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Illinois Employers Take Note: New Law Requires Paid Jury Duty Leave and Additional Job Protections for Volunteer Emergency Responders
This has been a busy legislative cycle for Illinois employers. Along with the new Menopause and Equity Care Act, Governor Pritzker also signed legislation requiring employers to provide for paid leave during jury duty and new protections for employees who are...
Published in OJ – Implementing Regulation amending ITS on benchmarking of internal approaches for 2026 benchmarking exercise
On 12 August 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1872 of 29 July 2026 amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 as regards benchmark...
Morning Docket: 08.12.26
* Elite firms warn that AI spending could impact profits, though most continue to believe they’ll be fine. Ahem… then where are the associate raises? [ABA Journal] * ICE wants $20 million worth of electric shock gloves, in case you were wondering where we...
Small Businesses Could Face Double-Digit Premium Hikes In 2027
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Lobbing Multimillion-Dollar Munitions At Targets Worth Less Than The Missiles Themselves Remains A Bad War Strategy
(image via Getty) The precursor to modern guided cruise missiles was the V-2 ballistic missile. Nazi Germany launched thousands of V-2s into Great Britain under the mistaken impression that the randomness and brutality of this new technology would break Londoners’...
Are AI-native law firms the wave of the future?
Have you heard about artificial intelligence-native law firms? {mag_summary}They’re firms that have AI in their DNA, so that instead of just using a few tools…
Bar candidates, exam vendor for troubled California test reach settlement
{mag_summary} California bar examinees who took the troubled February 2025 exam have reached a settlement “in principle” to end litigation with Meazure Learning, which administered…
The new birthright citizenship battle
President Donald Trump celebrated the news that Justice Samuel Alito will be back for the Supreme Court’s 2026-27 term in a Monday night Truth Social post. “Great news for our Country!,” Trump wrote. Alito “is one of the Greatest of All Time. We are all lucky!”At the...
Are Republicans falling out of love with the Supreme Court?
Public opinion polls fielded and released this summer showed a by-now-familiar partisan gap in views on the Supreme Court. Republicans are not only more likely than Democrats to approve of the way the court handles its job (74% vs. 22%, according to a Marquette Law...