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  • [New] 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
  • [New] 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
  • [New] 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
  • [New] 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
  • [New] California victims of sexual assault now have a unique legal opportunity to seek civil justice if they were sexually assaulted. Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo Plotkin & Hellman LLP
  • [New] 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
  • Removing employment barriers posed by records of past interaction with the criminal legal system could add $78 to $87 billion to the US economy each year. Economic Architecture
  • A federal appeals court temporarily blocked California's Senate Bill 261 (SB 261), a landmark disclosure law requiring companies with over US$500 mn in revenue to publicly report on their climate-related financial risks. Climate Proof
  • At the end of the next four years, it is realistic to expect the political system to be characterized by far weaker legal restrictions on the arbitrary exercise of power, weakened constitutional checks, and continuing abuses of civil liberties. / USA Logos Journal
  • Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions have created new conditions for carrying out regulatory policy, redefining the scope of regulatory authority over areas that will affect individual and business rights, as well as altering the broader administrative law landscape. / USA The Regulatory Review
  • Legal experts expect the U.S. Supreme Court to ultimately decide how Title IX - a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education - applies to public schools. / USA The Hechinger Report
  • States will likely contend that, in the American legal system, they are the laboratories of democracy. National Law Review

Last updated: 16 January 2026



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