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Musk Wants to Slash $2 Trillion in Federal Spending. Is That Possible?
President-elect Donald J. Trump has tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with identifying ways to cut the budget. The hard part comes next.
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Democrats Draw Up an Entirely New Anti-Trump Battle Plan
The party’s early preparations to oppose the next Trump administration are heavily focused on legal fights and consolidating state power, rather than marching in the streets.
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Food Contact Chemicals Study Could Spur More Research, Government Oversight
On September 17, 2024, the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (JESEE) published a paper on the potential human exposure to food contact chemicals (FCCs). Led by a research team at the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, the study synthesized data from published sources that analyzed a total of over 14,000 FCCs known to exist…
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Generalized Testimony Falls Short in Doctrine of Equivalents Analysis
On October 24, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in Nexstep, Inc. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, affirming the District Court for the District of Delaware’s judgment of non-infringement regarding two patents held by Nexstep, Inc. Nexstep had asserted that Comcast’s products infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 8,885,802…
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AI & Your Business: Libel Risks
As lawyers who often defend defamation suits, we know from experience that it’s not just media defendants who are sued for libel. Defamation suits are routinely filed against all sorts of businesses, arising from all kinds of content and communications….By: BCLP
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One Rocky Sleigh Ride: Antitrust and AI Pricing
Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide invaluable assistance to the retail industry. With just a few taps on a keyboard, it can generate helpful product descriptions for online storefronts. For the small business on a budget, AI-generated artwork can streamline the graphic design process. Need some extra hands? AI can help tackle hiring……By: Perkins Coie
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California Privacy Agency to Regulate AI, Boost Cybersecurity Audits
During the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) meeting on November 8, 2024, it voted to proceed with formal rulemaking regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity audits. The CPPA’s rulemaking related to AI runs parallel to the California Civil Rights Department’s push for its regulations related to AI….By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider
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Same Song, Different Verse — Causation Experts for Second Group of Bellwether Plaintiffs Excluded for Same Reason as First Group’s Expert in In re Deepwater Horizon BELO Cases
Multidistrict litigation is meant to “promote the just and efficient conduct” of actions “involving one or more common questions of fact” by transferring those actions to a single district court “for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.” 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a). In MDLs involving alleged physical injury or illness caused by a product, one “common question…
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The Houston Housing Authority Announces Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack
On November 15, 2024, the Houston Housing Authority (“HHA”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that the agency was the victim of a ransomware attack. In this notice, HHA explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes…
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RBN Insurance Services Notifies 10,205 Individuals of February 2024 Data Breach
On November 14, 2024, RBN and Associates, Inc. d/b/a RBN Insurance Services (“RBN”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access a company email account. In this notice, RBN explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to…
