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  • May 19, 2026

    AI Agents Will Test The Bounds Of Expert Witness Rules

    Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence does not address whether a testifying expert must be human, but as the rule’s amended admissibility framework intersects with the accelerating capabilities of agentic AI, courts may be forced to confront whether AI-generated expertise fits within existing evidentiary doctrine, says Steven Cordero at Akerman.

  • May 18, 2026

    Pot Co. Fraud Suit Over $13M Tax Debt Ends In Settlement

    Investors have agreed to end a lawsuit against the former CEO of cannabis firm Devi Holdings Inc., claiming the executive and early investors hid over $13 million in unpaid taxes to induce $25.9 million in stock purchases that later became worthless, according to a Florida federal judge's order.

  • May 18, 2026

    FirstEnergy Urges 6th Circ. To Again Nix Investors' Class Cert.

    FirstEnergy Corp. is once again asking the Sixth Circuit to curb a class action alleging it defrauded investors by hiding its involvement in a $1.3 billion bribery scandal, urging the court to overturn class certification a second time.

  • May 18, 2026

    Madigan Ruling May Offer High Court New Bribery Test

    The Seventh Circuit found enough "overwhelming" evidence last month to sustain the conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, but a U.S. Supreme Court that's spent years narrowing the reach of public corruption laws may be interested in whether prosecutors proved a sufficiently specific quid pro quo.

  • May 18, 2026

    Jailed Ex-Union Leader Says Only He Can Keep Ill Wife Alive

    John Dougherty, the former business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 in Philadelphia serving time for corruption convictions, told a federal judge on Monday that he needed to be let out of prison because only he could provide the care his disabled wife needs to survive.

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