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Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito
Many corporate interests that have donated to the president’s pet project have business before his administration.
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Fed Governor Defends Call for Big Rate Cuts
In a wide-ranging interview, Stephen I. Miran discussed why he thinks concerns about inflation are overblown and his worries about the economy if the Federal Reserve does not rapidly lower interest rates. Here is a full transcript.
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Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look.
These extreme maps may not be likely, but they might soon be legal, with temptations to go further than ever before.
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Shutdowns, Obamacare and the Risks of Bargaining for Policy Wins in a Crisis
A 2013 attempt to leverage minority power in a health care fight blew up on Republicans. Can today be different for Democrats?
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How Everyday Curiosities Drive Breakthroughs in Science and Innovation
I’ve always been fascinated by the way a simple, offhand question can spark a journey of discovery. As a kid, I remember sitting in the backyard, watching ants march in a line, and wondering how they knew where to go. That little curiosity led me to check out a library book on insects, igniting a…
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Federal Reserve Governor Barr Highlights Gaps Regulators Must Bridge Under GENIUS Act
On October 16, Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr delivered remarks highlighting the significant implementation gaps regulators must bridge under the GENIUS Act, the newly enacted federal framework for payment stablecoins. Barr’s comments centered on areas where the statute leaves critical details to regulators, including reserve composition, supervisory authority, and consumer safeguards, which will determine whether…
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Insider Threat: Client Considerations and Justifications
The Threat – Malware usage by adversaries has reportedly declined. Partly due to sophisticated detection methods commonly deployed by medium to large organisations….By: DLA Piper
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A Look Ahead: Major Industry Trends Our Healthcare Team is Tracking
Leaders from across Sheppard Mullin’s national healthcare team gathered in Dana Point, California, for a day-long strategy session led by Co-Leaders, Eric Klein and Amanda Zablocki, to discuss the most impactful trends shaping the future of healthcare and how to best support our clients….By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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Glass Lewis Abandons Benchmark Voting Policies
Glass Lewis, one of the two large proxy advisory firms to institutional investors, announced earlier this month that it would no longer employ standardized “benchmark” voting policies, but instead customize policies on a client-by-client basis. It explained the shift by citing “[r]apid advances in technology, especially AI, that are enabling highly customized approaches to voting,”…
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House/Senate Advance AI Provisions Via NDAA, Kicking Off Conference Process
On October 9, 2025, the Senate passed its National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA; S. 2296) by a vote of 77 to 20. The GAIN AI Act, which would require chipmakers to give U.S. customers priority access to advanced semiconductors before selling abroad, is notably included in the Senate-passed package, which also…
