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Tipoffs: Law/Legal Newsletter for Sunday May 10, 2026 ( 6 items )  

American Center for Law & Justice: Victory - Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Partisan Power Grab
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following statement on May 8, 2026, Executive Director Jordan Sekulow: * * * Victory: Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Partisan Power Grab The Constitution won. The people won. And today, we're celebrating. We've been sounding the alarm on Virginia's brazen redistricting scheme since the moment it began. We warned that the legal battle was headed straight for the Virginia Supreme Court. And now, in a   more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Issues Commentary: Multimillion-Dollar Trade Secret Verdict Reversed by Federal Circuit Due to Prior Disclosure in Patents and Self-Evident Concepts in California Case
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 9 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 7, 2026, by partner Thatcher A. Rahmeier and associate Leah S. Chrisbacher: * * * Multimillion-Dollar Trade Secret Verdict Reversed by Federal Circuit Due to Prior Disclosure in Patents and Self-Evident Concepts in California Case International Medical Devices, Inc. v. Cornell, No. 25-1843 (Fed. Cir. April 17, 2026) At a Glance * Concepts that were already disclosed in prior   more

Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath Issues Commentary: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on CBS From China
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 9 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 8, 2026, by counsel Richard P. Ferrin, associate Morgan Alexis Howard and partners Carrie Bethea Connolly and Daniel R. Wilson: * * * New Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on CBS from China Petitioner Alleges a Dumping Margin of 1,231.15% At a Glance * Lanxess Corporation filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions on N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-sulfe  more

Littler Issues Commentary: In the Eleventh Hour - Implementation Status of the EU Pay Transparency Directive
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 6, 2026, by senior associate Donall Breen, partner Nicola James and knowledge management counsel Morgan Julia Matson: * * * In the Eleventh Hour: Implementation Status of the EU Pay Transparency Directive At a Glance * While some member states are on track to implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive (PTD) by June 7, 2026, many have formally announced delayed effective dates and others are still  more

Littler Issues Commentary: New Jersey Department of Labor Publishes Final ABC Rule
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 7, 2026, by shareholders Alexander T. MacDonald and Rachel Seaton Brownell: * * * New Jersey Department of Labor Publishes Final ABC Rule At a Glance * New Jersey DOL issued final rule implementing the "ABC" test for assessing whether workers are employees or independent contractors under state law. * The final rule scaled back or deleted some of the provisions to which the business community obj  more

S.T.O.P. Welcomes Halt On Citi Bike Facial Rec. Rollout
NEW YORK, May 9 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on May 8, 2026: * * * S.T.O.P. Welcomes Halt On Citi Bike Facial Rec. Rollout Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, welcomes the Mamdani administration's halt on Citi Bike's program to use facial recognition for age verification, citing concerns about identity theft, bias, and misidentification. S.T.O.P. welcomed the pau  more