Corporate legal departments may have been slow to tech evolution, but they’re poised for a break-out year ahead.

President Donald Trump’s decision to invade Venezuela and oust its president puts a spotlight on a US Supreme Court case that famously blocked President Harry Truman’s seizure of American steel mills, and yet provides a framework for Trump’s extraordinary use of presidential power Saturday.

Remember as we usher in a new year, when Americans’ rights are under attack, it’s the lawyers that are standing up to fight.

Looking ahead to 2026, we expect the continued development of the law in the wake of recent US Supreme Court decisions and that event-driven litigation will continue to be the predominant form of private securities litigation.

President Donald Trump’s executive order, which seeks to challenge and preempt state artificial intelligence regulations, doesn’t give companies a get-out-of-jail-free card in 2026. Even as Washington pulls back on AI regulation, the courts won’t—and neither will consumers.

AI tools can foster an environment where lawyers practice and teach judgment simultaneously—preserving the profession and giving it deeper meaning.

Union deals in the entertainment and professional sports industries are set to expire in 2026, setting the stage for attention-grabbing contract disputes that could have ripple effects across organized labor.

Benefits attorneys are ringing in 2026 with their eyes on the federal appeals courts, which are grappling with novel issues involving 401(k) forfeitures, health plan tobacco penalties, and pension de-risking transactions.

A new year threatens the bipartisan peace that Republicans and Democrats enjoyed on transportation policy in 2025.

President Donald Trump’s decision to invade Venezuela and oust its president puts a spotlight on a US Supreme Court case that famously blocked President Harry Truman’s seizure of American steel mills, and yet provides a framework for Trump’s extraordinary use of presidential power Saturday.

Remember as we usher in a new year, when Americans’ rights are under attack, it’s the lawyers that are standing up to fight.

AI tools can foster an environment where lawyers practice and teach judgment simultaneously—preserving the profession and giving it deeper meaning.

Five years of legal scrapping will come to a head at the Federal Circuit when a group of tech companies and the US Patent and Trademark Office lay out competing visions of the agency’s power to curtail access to its administrative patent tribunal.

Delaware’s Court of Chancery will hear post-trial arguments in a $250 million earnout suit tied to the postponed release of a popular underwater-survival game’s next installment. And it will consider Snap Inc.‘s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a co-founder of Popwallet Inc., which the social media giant acquired, saying its stockholders were fraudulently induced into the 2021 deal.

Benefits attorneys are ringing in 2026 with their eyes on the federal appeals courts, which are grappling with novel issues involving 401(k) forfeitures, health plan tobacco penalties, and pension de-risking transactions.

As Delaware, the country’s long-established corporate capital, saw several high-profile companies leave the state last year, a debate is building whether ‘DExit’ will be a lasting trend.

Lawyers predict more Justice Department action on its civil rights priorities, immigration enforcement, and protecting loyalist US attorneys as the Trump administration continues to reorient the department in 2026.

President Donald Trump’s decision to invade Venezuela and oust its president puts a spotlight on a US Supreme Court case that famously blocked President Harry Truman’s seizure of American steel mills, and yet provides a framework for Trump’s extraordinary use of presidential power Saturday.