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Trump’s New Cybersecurity Executive Order: What Contractors Need to Know
On June 6, 2025, the Trump Administration released a new Executive Order (“EO”) on cybersecurity, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144. The Executive Order itself will not impose new obligations on agencies; instead, it strikes, amends, and updates certain provisions in prior Executive Orders…
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Artificial Intelligence or innocent ignorance? Hard lessons yield best practices
Artificial intelligence is a controversial but increasingly valuable arrow in the quiver of any litigator. While AI can provide great assistance to litigators in improving their efficiency, AI also raises ethical and professional concerns that continue to evolve. This article will briefly discuss some of the benefits of AI, the potential pitfalls surrounding the use…
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‘Take It Down Act’ Requires Online Platforms To Remove Unauthorized Intimate Images and Deepfakes When Notified
On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act“ (the “Take It Down Act“ or the “Act“). – In general, the Act prohibits any person from “knowingly publishing“ without consent intimate visual depictions of minors or non-consenting adults, or…
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Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update – June 2025
The Presidential Commission to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) has released its assessment identifying key drivers of childhood chronic disease, including poor diet and aggregation of environmental chemicals. The report said that ultra-processed foods (UPFs)—defined in the report as “packaged and ready-to-consume products that are formulated for shelf life and/or palatability but are typically high…
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At Least 10 Dead After Austria School Shooting, Police Say
The victims’ names and ages have not been released. The police said the gunman also died, in an apparent suicide. The attack in the city of Graz is among the worst school shootings in Europe in years.
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Gang Violence Grips Peru as Extortions and Killings Rise
Gangs are preying on local businesses, demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortion has traumatized many parts of the country.
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U.S. Teacher Seized by Russia Is Located in Prison
For months, the family of Stephen James Hubbard could not find him in the Russian prison system. New text messages cast doubt on his conviction.
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How Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?
That’s the challenge Lydia Wood, 31, has set herself. In the process, she is creating an archive of an important part of the city’s nightlife.
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With Sirens Screeching and Explosions in the Sky, Kyiv Struggles to Sleep
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks despite U.S. pressure to work toward a cease-fire. The strikes have intensified after Ukrainian drones hit Russian air bases.
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Pierre Huyghe’s Bracing Dark Mirror of A.I. Has Its U.S. Debut
The lauded French artist’s A.I.-generated videos, on view at the Marian Goodman Gallery, portray a human-machine connection through otherworldly imagery.
