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Hyundai and Toyota Fire-Risk Recalls: How Auto Product Liability Works in Louisiana and Texas
Two October 2026 recalls cover about 200,000 vehicles with defects that can start a fire. What a recall means, and how Louisiana and Texas law handle injuries caused by a defective vehicle.
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What are the Legal Definitions of Slander and Defamation?
The difference between slander, libel, and defamation, what a defamation claim has to show, and the damages a person harmed by false statements may recover.
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Beasley v. O’Reilly Auto Parts: Case Decision
In Beasley v. O'Reilly Auto Parts, the Eleventh Circuit held that an ADA failure-to-accommodate claim requires an adverse employment action, splitting from the Tenth Circuit.
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Does Publisher’s Clearing House Deceive Consumers?
The FTC's 2023 case against Publishers Clearing House over dark patterns, misleading email subject lines, and privacy misstatements, and the $18.5 million order that resolved it.
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SCOTUS Ruling on Expressive Services
In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that Colorado could not compel a website designer to create wedding websites that conflict with her beliefs.
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SCOTUS on Affirmative Action in Admissions
The Supreme Court's June 2023 ruling that Harvard's and UNC's race-conscious admissions programs violate equal protection, the separate opinions, and how Asian Americans view it.
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SCOTUS Ruling on Religious Accommodation
In Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court held that an employer must show substantial increased costs, not a minimal burden, to deny a religious accommodation under Title VII.
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Online Harassment: What Constitutes a Credible Threat?
In Counterman v. Colorado, the Supreme Court held that a true-threats prosecution must show the speaker was at least reckless about how the words would be taken.
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Fraud in Carbon Offset Markets
How carbon offsets work, where fraud enters the market, and the CFTC's June 2023 call for whistleblowers to report manipulation in the carbon markets.
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Warhol and Prince in the Supreme Court Over Fair Use
In Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, the Supreme Court held that licensing a Warhol print of Prince to a magazine was not fair use of Lynn Goldsmith's photograph.
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EEOC and AI in Employment
How employers use AI in hiring, what New York City's Local Law 144 requires, and what the EEOC's 2023 guidance said about Title VII and ADA risks.
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TikTok and Montana
Montana became the first state to ban TikTok in May 2023. What SB 419 says, who it penalizes, and the legal challenges it was expected to face.
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Greenwashing Lawsuits
What greenwashing is, why a federal court dismissed a 2023 greenwashing suit against H&M, and how the FTC Green Guides shape environmental marketing claims.
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Social Media, Coppa, And Regulation
What the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act requires of websites and apps, the proposed COPPA 2.0 update, and major enforcement actions such as the FTC's Epic Games case.
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AI Regulations and Business Needs
How the FTC, the states, and the European Union were moving to regulate artificial intelligence in mid-2023, and the safeguards businesses using AI tools should put in place.
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What is a Morality Clause, And Why Do Businesses Have Them
What morality clauses are, how studios, employers, and sponsors have used them since the 1920s, and what to look for before signing a contract that contains one.
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, effective June 27, 2023, requires employers with 15 or more workers to reasonably accommodate pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions.
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FTX, Cryptocurrency, and Securities Fraud
How FTX went from a $32 billion valuation to bankruptcy in November 2022, and where the criminal and civil cases against Sam Bankman-Fried stood in early 2023.
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Laws Around the US are Catching Up with ChatGPT and Other AI Solutions
What ChatGPT is, how lawyers might use it for research and drafting, and the accuracy, liability, and copyright questions it raised in early 2023.
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