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Britain’s Economy Squeezes Out 0.1% Growth
The unexpected increase eases pressure on the government, which has been trying to spur investment and development.
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2025 SCOPE Conference Emphasizes AI and Better Technologies to Improve Patient Outcomes
The 2025 SCOPE Conference (Summit for Clinical Ops Executives), held last week in Orlando, FL, brought together more than 4,500 industry leaders, innovators, and experts in the clinical operations field….By: Troutman Pepper Locke
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CryptoLink – January 2025 Updates
Both the CFTC and SEC have new Acting Chairs, who are known to be crypto advocates, with Mark Uyeda being appointed Acting Chair of the SEC, taking over from Gary Gensler, while Caroline D. Pham has assumed the role of Acting Chair at the CFTC, succeeding Rostin Behnam. Mr. Uyeda will serve as Acting Chair…
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Judge Denies Industry Challenge To Massachusetts Data Access Law – Seyfarth’s Future of Automotive Series
More than four years after an industry trade association first filed its challenge to a November 2020 ballot initiative in Massachusetts, a federal judge issued an order in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Campbell denying all remaining claims and dismissing the case….By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
For private equity investors, the arrival of the 119th Congress and the new Trump administration shifts the landscape, creating uncertainty, challenge and opportunity in equal measure and highlighting the need for political due diligence on any deal. President Trump is expected to pursue an aggressive trade policy, including higher tariffs, while also seeking deals to…
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Streamlining eDiscovery: The Case for Supervised Collections and Custodial Interviews
Despite the many technological advances in the collection, processing, and review of electronically stored information, it remains vital to conduct custodial interviews focused on data identification to confer a litigation advantage, reduce downstream costs, minimize disputes, and mitigate discovery risk….By: Troutman Pepper Locke
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Generic Launches – Winter 2024
This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, applicant, and indications of publicly available drug launches resulting from Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications….By: Robins Kaplan LLP
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AultCare Announces Data Breach Affecting Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Participants
On February 10, 2025, AultCare Corporation, AultCare Insurance Company, and Aultra Administrative Group (collectively, “AultCare”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering unauthorized access to an employee’s email account. In this notice, AultCare explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive…
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PFAS Lawsuits Involve Apple Watch Bands, Samsung Galaxy Watch Bands, and Hershey’s Chocolate Wrappers
Lawsuits were recently filed against Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. related to their watch bands. Other lawsuits were also recently filed against The Hershey Co. related to the packaging of some of its chocolate products. The plaintiffs allege that the bands and wrappers include a group of chemicals known as PFAS….By: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
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KeyBank Sends Data Breach Letters Following Incident at Wong Fleming, P.C.
On February 11, 2025, KeyBank filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an incident at Wong Fleming, P.C., a third-party vendor used by KeyBank, compromised information that had been provided to KeyBank. In this notice, KeyBank explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able…