What Mock Exercises Reveal That Briefs Cannot

On August 21, 2026, the Tenth Circuit granted the NCAA’s stay request in Wisne v. NCAA, temporarily restoring the NCAA’s age-based eligibility rules pending resolution of the appeal. Three weeks earlier, Judge Sweeney of the District of Colorado had issued a nationwide injunction that permitted athletes in the Class of 2022 to pursue a fifth year of eligibility.

The top ten largest class action settlements in securities cases in the U.S. have recouped tens of billions of dollars in damages.

On the morning of July 4, 2025, catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe River took 135 lives across the Texas Hill Country. Twenty-eight of them—25 school-aged campers, two young counselors and the camp's co-executive director—were at Camp Mystic, a century-old girls' camp near Hunt.

A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling harshly criticizes a federal district judge for relying on AI-generated content in legal orders, revealing fabricated facts and poor legal analysis. The decision raises critical questions about the use of generative AI in legal practice and whether lawyers who adopt such technology are compromising their ethical obligations of competence, confidentiality, and integrity.

A federal court in California denied preliminary approval of a $2.3 million data breach settlement affecting over 220,000 individuals, finding seven critical deficiencies in the proposed agreement. The decision highlights the rigorous scrutiny courts apply to class action settlements, particularly regarding claims-made distribution processes, inadequate documentation of settlement value, and unexplained disparate treatment among class members.

A federal court rejected TikTok's attempt to use two prior nationwide class action settlements—totaling over $93 million—to dismiss new privacy claims brought by minors alleging violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The ruling hinged on whether the current plaintiffs were demonstrably members of the earlier settlement classes based solely on the pleadings, raising critical questions about the scope and enforceability of broad settlement releases in successive privacy litiga

Two federal courts have reached opposing conclusions on whether expert witnesses must disclose their AI prompts during discovery. While one court treats prompts as discoverable methodology, another protects them as mental impressions while requiring disclosure of AI-generated outputs the expert consulted.

A US federal court confirmed a $350 million arbitral award against the Republic of Georgia and enforced a contractual post-judgment interest rate of SOFR plus four percent, compounding monthly, rather than the lower statutory rate. The decision demonstrates how carefully drafted contractual language extending interest "after as well as before judgment" can result in substantially higher recoveries for creditors in international arbitration enforcement proceedings.

Concora Credit has agreed to pay $9.375 million to settle a TCPA class action lawsuit over wrong number robocalls, with prominent TCPA attorney Mike Greenwald securing another major victory. The settlement includes over $5 million for approximately 147,000 class members, $3 million in attorney fees, and a commitment to spend at least $1 million on TCPA compliance over three years.

An ICC tribunal has ruled in favor of Galp in its dispute with Venture Global over the Calcasieu Pass LNG facility, finding that Venture Global breached its obligation to declare the facility operational in a timely manner. This decision adds to a series of contrasting outcomes in similar disputes involving other buyers, with damages yet to be determined in a hearing scheduled for 2027 or 2028.

Google is implementing significant changes to its advertising terms and conditions, including new batch arbitration provisions and cost-bearing requirements that may substantially impact advertisers' ability to pursue antitrust claims. With a growing number of private antitrust cases following the DOJ's landmark monopoly victory, these modifications raise critical questions about whether Google is attempting to disadvantage advertisers at a pivotal moment.

Anyone faced with litigation risk should be prepared for the inevitable request for their employees' user prompts on either enterprise-licensed or individual user accounts on ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI chatbots.

In a series of plot twists that would make George R.R. Martin proud, the typically staid U.S. Copyright Office has become a proxy in the increasingly...

On June 2, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued its report on its conclusions for the Section 301 investigations into 60 countries “related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce...

On March 12, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it had initiated expedited investigations into 60 countries under Section 301(b)...

AI is transforming business operations by boosting productivity and innovation, but its "black box" nature makes risk assessment challenging.

The AI industry's rush to capture young users has created a dangerous landscape where children as young as 11 are exposed to unpredictable chatbot systems. With tech giants like Google and Meta expanding AI access to minors despite documented cases of harmful interactions, the question of regulatory protection becomes urgent as federal lawmakers debate comprehensive legislation while states forge ahead with their own protective measures.

As artificial intelligence becomes integral to business operations, companies face mounting pressure to secure insurance coverage for AI-related risk.

On January 31, 2026, the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan published a full draft of a new constitution, following the September 2025 announcement of a constitutional reform initiative by the president of Kazakhstan.

Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released department-wide corporate enforcement guidelines that apply to criminal matters across all divisions and U.S. Attorney's Offices...