Announcing the HKM Employment Attorneys Scholarship 2026
Building on the success of 2025, the 2026 program has expanded to reach students near all 39 HKM office locations nationwide.
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DOJ Finds Federal Handgun Sales Ban Unconstitutional
DOJ says federal handgun sales restrictions for adults under 21 are unconstitutional.
FDA Jalapeño Peppers Recall Expands to 27 States
FDA classifies 23 Taylor Farms products as highest-risk recall over Salmonella-contaminated jalapeños.
Tennessee Woman Sues ND Cops After Faulty Facial Recognition Software Leads to Arrest
“She struggled with the fear of not knowing when she would be released or whether she would end up wrong convicted and imprisoned for years,” the lawsuit alleges. “She missed family birthdays. She spent her own birthday incarcerated, separated from her family. She missed holidays with her loved ones, including Thanksgiving and Christmas. While in custody, she was denied basic care, such as her medications and her dentures.”
Who Pays a Nursing Home Bill After the Resident Dies?
None of this eliminates every risk, and state law varies enough that families dealing with a specific bill should confirm the rules where the resident lived.
Gambling Debt and Bankruptcy: What Are Your Options?
A discharge clears the balance but not the behavior that created it. Clinicians who work with compulsive gamblers in the digital age note that the financial wreckage is usually the last stage of the problem rather than the first.
Women Sue Epstein Estate Over Child Porn Claims
“One of Epstein’s most horrific but often overlooked crimes was his possession, transportation, production, and distribution of child pornography and/or child sex abuse material (together ‘CSAM’) of countless children,”…
Ryan J. Farrick
Meta Faces Lawsuit After Images, Videos from Smart Glasses Allegedly Sent Overseas
“Every activation of the AI features, intentional or accidental, captures video and audio that is transmitted to Meta’s servers, routed overseas, and reviewed by low-paid human workers who watch, label, and embed these moments into Meta’s AI models,” the lawsuit alleges.
Ryan J. Farrick
Federal Judge Won’t Listen to Trump Administration on $1.8b “Anti-Weaponization” Fund
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema didn’t rule on the government’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the fund’s formation and operation, but she explicitly rejected the argument that the case cannot proceed because its claims are moot.
Ryan J. Farrick
The Patent Industry Is Moving from AI-Based to AI-Native, and Why It Should Matter to You
This approach does not remove the attorney from the process. Instead, it changes where their involvement is concentrated, moving some of the work away from sentence construction and toward reviewing the strategy, scope, and substance of the application.
Deepak Thomas
Tougher Questions About AI Cost Are Good News for LegalTech
This is where technical discipline earns its keep. Not every legal query needs the most powerful model on the market. In fact, most do not.
Ruben MiessenWhen Should You Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer After an Accident?
A lot of injury firms do free consultations and work on contingency, meaning they take a cut of whatever you recover instead of billing you hourly.
How Many VA Disability Ratings Does It Take to Hit 100%
Stop counting conditions. Go after your biggest ones, keep your medical evidence current, and quit expecting the math to behave the way your gut says it should. It won’t. It never has.
What Can an Accident Lawyer Do About an Unfair Settlement Offer?
A fair settlement covers your medical costs. It covers your lost income. It accounts for how the injury changed your day to day, not just your bank account.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Protecting Your Rights After a Car Crash
Protecting yourself after a crash isn’t complicated once you know the order of operations.
Study: Brain Pathway Linked to Pregnancy Food Cravings
Researchers identify brain changes linked to stronger food cravings during pregnancy.
Cortisol Patterns Linked to Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Higher cortisol levels were associated with faster cognitive decline in older adults.
Alaska Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Against State Elections Agency
“The Department of Justice is relying on faulty databases and attempting to find non-citizen voters and other voters who might be ineligible,” an ACLU attorney said. “And we also know that the Division of Elections has been undertaking non-routine measures in activating voters based on known faulty citizenship information and outside of their authority granted in the Alaska statutes.”
Agiloft Research Reveals Hidden Procurement Value Gap: 52% of Enterprises Miss Contractual Remedies as Supplier Spend Flows Off-Contract
Report finds 82% of procurement teams now own or lead contracting, yet more than half have missed contractual remedies in the past year, with at least 15% of supplier spend flows outside contracted agreements. The report debuts ahead of Agiloft’s presentation at the 2026 Gartner® Procurement Conference.
The Legal Exposure That Begins the Day a Licensed Administrator Resigns
Operators tend to treat an empty administrator’s office as a staffing problem with a temporary payroll savings attached. Regulators and juries treat it as a question about who was accountable for the building on the day something went wrong.
LEGALFLY Launches Contract Intelligence: Continuous, Always-On Visibility Across the Entire Contract Lifecycle
Contract Intelligence checks every contract, obligation, and deadline extracted automatically and tracked against your playbooks, so renewals, notice periods, and payment terms surface before they become a problem, not after.
LexisNexis and EvenUp Announce Strategic Alliance, Bringing Trusted Legal AI to Personal Injury Professionals
Mutual customers can seamlessly leverage trusted, citation-backed legal insights and agentic AI from LexisNexis® Protégé™ and AI-powered claims intelligence from EvenUp.
Shumaker Partner Tricia W. Magee Named to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and Mecklenburg Times’ 50 Most Influential Women for Second Time
“Tricia’s selection as one of North Carolina’s 50 Most Influential Women is a well-deserved recognition of her leadership, legal skill, and commitment to serving clients and the community,” said Andy Culicerto, Managing Partner of Shumaker’s Charlotte and Greenville offices.
Shumaker Advisors Expands Northwest Florida Presence with Pensacola Government Affairs Leader Sara R. Lefevers
“Sara has been a tremendous advocate for Baptist Health Care in Pensacola and for the broader Pensacola community,” said Ashton Hayward, Principal at Shumaker Advisors and former Mayor of Pensacola.
University Student Challenges Michigan Tuition Decision
Michigan student sues University of Michigan over disputed residency tuition status.
Arizona Clinic Owner Gets 14-Year Sentence
Arizona clinic owner receives prison sentence for massive Medicaid fraud scheme.
