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Mom who poured 'significant amount' of sleep medication into 18-month-old daughter's bottle leading to her death after she lost custody learns fate
Insets, left to right: Maige Yang (Hennepin County Jail) and De'Ali Blia Delgado (GoFundMe). Background: The 11900 block of Castle Rock Court in Champlin, Minn., where Yang killed De'Ali (Google Maps). A Minnesota mom who killed her 18-month-old daughter when she...
AI-Assisted Data Mining and the False Claims Act: Is a Data Anomaly Really a False Claim?
Data miner whistleblowers, increasingly armed with artificial intelligence (AI) tools, are already reshaping how False Claims Act (FCA) theories are built, generated, and litigated. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) April 2026 announcement of the Fraud Oversight...
Operation Economic Outcast: What Financial Institutions Need to Know About the Treasury Department’s Section 311 Action Against Banque Misr UAE
On August 28, 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) finding that the five United Arab Emirates-based branches of Egypt’s state-owned Banque Misr — collectively, “Banque Misr UAE”...
Rebutting the presumption of correctness: Mississippi Court of Appeals reverses summary judgment ruling
The Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Mississippi Department of Revenue (DOR) in a case challenging a sales tax audit assessment. The Court of Appeals held that the taxpayer had presented sufficient evidence to create a...
When Is a Protest in the Workplace Not a “Workplace” Protest? NLRB Backs Microsoft’s Termination of Employees Who Organized Gaza Demonstration
Can employees be fired for organizing a protest at work that violates workplace rules if the protest isn’t actually about work? According to a recently released Advice Memorandum from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the answer may be...
11th Circuit Finds False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions Constitutional
The 11th Circuit has vacated a 2024 decision from the Middle District of Florida and held that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act do not violate the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution. In United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical...
Chemerinsky: The legal legacy of 9/11
The terrorist attack on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, had a profound lasting effect on our legal system and our society. As the…
Morning Docket: 09.02.26
* When Scalia died, John Roberts decided to change the rules to keep the justices’ papers locked away for decades after they die. [NY Times] * House Republicans begin inquiry into the Eleventh Circuit’s probe of Judge Eleanor Ross. [Bloomberg Law News] *...
Bankruptcy Lawyer Out After Firm Accused Of Working For The Wrong Client
Who a lawyer actually represents is one of the most important facts to clear up for anyone hoping to avoid serious professional responsibility problems. It’s usually pretty straightforward, but when it’s at all muddy, the whole representation becomes an...