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Miss Manners: How do I respond to nosy questions I don’t want to answer?
Is there a polite way to deflect a personal question you don’t want to answer?
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Biden to host Israel’s Herzog amid tensions between two nations
Biden’s meeting with Israeli president comes as Biden has been critical of Prime Minister Netanyahu
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Georgia Supreme Court rejects Trump petition to block election probe
The nine-member court unanimously dismissed the former president’s efforts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis from investigating him over allegations of 2020 election interference.
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Manchin still playing gadfly as Biden seeks to unify party for 2024
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) visited New Hampshire to deliver a message at odds with President Biden’s, continuing his role as an irritant while the president tries to shape a campaign message.
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Israeli President to Meet With Biden Amid U.S. Unease With Netanyahu
President Biden’s meeting with Isaac Herzog and accompanying declarations of support for Israel have masked strains between the White House and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Singapore Passes Online Criminal Harms Act
The Singapore Parliament recently passed the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA), which targets online content or activity that is criminal in nature or used to facilitate or abet crimes. The Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA) allows for directions to be issued to online service providers, other entities, or individuals, when specified criminal offences take place….By:…
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SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc.: XRP Considered an Unregistered Security in Institutional Sales but Not in Programmatic Sales or Other Distributions
In a long-awaited decision in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York held that Ripple Labs, Inc.’s (Ripple) XRP token is not, in and of itself, a security requiring registration. Although the decision is being regarded by many as a victory for both Ripple and…
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When is the composition of a product on the market prior art?
G1/23 – EPO Enlarged Board of Appeals of the EPO “available” (referral from T 0438/19) – Under which circumstances can the public prior use of a product constitute prior art for novelty or inventive step[s], specifically if the composition or internal structure of the product can only be analysed and or reproduced with difficulty?…By: Allen…
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European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Paves the Way for U.S. Companies to Begin Enrolling in the E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Program
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program website went live on July 17, and contains guidance documents for those companies wanting to know the costs and benefits of enrollment in the DPF program….By: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
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ChatGPT: Is Theft a Bug or a Feature?
ChatGPT has been making headlines lately. The lawyer who obtained fake judicial holdings from ChatGTP and then cited them in his brief to the court is the most recent example……By: Sunstein LLP