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A federal judge held OPM's grant of DOGE access to records on tens of millions of federal workers violated the Privacy Act. No remedy has been ordered yet.

A Florida federal magistrate judge's October 21, 2026 order narrows discovery of a defamation defendant's AI chat logs and requires a work-product privilege log.

WHD Field Assistance Bulletin 2026-1 withdraws three tipped-employee opinion letters and confirms no guidance setting time limits on duties inside a tipped occupation is WHD policy. The 80/20 test left the FOH in January 2025.

A federal judge held OPM's grant of DOGE access to records on tens of millions of federal workers violated the Privacy Act. No remedy has been ordered yet.

A Florida federal magistrate judge's October 21, 2026 order narrows discovery of a defamation defendant's AI chat logs and requires a work-product privilege log.

WHD Field Assistance Bulletin 2026-1 withdraws three tipped-employee opinion letters and confirms no guidance setting time limits on duties inside a tipped occupation is WHD policy. The 80/20 test left the FOH in January 2025.

A federal court in Arizona entered a $108,586,567.60 default judgment on October 14, 2026, permanently banning seven Accelerated Debt Settlement companies.

A New Mexico judge entered a $219.5 billion Unfair Practices Act penalty against Meta on October 21, 2026 and reduced it to $25 billion. What the order says.

Canada's OPC launched its first Children's Privacy Code on 20 October 2026. It is PIPEDA guidance, not a new law, and is open for comment until 20 January 2027.
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