Need | Judiciary.org

New York’s UCC Amendments Are Live: What Secured Lenders Need to Know About Digital Asset Collateral

John Norton, a 2026 summer associate with Troutman Pepper Locke who is not admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction, also contributed to this article.

Key Points

New York’s UCC amendments, effective June 3, 2026, add Article 12 and allow for an additional perfection method, “control,” for controllable electronic records (CERs) used as collateral.
A security interest perfected by control of a CER has priority over one perfected only by filing a UCC-1 financing statement, even if the filing came

… Read the rest

Civil Law

Challenging a CICA Stay Override? The Federal Circuit Confirms You Don’t Need to Prove Irreparable Harm

In Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States,[1] the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) affirmed that a disappointed bidder challenging an agency’s override of a Competition in Contracting Act (“CICA”) stay must only show the override was arbitrary and capricious. The court rejected the government’s argument that the plaintiff must also satisfy the traditional four-factor test for preliminary injunctions—likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable harm, balance of equities, and benefit to the public. … Read the rest

Circuit Courts

Courts Need More Judgeships, Judge Tells Congress

With federal courts across the country contending with mounting caseloads, Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, urged Congress today to create new district and court of appeals judgeships to meet growing workload demands.
Judiciary News – United States Courts… Read the rest

Circuit Courts

The Need for Additional Judgeships: Litigants Suffer When Cases Linger

With a worsening shortage of Article III judges to resolve critical copyright, trademark, patent, and contract disputes, judges across the nation are faced with increasingly complex litigation and growing caseloads.
Judiciary News – United States Courts… Read the rest

Circuit Courts

The Need for Additional Judgeships: Litigants Suffer When Cases Linger

Circuit Courts

Judicial Conference Briefed on the Need for Continued Vigilance on Cybersecurity and Workplace Conduct

The Judiciary has strengthened its IT defenses against cyberattacks, a meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States was told on Tuesday. But the threat is growing in scale and sophistication, requiring even greater vigilance against attacks from individuals and unfriendly nations.
Judiciary News – United States Courts… Read the rest

Civil Law

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Employment Discrimination Laws Proposed in Six States: What Employers Need to Know (US)

We recently wrote about Colorado’s historic law aimed at protecting, among others, employees and employment applicants from harm arising out of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Although Colorado is the first state to pass legislation addressing AI-based discrimination, similar bills have been proposed in at least six other states as well as at the federal level, with a recent Executive Order discussing a wide range of issues arising from the private-sector use of AI systems, including discrimination in … Read the rest

Civil Law

Huntley High School E. coli Outbreak – what you need to know

I have been doing this kind of work for over 30 years and I seldom have seen such a detailed report as this done in any outbreak. Kudos to the folks at McHenry County and others involved in the investigation. Below are the bullet points – full report can be found HERE.

We do represent several of the kids impacted and will determine next steps after a few more reads of the report.

The most likely mode of transmission of

… Read the rest