On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized 57 Nationwide Permits first proposed in June of last year. Nationwide Permits (NWPs) are streamlined federal permits for activities that affect waters of the United States, ranging from routine development and infrastructure projects to major projects. In this action, the Corps:
AI is already reshaping eDiscovery review, whether a team calls it “AI” or not. Discovery is no longer a tidy set of emails and PDFs. Today’s evidence is often found inside Slack and Teams threads, mobile messages, cloud drives, audit logs, and hyperlinked “modern attachments.” The real issue for litigators is how to use AI
Editor’s Note: Autonomous weapons systems are no longer a distant concept—they are operational, data-intensive, and legally complex, presenting immediate challenges for compliance, cybersecurity, and legal professionals. As Europe accelerates its AI-driven defense initiatives, the evidence and data trails generated by these systems are becoming central to regulatory scrutiny, litigation risk, and ethical debate. This article
In 2026, businesses will face an increasingly complex regulatory environment for Artificial Intelligence (AI). With new state laws and various federal action on the horizon, here’s our top 10 list of what businesses should watch out for in the AI regulatory space in 2026:
At the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Jamie Dimon (CEO of J.P. Morgan) told the audience that we should be teaching healthcare in school from kindergarten to 12th grade. He was right…but we don’t. And, therefore, artificial intelligence will come to dominate the U.S. healthcare system, which spent over $5.6 trillion in 2025. Wait, you might say, how did you jump from kindergarten straight to artificial intelligence (AI)? What’s the connection between healthcare education, rising healthcare costs which put financial pressures on American citizens and employers, and economic transformation?
This post was co-authored by Labor + Employment Group lawyer Christopher Costain.
As we look ahead to 2026, several significant employment law developments and trends are on the horizon, especially with regard to local and state laws. Below are a few key issues likely to impact manufacturers in 2026:
Regulation of the Use of
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso launch a new AI-focused segment, examining how artificial intelligence is changing auto finance through smarter chatbots and targeted advertising, digital loan applications and algorithmic decisioning, and enhanced fraud detection tools. They highlight the legal risks that come with these innovations — including unfair or deceptive acts or practices (UDAP), fair lending, bias, explainability, false positives, and increased compliance risk — and stress the importance of strong human oversight, governance, and complaint management as dealers and auto finance companies accelerate their adoption of AI in 2026.
Sarah Abrams
In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at the way in which companies’ operations and disclosures about safety issues can translate into securities litigation. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. Here is Sarah’s article.
As we head into what is anticipated to be a strong year for biopharma dealmaking, we look back at some of the biggest deals in 2025 that focus on biologics and biosimilars.
Antibody Therapy Deals
Novartis acquires Avidity Biosciences
On October 26, 2025, Novartis AG and Avidity Biosciences, Inc. announced that they had entered into
Some believe that once an employee complains to the EEOC, discipline must stop. Supervisors must tread lightly. Performance problems must be ignored.
The 4th Circuit just reminded everyone that’s not how Title VII works.
In Andrews v. DeJoy, the court affirmed summary judgment for the Postal Service on a retaliation claim brought by a
