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Inside the White House, a Debate Over Letting Ukraine Shoot U.S. Weapons Into Russia
After a sobering trip to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.
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The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok
An internal analysis found nearly twice as many pro-Trump posts as pro-Biden ones on TikTok since November, a sign of the right’s use of a liberal-friendly platform.
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Biden Plans to Give Kenya Key Ally Designation During Its Leader’s Visit
A “major non-NATO ally” is a country whose military has a strategic working relationship with the United States.
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A.I. Promised to Upend the 2024 Campaign. It Hasn’t Yet.
With less than six months until the 2024 election, the political uses of A.I. are more theoretical than transformational. “This is the dog that didn’t bark,” said one adviser to a Democratic donor.
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Some Prominent Silicon Valley Investors Shift to the Right
Marc Andreessen, Chamath Palihapitiya and several other tech venture capitalists are increasingly criticizing President Biden and making their disaffection known in an election year.
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How Technology is Changing the Way We Date A Look into the World of Online Dating
Dating has always been a complex and ever-changing landscape, from traditional courtship rituals to modern day swiping on dating apps. But one thing is for sure, technology has completely transformed the way we date and find love. Gone are the days of meeting someone organically at a bar or through a mutual friend, now it’s…
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Final HIPAA Privacy Rule Provides New Protections for Reproductive Health Care Information
On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final 2024 Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the “Rule”). The Rule was developed in response to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the precedents protecting a constitutional right to abortion….By:…
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Supreme Court Holds Invalid Cholesterol Drug Patent That Covered Millions of Undisclosed Antibodies
In Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, the Supreme Court unanimously held that “[i]f a patent claims an entire class of processes, machines, manufactures, or compositions of matter, the patent specification must enable a person skilled in the art to make and use the entire class.” That is, “the specification must enable the full scope of the…
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Avoiding Cybersecurity Incident Overdisclosure: Helpful Guidance
In a statement yesterday, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance commented on the relatively new Form 8-K Item 1.05 requirement. Last summer when the SEC adopted the final rules relating to cybersecurity incidents, the rules included a new requirement under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K relating to the occurrence of an incident…
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Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor’s Signature
In a significant legislative development, the Illinois House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved Senate Bill 2979, with a vote of 81 to 30, which amends the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to limit damages to one violation per individual, rather than each instance their biometric information is captured, collected, disclosed, redisclosed, or otherwise disseminated.…
