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The Economy Is Finally Stable. Is That About to Change?
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s proposals on tariffs, immigration, taxes and deregulation may have far-reaching and contradictory effects, adding uncertainty to forecasts.
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A 7-Eleven Heir’s $50 Billion Fight to Keep the Company in the Family
A battle for control of the chain shows how traditional business models embraced by family owners are clashing with a more shareholder-centric approach.
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Inside Disney’s Decision to Settle the Trump Suit Against ABC News
Talks started and finished on the same day, after Disney decided that fighting the lawsuit could potentially hurt the company and protections for the press.
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What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Final 2024 Rate Decision
Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to cut interest rates, but investors will focus on hints about what comes next.
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Why Democrats’ Version of ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn’t Taking Off
A movement by some Democratic voters to investigate the results of the 2024 presidential election mirrors a push by Republicans in 2020. But it’s struggling.
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Plugged In: An EV Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 10
More than 3.3 million Americans own an electric vehicle (EV). In July 2024, the federal government reported that there were approximately 177,000 publicly available commercial-speed EV charging stations available in the United States while some estimates suggest that more than a million publicly-available charging stations will be needed by 2030 or shortly thereafter to meet…
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Board Governance in the Age of AI: Navigating Risks of Note-Taking Tools
Recently, during a virtual meeting of a board-of-directors committee, the chair noticed one of the absent committee members had suddenly appeared in attendance. But after closer review, the chair realized it was not the human board member who had joined, but rather, the member’s “AI assistant” that automatically joins any meeting listed on the missing…
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Give the People What They Want (and What They Want Are More and More Clean Electrons)
As we put this post-election issue of Climate Law Matters together, my colleagues and I noticed an interesting common thread in our reflections: without minimizing the impact a negative turn to federal policy could have on many fronts in the fight against climate change, we share the belief that the data tells us something profound…
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Key Proposals from the CY 2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule
On November 26, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year 2026 proposed rule for the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (“Part D”), Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (the “Proposed Rule”). Likely one of the last significant Medicare reform…
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US Supreme Court Dismisses NVIDIA Appeal As Improvidently Granted
On December 11, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a one-sentence decision dismissing the appeal—after having already heard oral argument—in a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a technology company and certain of its officers. NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, No. 23-970. The Court’s…
