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Lending Against Digital Assets: Five Key Takeaways for Lenders After a Year of Regulatory and UCC Change
What You Need to KnowKey takeaway #1: Bank regulators have shifted from prior approval to examination scrutiny. Banks no longer need supervisory nonobjection to lend against crypto collateral. Regulators are likely to focus their examinations on collateral operations,...
Senate Adjourns Without Clarity Act Vote, But September Vote Now on the Calendar
The Senate adjourned on August 8, 2026 without holding a final vote on the Clarity Act. However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the Clarity Act shortly before the Senate left for recess, setting up a procedural vote for...
Electronic Timekeeping Requirements in Mexico for 2027: Labor Strategy in the Absence of Implementing Regulations from STPS
Public discussion surrounding the gradual reduction of the workweek in Mexico has overshadowed another significant development that will fundamentally change how employers manage employee attendance: the mandatory implementation of electronic timekeeping for all...
Illinois Law Faculty Search
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW invites applications for positions on the tenured/tenure-track faculty to begin in August 2027. The College welcomes applications from scholars in all subject areas of the law but has particular interests in hiring in the...
What’s a “replevin” claim and why should probate attorneys care?
F.S. 733.702 tells us that “no claim for personal property in the possession of the personal representative” is binding on the estate unless filed within three months after first publication of notice to creditors. Taken to the extreme, this statute could...
3 Takeaways From The Lex Machina 2026 Patent Report
For the sixth year in a row, it is time for this column(ist) to share some thoughts on the release of the Lex Machina Patent Report. If any readers want to send me a half-dozen Krispy Kreme donuts to celebrate, I’ll take two each of the glazed, glazed cake, and...
Peter Navarro Wants A Prosecutor Fired For The Unforgivable Sin Of Prosecuting Him
Peter Navarro is quite the piece of work — here’s a man who served time in federal prison and remains genuinely convinced that the real criminal in the story was the prosecutor. He put the whole range on display Monday on Steve Bannon’s “War...
The AI User Experience Is More Important Than Ever
AI vendors show up at every conference with marketing material touting how they serve the vast majority of the Vault 100. And then their direct competitor makes the same claim. And so does another product that also bolted on an AI tool. We might have all become...
Biglaw Firm Joins The Salary Wars, But Keeps Raises On Ice Until 2027
It’s been a long, quiet summer for Biglaw associate raises, with only a handful of firms matching Milbank’s new salary scale. At long last, we’ve got another match — but only for associates in New York. Ice Miller just announced a significant associate salary...