[New] The implementation of the Environmental Crime Directive will result in tighter German environmental criminal law.
www.hoganlovells.com
[New] South Korean judicial institutions protect constitutional law better than multiple established democracies, yet it exposes essential system weaknesses which will determine South Korea's path toward democratic growth.
Eurasia Review
[New] On Friday, the federal judge in that case ruled that the project in question-Dominion Energy's $11 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project - could resume construction while the legal battle on offshore wind continues.
Inside Climate News
[New] The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization are striving to develop common legal and organizational approaches to combat terrorist threats based on regional legal instruments.
Springer Nature Switzerland
[New] In 2026, we are going to see focus shift to the business of law, with AI (and other tech) investment meant to increase profitability by driving pricing, talent, and matter management efficiencies, not just legal practice ones.
Legal It Insider
[New] Multinationals will need to make strategic decisions on short, medium, and long-term strategies in a world where criminal and civil liability, and other potentially severe legal consequences - beyond typical commercial data protection laws - can affect global business transfers and investments.
Connect On Tech
[New] At the federal level, climate-related disclosure initiatives have slowed amid legal and political challenges, including the SEC's decision to halt defence of its climate-risk disclosure rule in court.
Greenabl
[New] The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld Texas's pornography age-verification law, which may indicate that Texas's broader framework for regulating minors' digital access could be better positioned to survive early challenges.
Morrison Foerster
[New] The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether a Colorado law banning conversion therapy violates free speech and also decide whether a West Virginia law banning trans girls from female sports teams is constitutional.
Context
[New] The European Union Court of Justice is expected to give a final ruling in a case against Hungary's anti-LGBTQ + law in 2026.
Context
[New] After a year marked by legislative setbacks and devastating cuts to funding, the outlook for LGBTQ + rights in 2026 could be daunting, with elections, court decisions and legal reforms likely to affect policies and people around the world.
Context
By the end of 2026, we could see more organizations integrating self-executing AI agents into workflows to automate document review, legal research, and case management.
Artificial Lawyer
Expect the Delaware legislature to be proactive in 2026 by quickly smoothing the fall-out from any Chancery Court decisions that lead corporate law firms to send alarmist memos to clients about new risks of director liability.
Passle
While Dutch law already contains general requirements on sound business operations and risk management, existing rules are deemed insufficient to fully capture ESG risks.
NautaDutilh
The Dutch pension fund PFZW has removed EUR 14.5 billion (USD 17 billion) in assets from BlackRock management, as well as EUR 15 billion from UK-based Legal & General, on the grounds that the AMs were not acting in PFZW's best interests with regards to climate change risk.
Zero Carbon Analytics
Asbestos identification and management represents the most significant hazardous material consideration in NSW kitchen demolition, with legal requirements and health consequences making compliant approaches essential regardless of apparent cost implications that non-compliant methods might avoid.
The Quote Yard
As the US Department of Justice works towards the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys members' prosecutions for seditious conspiracy in the upcoming months, a conviction could set legal precedent that may drastically change the course of future prosecutions of domestic violent extremist groups.
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT
As the US has few legal avenues to charge far-right extremists domestically with terrorism, a sedition precedent could provide the DOJ with new criminal charging options for the next wave of domestic extremists.
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT
Starting in 2026, solar energy in Brazil will see a reduction in credits on electricity bills due to the increased charges for the B Wire system, as stipulated in the Distributed Generation Legal Framework.
CPG Click Petroleo e Gas
The Indian government has indicated that non-compliance could expose X not only to penalties under IT regulations but also to possible criminal action under national law.
Tech Edition
The circumstances leading to incarceration, interactions with the US legal system, the environment of prison itself, and the subsequent challenges faced by legal-involved individuals after release all provide ample opportunity for PMIEs to occur.
PubMed Central (PMC)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 250 (AB 250), a new law that will create a temporary revival window allowing adult survivors of sexual assault to bring civil lawsuits in cases where the statute of limitations had previously expired.
Easton & Easton, LLP
Last updated: 23 January 2026
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