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AI & Digital Tools on Construction Projects: Contract Risks to Address Before Peak Season
Artificial intelligence and advanced digital tools are no longer experimental on construction projects. In Q1 of 2026, we can already see how they are already influencing schedules, estimates, submittals, safety reporting, and day‑to‑day project documentation. As peak construction season approaches, many teams are accelerating adoption of AI to gain efficiency….By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Instruction Malfunction: Pennsylvania Superior Court Vacates $1B Verdict Due to Faulty Jury Instructions
Preserving objections to jury instructions can be the difference between paying a significant judgment or making a plaintiff prove their case again at trial. In October 2023, a Philadelphia jury handed down a mammoth $980 million verdict for the plaintiff in Amagasu et al. v. Mitsubishi Motors North America et al., due to an allegedly…
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Documenting the Costs of a Concussion After an Accident in Florida
Concussions are serious brain injuries that can have long-term effects. As a result, while adequate rest and recovery are essential, it is also essential for concussion victims to assert their legal rights….By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
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Class Action & MDL Roundup | 2025 Q4 – They Blinded Us With Scienter
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2025. In this edition, an antitrust suit comes untied, a sweetener case goes sour, and the dark web remembers. Plus, we have our usual coverage of lawsuits involving drugs and pharmaceuticals, wage-and-hour rules, shareholder losses,…
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PRODUCT | Product liability and product safety and the interface with class actions / collective redress: Private enforcement on the rise
The new Product Liability Directive (EU 2024/2853 – PLD 2024) marks a profound shift in the European liability landscape, strengthening a system based on the liability without fault on the part of economic operators, considered by the lawmakers as “the sole means of adequately addressing the problem of fair apportionment of risk inherent in modern…
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[Audio] One Year After Horn: How Lower Courts Are Applying RICO’s Expanded Damages — RICO Report Podcast
In this episode, host Cal Stein revisits the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn nearly one year later and examines how lower federal courts are applying it. He briefly recaps Horn’s narrow holding that certain economic harms flowing from personal injuries can satisfy RICO’s “business or property” requirement, then walks through…
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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Claims Military Success but Offers No Clear Timeline to End Fighting
In a 19-minute address from the White House, President Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” but did not make any revealing announcements.
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U.S. Plans Military Expansion in Greenland
The Pentagon is in talks with Denmark for access to three more areas on the Arctic island. Several Greenlanders said they didn’t like the idea.
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Try Living in Cape Town, Where 70% of Downtown Housing Is for Tourists
A shortage of affordable housing in the coastal city in South Africa has forced many people to live far outside the city center, while tourists occupy prime real estate.
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In UK Prisons, Drones Fly In Contraband ‘As if by Uber Eats’
Decades-old prison buildings were designed to be secure from the ground but not the air. Experts say that makes a lucrative smuggling trade hard to tackle.
