Bankruptcy filings increased 11.9 percent during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2026.
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Virginia is among a growing number of states that have adopted healthcare-specific workplace violence prevention and reporting obligations. On April 6, 2026, Governor Abigail Spanberger signed House Bill (HB) 1489, which expands and clarifies workplace violence reporting requirements for hospitals with emergency departments.
Specifically, the new law requires covered hospitals to:
- Collect more detailed information about reported workplace violence incidents, including specific incident descriptors and the degree of physical injuries to staff;
- Report facility-level data at least quarterly to additional
The plaintiffs’ bar has been ramping up lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and federal and state wiretapping statutes for years, and the wave is not receding. Tens of thousands of claims have been filed since 2022, with CIPA wiretapping continuing to accelerate in recent months. Meanwhile, plaintiffs are branching out beyond California to Florida, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, and increasingly relying on the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to reach companies nationwide.
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The second student presentation in this week’s Marijuana Law and Policy seminar at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law explores parallels between the history of the lottery and the history of marijuana reforms. Here is how he explains his topic and his selection of background reading:
… Read the restIn my presentation, I will be discussing the global history and modern-day regulation of the lottery in the United States, while comparing its history and current status to that of marijuana. I will begin
She begged “Do not do that,” then “STOP OPENCLAW.” Neither worked.
That’s what happened to Summer Yue, Meta’s Director of Alignment at their superintelligence safety lab. By the time she reached her desktop to kill the process manually, the AI agent she’d created had already deleted hundreds of emails. You would expect someone with Yue’s expertise to avoid a problem like this. You would be wrong.
Jennifer Ellis’s article lays out a practical checklist for lawyers considering agentic AI — … Read the rest
There is something to be said for “assume the worst” when it comes to defects in administration appointments and extensions. The court has taken this approach in a few cases where, rather than trying to work out the intricacies and effect of a defect on an appointment or extension, it has assumed the worst (i.e invalidity) and made a retrospective order to remedy the position.
There is much to be said for this approach, which stems from the Bradford Bulls … Read the rest
In recent years workplace leave policies and related legal frameworks have expanded to address a broader range of employee needs, including bereavement, pregnancy loss and paid family leave.
Against this backdrop, legislators also are increasingly recognizing the personal and emotional significance of companion animals. As that recognition continues to expand, employers may be seeing early signs of a broader legal shift extending into the workplace, reflected in emerging proposals for pet care and pet bereavement leave laws.
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As you can imagine, personnel issues are a frequent challenge for school principals like me. A recent challenge has been figuring out a way to complete psychological evaluations of students in a timely manner. Student mental health problems are on the rise, and the school psychologist whom we share with the middle school is overwhelmed.
Though you wouldn’t know it to look at me, I have been the principal here for over twenty … Read the rest