The federal government’s effort to strip the American Bar Association of its law-school accreditation role is emerging as one of the most consequential legal-industry regulatory fights of the year. While this is not a courtroom merits ruling, the stakes are unusually high: ABA recognition has long served as the backbone for law-school legitimacy, student loan
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California AI Rules for Lawyers and Arbitrators Move to Newsom’s Desk
California is on the verge of becoming one of the first states to directly regulate how generative AI may be used by attorneys and arbitrators in legal practice. A bill that cleared the state legislature now awaits action by Gov. Gavin Newsom, putting the legal industry on notice that AI governance is moving beyond ethics…
Google Launches PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00440
Google LLC has filed a new inter partes review, IPR2026-00440, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on August 27, 2026, opening another front in what may become a closely watched patent dispute. At this stage, the docket identifies Google as the petitioner, but practitioners should note that early PTAB filings sometimes provide only limited…
FTC, Connecticut Land $4 Million Deceptive-Fee Settlement With Manchester City Nissan
The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Connecticut have announced a $4 million settlement with Manchester City Nissan over alleged deceptive-fee practices, marking another notable enforcement action aimed at dealer pricing transparency. The matter is particularly significant because it underscores continued coordination between federal and state regulators in policing so-called “junk fees” and other…
Eleventh Circuit Opinion in No. 25-12314: Key Takeaways for Appellate Practitioners
The Eleventh Circuit’s August 27, 2026 opinion in No. 25-12314 is now available, and it is a reminder of how closely practitioners need to track appellate rulings for both doctrinal developments and procedural guidance. Because the docket entry provided here identifies the filing simply as “Opinion,” the most immediate takeaway for litigators is practical: review…
Tenth Circuit Opinion in No. 25-6120: What Practitioners Should Watch
The Tenth Circuit’s August 25, 2026 filing in Opinion, No. 25-6120, is now available on Docket Alarm: View full case on Docket Alarm.
At the moment, the public case details provided here identify the court, docket number, and filing date, but do not include the text of the opinion itself. That means practitioners should…
Judge Halts Pentagon Effort to Cut Off Anthropic, Calling Actions “Illegal and Baseless”
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has dealt a significant setback to the Pentagon’s effort to sideline Anthropic from federal use, ruling that the government’s actions were “illegal and baseless” and temporarily blocking parts of the administration’s campaign against the AI company.
While the full factual record will matter as the case proceeds, the court’s…
Google Opens New PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00466
Google LLC has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, docketed as IPR2026-00466 on August 28, 2026. At this early stage, the publicly available docket information identifies Google as the petitioner but does not yet provide a full picture of the challenged patent, the patent owner, or the…
Zoom Faces PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00461
A new inter partes review proceeding has been filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board against Zoom Communications, Inc., opening another venue to watch for practitioners tracking software and communications-platform patent disputes. The petition, docketed as IPR2026-00461 and filed on August 24, 2026, places one of Zoom’s patents under PTAB scrutiny and may offer…
Meta Opens New PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00459
Meta Platforms, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00459 on August 26, 2026. The petition adds to the steady stream of technology-company PTAB activity that in-house IP teams and patent litigators monitor closely for signals on validity strategy, parallel district court risk, and the…
Apple Targets Patent in New PTAB Challenge, IPR2026-00445
Apple has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00445 on August 25, 2026. At this stage, the public docket identifies the petitioner as Apple Inc., but practitioners will want to watch closely for the petition and accompanying exhibits to clarify the specific patent being challenged, the real…
Eleventh Circuit Opinion in No. 25-13597: Key Takeaways for Appellate Practitioners
The Eleventh Circuit’s August 24, 2026 opinion in No. 25-13597 is now available, but practitioners should note an important limitation at the outset: the public case details provided here identify the court, docket number, and filing date, but do not include the text of the opinion itself. That means any substantive assessment of the panel’s…
Judge Keeps Bannon Contempt Case Alive After Rejecting DOJ Dismissal Bid
A federal judge in Washington has, at least for now, refused to grant the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction, leaving one of the more politically charged Jan. 6-related prosecutions on the books while prosecutors try again to justify their position.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said the government had not adequately…
California Judge Blocks Deportation Policy Targeting Anti-Israel Campus Speech
A federal judge in California has sharply limited the government’s ability to use immigration enforcement against noncitizen students based on political speech critical of Israel or the war in Gaza. In a ruling reported by the Associated Press, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court in California found the policy likely violates the First…
ABA House of Delegates Approves Sweeping Policy Changes for Courts, Ethics, and Hiring
The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates has approved a wide-ranging package of policy measures that could ripple through court administration, law-enforcement practices, legal education, attorney ethics, and entry-level recruiting. Although ABA policy is not binding law, it often serves as a roadmap for state supreme courts, bar regulators, law schools, and employers when updating…
Judge Blocks Pentagon’s Anthropic Blacklisting as Unlawful
A federal judge in California has ruled for Anthropic in its challenge to the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company as a supply-chain risk, concluding the government’s action was unlawful and effectively preventing the blacklisting from taking hold. The dispute puts a spotlight on one of the most consequential fault lines in modern procurement…