation
CNN Files Lawsuit Against AI Company Perplexity
“CNN’s lawsuit stands for the proposition that Perplexity, a company valued at tens of billions of dollars, should not be able to steal from entities that create the original content Perplexity exploits,” CNN said in a statement. “By exploiting CNN’s reporting in this manner, Perplexity violates the protections afforded by copyright law and undermines the economic incentives that make original newsgathering possible.”
Lawsuits & Litigation
Trump Refiles $10b Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal
In his ruling, Gayles found that there was enough evidence to suggest that the Journal had done its due diligence in verifying the Epstein letter’s authenticity. The fact that Trump himself claimed that the letter was a forgery, Gayles said, did not mean that the Journal published the story “with serious doubts.”
Lawsuits & Litigation
Wrongful Termination Lawsuits: Why Employees File Them & What They Can Recover
Settlements provide a way for employees to obtain compensation more quickly and with less risk, and they prevent employers from exposing themselves to greater liability than they might otherwise face in court.
Business
Thomson Reuters and Anthropic Expand Partnership to Connect Claude with CoCounsel Legal
New MCP integration brings CoCounsel Legal into Claude workflows to help legal work meet fiduciary-grade standards.
Verdicts & Settlements
Jury Awards $4.5 Million Verdict in Landmark False Child Abuse Reporting Case
Unanimous verdict sends powerful message that weaponizing the child protection system for personal and financial gain will not be tolerated.
Business
The L Suite Partners with Anthropic: In-House Counsel Tools Featured in Claude for the Legal Industry Launch
TopCounsel and Lloyd for The L Suite allow in-house counsel to access unique peer insights from within their Claude accounts.
Business
How Plat4mation is Scaling Legal Excellence with Legal-GradeTM AI
The result is threefold: increased capacity, enhanced peace of mind and reduced friction.
Health & Medicine
Virginia Sets New, Stricter Rules for Kratom Sales
Virginia enacts new kratom restrictions following addiction concerns and reports.
Crimes
Former Managers Admit to TN Waste Violations
Federal case exposed illegal dumping and sewer monitoring tampering at a wastewater facility.
Political Litigation
New Mexico Attorney General Sues Torrance, Curry Counties Over ICE Agreements
Torrez says that, by continuing to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the counties are imposing “serious costs on local communities.” Deputies who are assigned to help assist ICE, for instance, are no longer available for criminal investigations and emergency calls—tasks that the attorney general describes as being “the core mission of local law enforcement.”
Political Litigation
Republican States Sue Trump Administration to Stop Marijuana Reclassification
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, said that his office is suing in an effort to protect children from the dangers “posed by expanded access to marijuana.”
