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Chicken Artichoke Melts
Here, a simple but sublime mixture of chopped artichoke hearts, grated parmesan cheese, garlic powder and a touch of cream cheese is piled onto chicken breasts and baked until the topping melts lusciously onto the chicken and forms a creamy, artichoke dip-like layer.
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Miss Manners: A stranger offered to pray for my friend
A letter writer’s friend was embarrassed by a stranger offering to pray for her.
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Trump escalates false attacks on Biden as some Republicans push toward impeachment
In campaign speeches, the former president repeatedly exaggerates and misrepresents claims about Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings.
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Did a doctor order her left ‘dead or alive’? Revisiting an abortion tale
Interviews and contemporary newspaper articles call into question some claims made by “Penny,” a woman cited by Gov. Ron DeSantis in the August GOP debate
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Jan. 6 Rioters Have Been Held to Account. That Might Be the Easy Part.
With leaders of the far-right groups that helped drive the attack on the Capitol sentenced to long prison terms, attention is shifting to the fraught process of prosecuting Donald Trump.
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PTAB/USPTO Update – September 2023
On August 31, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board published its updated Oral Hearing Guide. Changes reflected in the update include the addition of an all-virtual hearing option for AIA trials, updated information on how the public may request to view a PTAB hearing, clarification of procedures for submitting demonstratives for ex parte appeals…
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MAS finalises its policy position on the regulation of stablecoin-related activities
The MAS has finalised its regulatory approach for stablecoin-related activities. The finalised approach is substantially similar to what was originally set out in its consultation paper on the same issued on 26 October 2022. While we await the MAS’ issuance of the draft amendment legislation, we set out in this note a summary of the…
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California’s New AI Executive Order Lays Groundwork for Employers and Businesses: Your 10-Step Action Plan
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a groundbreaking executive order today charting a course for the business community given the explosion of artificial intelligence use across all industry sectors – and employers should use this development to take their own steps to prepare for a new tomorrow. The mandate not only calls on state agencies to…
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Rescheduling and the UN Single Convention on Narcotics
Will the United States Attorney General, via the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) follow the recent recommendation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III? The plain language in the United States Controlled Substances Act (the “CSA”) compels DEA to do so, but there is speculation that…
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Court Victory for Treasury and Indictment of Tornado Cash Founders Highlights AML and Sanctions Risks for DeFi Crypto Platforms
In a long-awaited decision involving the cryptocurrency “mixer” Tornado Cash, a U.S. district court on August 17, 2023, upheld the broad authority of the Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury’s) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to sanction non-U.S. associations operating in the cryptocurrency decentralized finance (DeFi) space….By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP