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MarkIt to Market® – September 2025: Branding in Motion
As the marketplace becomes more crowded, capturing and keeping the consumer’s attention can be difficult, especially in the online world where advertisements, chatbots, and other forms of digital technology distract the viewer and obscure screen content. Most companies understand that animation or motion in their branding can captivate the consumer because it is visually interesting…
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“A New Era of Privacy Enforcement”: CPPA Signals Intensified Oversight while Advancing New Regulations
150 consumer complaints per week. A consortium of privacy regulators. “Hundreds of open investigations.” These were some of the highlights from the California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board meeting on September 26, 2025. In addition to these enforcement updates, the Board advanced regulatory initiatives and introduced new concepts for future rulemaking….By: Perkins Coie
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California’s AI Hiring Rules Are Here—What Employers Need to Know
On June 27, 2025, the Civil Rights Council of the California Civil Rights Department finalized amendments to regulations enacted under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) that impose sweeping new regulatory requirements on employers’ use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and Automated-Decision Systems (“ADS”) in employment decision-making….By: Saul Ewing LLP
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State of Texas Intensifies Its Probes into Cybersecurity Non-Compliance
A concerning trend has emerged among businesses in the state of Texas following the passage of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) on July 1, 2024. Companies appear to be courting disaster by overlooking – or brazenly sidestepping – critical compliance mandates. Initially hailed as a ‘privacy law’ modeled after Virginia and California…
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Department of Health and Human Services Links Prenatal Tylenol Use to Autism: Expanding Litigation Risks for Manufacturers, Retailers, Distributors, and Clinicians
On September 22, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report highlighting alleged consistent associations between in utero acetaminophen (Tylenol) exposure and later diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). On the same day, President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced a series of federal…
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Oregon Jury Awards $33 Million In Shipyard Laborer’s Asbestos Gaskets Case
Plaintiff Richard Long brought this suit against multiple defendants, including John Crane, after being diagnosed with biphasic pleural mesothelioma in January 2023. Long worked at the Dillingham ship repair yard on Swan Island, Ore., from 1972 to 1985. The case eventually went to trial….By: Goldberg Segalla
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You Should’ve Known: Colorado Holds Defendant May Have Pre-Litigation Duty to Preserve Evidence
In Terra Mgmt. Grp., LLC v. Keaten, 572 P.3d 126 (CO 2025), the Supreme Court of Colorado (Supreme Court) considered whether the trial court properly imposed sanctions on the defendants for failing to preserve evidence before the commencement of litigation. The trial court noted that the defendants, who owned and managed an apartment building, began…
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Attacker at British Synagogue Is Identified
The counterterrorism police named the assailant as Jihad al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent. He was shot dead by the police after killing two people and injuring three others in an attack on Yom Kippur.
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In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant
A U.S. aid agency had committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the project, which could help provide clean water. Now its board wants to pull out of the agreement.
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Madagascar’s President Rajoelina Dissolved His Government, but Calls for His Resignation Continue
A growing protest movement on the African island, despite deadly clashes with security forces, vows to keep fighting until Andry Rajoelina is ousted.
