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Pacific Palisades Shopping Center Is Preparing to Reopen
Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, is reviving a property still surrounded by burned-out lots.
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Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching.
The president’s bombast has ceased to rattle world leaders, who have seen him fenced in by courts, rebuffed by Congress and strung along by Iran.
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Unraveling Cybersecurity: How Everyday Actions Can Shield Your Digital Life
Unraveling Cybersecurity: How Everyday Actions Can Shield Your Digital Life I remember the first time my heart sank over a cybersecurity scare. It was a typical Tuesday morning, and I was about to finish my second cup of coffee when an email popped up with the subject line: “Account Security Alert.” My stomach twisted as…
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AI Regulation in the US: The New State Laws Employers Can’t Ignore
As 2026 state legislative sessions draw to a close, one theme dominates the policy landscape: artificial intelligence (AI) regulation is no longer an emerging frontier, but a mainstream compliance obligation. Below, we summarise what the 2026 sessions produced and what it means for US businesses operating across state lines….By: Ius Laboris
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Five Recent Office for Civil Rights HIPAA Ransomware Settlements
Ransomware ‘attacks’ against health care providers, business associates and third-party administrators are not practice or geography or size specific. They can happen to any entity, not only a health care provider, at any time. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) describes ransomware as, “malicious software that blocks…
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European Commission Press Release: EU AI Act Transparency Enforcement Starts This Sunday! Do You Know Who Your Chatbots Are? We Break Down the Commission’s Guidelines on Transparency Below
On Thursday 30 July, the European Commission issued a press release advising that EU AI Act enforcement begins this SUNDAY, 2 August 2026, when the Act’s transparency rules start to apply. Chatbots and other interactive AI systems need to be ready to identify themselves. Deepfakes and AI generated content needs to be labelled. There are…
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Space Infrastructure: An Emerging Asset Class
Space related assets are becoming investable for infrastructure investors, but not uniformly and not on conventional terms….By: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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California’s New Digital Products Tax: Key Points Raised During CDTFA Listening Session
On July 21, 2026, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) held a listening session, allowing interested parties to raise questions and discuss issues regarding Senate Bill (SB) 122’s application of California’s new tax on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and other digital products….By: DLA Piper
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Superior Court Upholds Stacking Waiver Despite Substituted‑Vehicle Policy Amendment
Erie Ins. Exch. v. Beutler, No. 2095 EDA 2025, 2026 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1570 (Pa. Super. Ct. June 16, 2026) – In this non-precedential decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court confirmed the precedent set by prior decisions of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that substitution of an automobile on an insurance policy does not require that…
