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Patentability vs. Freedom-to-Operate: How Another Party’s Patent May Affect Your Business
When encountering a patent owned by another party, it can be difficult to understand the impact of that patent on your business. To make sense of the total impact of another party’s patent, it is critical to understand the two-sided nature of a patent. This alert breaks down some of the intricacies of patents and…
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Do Florida’s Privacy Laws Make Your Dashcam Footage Inadmissible in a Car Accident Case?
Dashcams can provide very effective evidence in car accident lawsuits. The footage can show how someone’s irresponsible actions caused the collision and demonstrate that your actions did not contribute to the accident….By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
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Product Liability in the Cannabis Industry: Lessons from Canada and What U.S. Operators Should Expect After the 2025 Rescheduling Push
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14370, directing the Attorney General to expedite the long-stalled rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act….By: Segal McCambridge
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No Duty to Third Parties: Second Department Dismisses Claim Against Streetlight Contractor
In an April 8, 2026, decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Weiss v. Fran Corp., 2026 NY Slip Op 02147, reversed the lower Court and dismissed a personal injury complaint against a contractor retained to repair a streetlight at a municipal intersection….By: Ropers Majeski
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Landmark $6 Million Verdict Holds Social Media Platforms Liable for Harm to a Minor
On March 25, 2026, a Los Angeles County jury in California’s Superior Court returned a $6 million verdict in favor of a minor child Plaintiff, K.G.M., against two major social media platforms. The jury awarded Plaintiff both punitive and compensatory damages.1 The negligence claims in the case centered on the allegation that the Defendants’ “addictive”…
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April 2026 Insurance Update
Our April update highlights some of the insurance questions courts were asked to decide this past month. We all know about the broad duty to defend that applies to many primary liability policies. But does that same rule apply for title insurance? A few months ago, we wrote about a federal district court’s ruling that…
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The Generals Who Are Now Running Iran
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ushered in a new form of collective leadership in the country, with more power for the Revolutionary Guards.
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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says Israel and Lebanon Agree to Extend Cease-Fire
The president said the truce in Lebanon would last three more weeks. Halting the war between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon has been considered critical to advancing any peace agreement to end the war in Iran.
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$106 Billion Loan Reflects E.U.’s View That Peace in Ukraine Is Far Away
Unlike previous European assistance packages, this one is heavily weighted toward military spending, meant to put Ukraine on solid footing for a long fight.
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Touring Africa, Pope Leo Raised His Voice, but Didn’t Like the Echo
On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that criticism was interpreted.
