The data center backlash has gone national, and it is moving faster than the law that governs it. Trackers count hundreds of local pauses and prohibitions across dozens of states. San Marcos, Texas removed data centers from its list of allowed uses in June. Lysander, New York approved a six month pause. In New Jersey, East Orange introduced an ordinance barring … Read more
Eight days into a federal trial in Oakland, Meta stopped fighting. On August 26, 2026, the company and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general filed a proposed consent judgment and a joint motion to enter it, resolving claims that Instagram and Facebook were built to addict children and that Meta lied about it. The money is the … Read more
On July 17, 2026, a federal appeals court held that New Jersey’s ban on semi-automatic rifles and its ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds both violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The en banc Third Circuit decision came down 10 to 5, and the opinions run to roughly 192 pages. Both laws are … Read more
This article was originally published in New Jersey Lawyer in August 2026. When Fraud Moves Into the Closing Process Transactional lawyers have long treated fraud as a problem of deal substance: misstatements in financial disclosures, omissions in disclosure schedules, inaccuracies in representations and warranties. The risk, conventionally understood, lives in the four corners of the agreement. That … Read more
For 30 years the qualified small business stock (QSBS) exclusion sat demurely in Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, a generous benefit that few founders planned for and many discovered only after it was too late to qualify. That obscurity is ending. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, delivered the … Read more
This insight was originally published by Slate under the title The Trump Immunity Deal Is Neither a Deal Nor Does It Provide Immunity. A single sheet of paper sits somewhere in the files of the Justice Department announcing, in capital letters, that the United States is “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED” from pursuing any claims against … Read more
Here is a question worth asking at your next management meeting: which AI tools are our employees using, and what are they putting into them? If the honest answer is that nobody knows, your company is typical. It is also exposed. In a global survey released this month, 64 percent of employees admitted using AI tools … Read more
The Term Sheet Was Six Miles Wide. Why the dinosaurs never invented artificial intelligence is usually answered with brain to body mass ratios and a shortage of opposable thumbs. That answer is lazy. The dinosaurs came close. Their failure was not cognitive. It was structural, procedural and in the end catastrophically uninsured. Start with the … Read more
This article (with different graphics) was originally published on Slate in July 2026. The state of Alaska has spent the past 14 years trying to confiscate an 82-year-old bush pilot’s $95,000 airplane because a passenger packed a six-pack of Budweiser with her groceries. That sentence is not a simplification. It is the whole case. And … Read more
Understanding what you qualify for and how to apply. If you’re a New Jersey homeowner or renter feeling the weight of property taxes, you’re not alone. The Garden State consistently ranks among the highest in the nation for property tax burdens, which is why the state has created several relief programs to help ease that … Read more
On July 4, 2026 the federal government launched Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged investment account for children created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. If you have a baby born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028, the Treasury will deposit $1,000 into your child’s account. If you have older children, they can … Read more
The United States is regulating artificial intelligence the hard way. Congress has enacted exactly one AI-specific statute, the TAKE IT DOWN Act on nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, and comprehensive federal legislation remains stalled. Into that vacuum the states have poured roughly 1,200 AI bills, with 38 states adopting more than 100 AI laws in 2025 alone. January 1, … Read more