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Sidney Powell’s Plea Deal Could Be a Threat to Trump
For the first time, prosecutors have the cooperation of someone who was closely involved in Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in office after his election defeat.
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Federal Prosecutors Reject Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case
The special counsel’s office said that Donald Trump’s assertion that actions he took as president were not subject to prosecution was unsupported by the Constitution or legal precedent.
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Biden Lays Out Stakes for America as He Seeks Aid for Israel and Ukraine
In a prime-time address, the president said the United States and the world bear the costs “when terrorists don’t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression.”
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On Israel, Progressive Jews Feel Abandoned by Their Left-Wing Allies
Jewish leaders and voters said they were taken aback to discover that many of their ideological allies saw them as oppressors who deserved blame following the Israel attacks.
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Navigating Data Ownership in the AI Age, Part 2: Frameworks Governing Data Ownership
The proliferation of AI-derived and processed data in the era of big data is occurring against a complex backdrop of legal frameworks governing ownership of and responsibilities with regard to that data. In a previous installment of this two-part series, the authors outlined challenges and opportunities presented by big data and AI-derived data. In this…
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Trade Finance in the Digital World – What Changes are Likely in the Coming Months and Years?
Foreword by Geoffrey Wynne – Much has been written – and will be written – about the need to digitise trade transactions. Less use of paper and greater speed and efficiency are some of the reasons for this. The availability of ‘tech tools’ in support of this objective increases almost daily and the potential use…
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2023 Proxy Season Results in Silicon Valley and Large Companies Nationwide
Broadly considered, stockholder activism has been a significant phenomenon among the largest U.S. public companies, with activists of a variety of stripes waging campaigns on a wide range of issues including in the form of stockholder proposals and voting activities. As such activism has continued to grow, it has spread to companies based in Silicon…
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Side Effects for PE Amid Changing EU Life Sciences and Healthcare Landscape
Substantial changes to the European life sciences and healthcare regulatory landscape are expected to reshape the sector. EU regulators have outlined a raft of reforms to modernise regulatory architecture, simplify product approval processes, enhance patient safety, and improve access to innovative health products….By: Latham & Watkins LLP
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Recent FDA Initiatives to Support Development of Individualized Cell and Gene Therapies and Rare Disease Therapies
Last month, FDA issued a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking information and comments from interested stakeholders regarding “critical scientific challenges and opportunities to advance the development of individualized cellular and gene therapies (CGTs).”…By: Goodwin
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Kwik Trip Announces IT Outage, Raising Concerns of Possible Data Breach
On October 17, 2023, Kwik Trip, Inc. posted a notice informing customers of an IT outage. While the company did not explicitly say that the outage was related to a cyberattack, it appears that is a distinct possibility. If the Kwik Trip outage was triggered by a cyberattack, it raises the question of whether any…