U.S. Courts News Reporter
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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 27, 2026.
In Kentros v. Kentros, the Court dismissed an appeal and cross-appeal concerning a will that omitted a remainderman clause for properties bequeathed to the testator’s husband for life (ie. the will was silent on who would get the properties after the
In this episode of the GeTtin’ SALTy podcast, host Nikki E. Dobay is joined by Jared Walczak, Senior Fellow at the Tax Foundation and founder of Walczak Policy Consulting, to take a look at the growing movement to reduce or eliminate real property taxes across the United States.
The conversation centers on Jared’s recently published paper, “Replacing the Irreplaceable,” released through the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, which uses Ohio as a case study to quantify what it would cost … Read the rest
Bankruptcy filings rose 12.2 percent during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2026.
Judiciary News – United States Courts… Read the rest
Economists have talked about it as the greatest wealth transfer in history.
Baby boomers — boosted by decades of rising house prices, strong stock markets and economic growth — control more than half of U.S. household wealth. Estimates have predicted that $ 68 trillion to $ 84 trillion in money and assets will change hands over the next two decades.
But those estimates might not sufficiently account for the costs of growing old.
A Washington Post analysis of the finances of thousands of seniors … Read the rest
John Norton, a 2026 summer associate with Troutman Pepper Locke who is not admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction, also contributed to this article.
On July 6, 2026, Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (the Act), imposing governance, transparency, audit, and incident-reporting obligations on developers of advanced AI models. The Act focuses on “frontier models” and places the most obligations on “large frontier developers” with annual gross revenues exceeding $ 500 million. The Act takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, with many substantive compliance obligations beginning in 2028.
The Infrastructure for the Future of Law – LexBlog… Read the rest
In July 2026, the Ministry of Economy & Tourism of the United Arab Emirates (the “Ministry” and “UAE”) published its Guidelines on Relevant Market Definition (the “Guidelines”), providing a detailed look into the Ministry’s framework for market definition assessment. The Ministry considers market definition to be a “fundamental pillar” to the competitive assessment across all competition enforcement contexts and a “crucial stage” in competition enforcement.
The issuance of the … Read the rest