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What to Know About Venezuela’s Oil Industry as Trump Plans U.S. Intervention
Venezuela claims to have more than 300 billion barrels in the ground, but it is only producing about one million barrels a day.
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Asad Haider, Leftist Critic of Identity Politics, Dies at 38
In “Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump,” he argued that focusing on identity obscured a more fundamental injustice: economic inequality.
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Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro
The tactically precise operation successfully extracted Mr. Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the U.S. actions in Venezuela.
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Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact?
Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons.
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2 Navy Service Members Accused of Entering Sham Marriages With Chinese Nationals
Federal prosecutors say two female service members are facing fraud charges after having accepted thousands of dollars for the marriages.
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Exploring the Unseen: How Dark Matter Shapes Our Universe
Have you ever looked up at the night sky and felt a sense of wonder about the universe? I often find myself pondering the incredible vastness above. It’s astonishing to think that what we see is just a tiny fraction of what’s out there. Hidden in the darkness, far beyond our naked eye, lies one…
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[Video] The Briefing: New York Times v. Perplexity AI: Copyright, Hallucinations, and Trademark Risk
What happens when AI hallucinations are branded as journalism? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Matt Sugarman break down The New York Times v. Perplexity AI, a lawsuit that goes beyond copyright and into largely untested trademark territory. They discuss the Times’ allegations that Perplexity copied its journalism at…
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Is International Pricing Coming Onshore for Testing? CMS Proposes Models Tying Medicare Part B and Part D Drug Rebates to International Pricing
On December 19, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed two mandatory Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) drug payment models to test whether alternative methods for calculating Medicare rebates,…By: Ropes & Gray LLP
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FROM LYRICS TO LIABILITY: AI COPYRIGHT CLAIMS MOVE FORWARD
Anthropic’s legal troubles show no signs of abating. Last month, Judge Eumi K. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Anthropic PBC’s second motion to dismiss in Concord Music Group Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 5:24-cv-03811, allowing an octet of music publishers to proceed with copyright and Digital Millennium…
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MarkIt to Market® – December 2025
Welcome to the December 2025 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the changes made this year to U.S. trademark practices from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and what they mean for brand owners and practitioners, Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year, and our annual charitable contributions supporting Stockings…
