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How Nancy Pelosi Quietly Shaped California’s Redistricting Fight
Private meetings and longtime loyalties helped push what began as a something of a Democratic bluff into a full-fledged counteroffensive against President Trump.
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On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides
The second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of applications so far as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.
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How Nostalgia is Shaping the Future of Modern Cinema
Ah, nostalgia. The sweet, syrupy feeling that takes us back to the good old days when everything seemed simpler, and the biggest worry was whether Ross and Rachel would ever get it together. But here’s a fun twist: nostalgia isn’t just a comfy sweater we pull on during rainy days; it’s also becoming a blockbuster…
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Adequacy of the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework Survives Challenge
On September 3, 2025, the European General Court (General Court) dismissed an action challenging the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), developed to provide U.S. organizations with a reliable means to transfer personal data from the United States to the European Union, consistent with EU law….By: Epstein Becker & Green
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New Online Safety Codes Require Age Verification for Explicit Content
The eSafety Commissioner has registered new industry codes which, among other measures, will require certain online service providers to verify that users are 18+ before accessing certain content….By: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Texas Expands Data Broker Act Requirements
On September 1, 2025, the amendments to the Texas Data Broker Act (the Act) became effective. The Act, which originally came into effect on September 1, 2023, defines “data brokers” as business entities that derive their principal source of revenue from collecting, processing, or transferring personal data that they did not collect directly from consumers.…
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HHS Unveils Version 3.6 of the Security Risk Assessment Tool: What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to Know
Anyone who has wrestled with the HIPAA Security Rule’s risk‐analysis requirement knows that the government’s free Security Risk Assessment (“SRA”) Tool can be a practical starting point—particularly for resource-constrained practices that cannot justify a commercial governance-risk-and-compliance platform. Developed jointly by the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (“ASTP”), the…
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An AI Case Study: Proactive Compliance as a Service
While DLA Piper believed generative AI was the solution, we also suspected that off-the-shelf generative models would lack the accuracy, nuance, and consistency to work at scale….By: DLA Piper
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The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City
Gazans have had to load up their lives in search of refuge multiple times throughout the war. As thousands were forced to flee again this week, a Times photographer joined them heading south.
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Nepal’s New Government Calls Elections. Its Critics Cry Foul.
Sushila Karki, a former Supreme Court chief justice who was appointed as interim leader, made speed a priority in a process that other jurists deemed unconstitutional.