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Every Lawsuit, Every Loss: The Litigation of Trump’s Second Term
A comprehensive walkthrough of every significant piece of litigation involving the second Trump administration from Inauguration Day 2025 through April 2026 — over six hundred lawsuits, thirty-five Supreme Court emergency orders, and the largest body of presidential litigation in American history.
April 11, 2026
A Billion Dollars and a Bright Line: The Supreme Court Rewrites the Rules of Secondary Copyright Liability
In Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, the Supreme Court reversed a billion-dollar jury verdict and dismantled the 'knowledge plus material contribution' standard that lower courts had applied for fifty years. Here's what the new framework means for copyright holders, ISPs, and everyone in between.
April 11, 2026
The Government Lied About Its Authority to Arrest People at Immigration Court — For a Year
On March 25, 2026, the DOJ admitted it had spent nearly a year citing a policy memo that never applied to ICE's courthouse arrests — the very arrests it was using the memo to justify. Here's what that means for the people caught in the trap.
April 11, 2026
Can You Patent a Video Game Mechanic?
Nintendo sued Palworld's developer over patents covering throwing a ball to catch a creature and riding a flying mount. Here's what the law actually says about patenting video game mechanics — and why the answer is more complicated than you think.
April 11, 2026
The Supreme Court Just Gave YouTube Permission to Rethink Everything About Copyright Strikes
The Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in Cox Communications v. Sony Music eliminated the contributory liability threat that made YouTube's three-strike system necessary. Here's what that means for creators.
April 11, 2026
Buyer Bets on ChatGPT, Suffers Embarrassing Loss
Fortis Advisors v. Krafton is a case about a $250 million earnout, a video game sequel held hostage, and what Delaware courts do when a sophisticated buyer decides the contract it signed no longer suits it.
March 16, 2026