Daily Compliance News: March 26, 2025, The Missile Strike on Boeing Edition
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Odds are, you’ve caught yourself doing it: you see something so outrageous online that it couldn’t possibly be true (could it?), and your gut reaction is to brush it off as a product of artificial intelligence. Heightened...more
The Texas Supreme Court recently wrapped up the 2025 part of its 2025-26 term, and based on raw opinion numbers, the Court’s pace slightly lags its most recent prior terms....more
The Alberta Court of King's Bench stood firm on its commitment to address delays and improve efficiency in Alberta's civil justice system. In Boucher v Bailey, 2025 ABKB 384, the Court dismissed the plaintiffs' request to...more
Dans l’affaire Tuharsky v. O’Chiese First Nation and Poole Lawyers, la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (la « CAA ») a infirmé et annulé une décision rendue par un tribunal inférieur, soit la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la «...more
The High Court (Improved Access to Civil Justice) Amendment Rules 2025, effective from 1 January 2026, introduce significant reforms designed to streamline litigation, reduce costs, and encourage early resolution. These...more
In Tuharsky v. O’Chiese First Nation and Poole Lawyers, the Alberta Court of Appeal reversed and set aside a lower court decision, which ruled that it is a triable issue as to whether a third party can commence a defamation...more
The Court reaffirms that confidentiality in the attorney-client relationship is not limited to judicial proceedings alone. In a decision dated October 8, 2025 (No. 24-16.995), the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme...more
The federal Judicial Branch no longer has funds to sustain full operations, the U.S. Courts system has announced....more
In appellate litigation, the written brief does most of the heavy lifting. It aims to convince the court that an error has occurred. But it is a cold document and cannot anticipate or respond to all of the panel’s questions....more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently confronted the issue of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in an order establishing policies for the use of GenAI by court personnel. The new policies authorize court personnel...more
A hallmark of litigation in the US is the ease with which the press and public can access materials on the court docket, making publicity a key consideration in US proceedings. Historically, public access to documents on the...more
When someone passes away without a valid will, they are said to have died intestate. In Pennsylvania, dying intestate can create confusion and disputes among surviving family members over how the estate should be distributed....more
You’ve navigated the complexities of litigation, meticulously built your case, and ultimately secured a judgment. The sense of victory is palpable, and you hold in your hand that seemingly definitive court order. However,...more
Until recently, a single judge sitting on a panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals could tee up an issue for the Supreme Court of North Carolina simply by filing a dissenting opinion. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-30(2) allowed...more
New York law generally requires that, to have a will admitted to probate, a party offering the will for probate must file the original instrument with the Surrogate’s Court (Margaret V. Turano, Practice Commentaries: SCPA §...more
Les actions collectives constituent un mécanisme juridique essentiel au Québec, et les tendances récentes montrent une évolution marquée des modalités de règlement. Voici cinq principaux développements récents en matière de...more
Trial lawyers often think of appellate issues as something to deal with after the verdict. But by the time a case gets to appeal, much of the damage—or success—has already been baked into the record....more
“Once a judgment is tainted by deceit it is fatally flawed” (Park v CNH Industrial Capital Europe Limited). But can an application to set aside a default judgment allegedly procured by fraud, itself be an abuse of process,...more
The litigation privilege insulates communications made by lawyers and their clients during, and in some circumstances, prior to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings from defamation and other tort claims. ...more
[DISCLOSURE: Although I do not represent the defendant hospital in Jabbi v. Adventist Healthcare, Inc. No. 2071 (Sept. Term, 2023) (March 5, 2025) (reported), I often represent Maryland hospitals seeking to exclude causation...more
There’s a great scene in the movie Wall Street when the up-and-coming Charlie Sheen (pre-Tiger Blood and now that I think about it maybe the precursor to the “winning!” mantra that seems to resonate today) is playing the role...more
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News—all...more
Automotive contract law keeps evolving, and suppliers will need to continuously assess how these changes will impact them. As we previously reported, last summer, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit...more
The last quarter of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 saw multiple amendments to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure that will impact Mississippi practitioners. The three primary Rule changes are: (1) third-party...more
Last week, the Maryland Supreme Court suspended Maryland District Court Judge Jennifer Etheridge for 20 days for violations of the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct. The charges, Etheridge’s response, and the order from the...more