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California Proposition 65: What In‑House Counsel Need to Know About the New Short-Term Warning Regulations
California updated the Proposition 65 safe harbor warning rules, effective January 1, 2025, with a three‑year transition through January 1, 2028. The short‑form warning now must name at least one specific chemical per applicable endpoint (cancer and/or reproductive toxicity) and may use the signal words “WARNING,” “CA WARNING,” or “CALIFORNIA WARNING.”…By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Ohio Appellate Decision Underscores Contract Terms in Equipment Failures
When a critical piece of heavy equipment fails, the financial consequences can be substantial from repair costs, downtime and lost revenue. For many businesses, the natural assumption is that these losses can be pursued through negligence or product-liability claims against suppliers or manufacturers. But a recent decision from the Fifth District Court of Appeals in…
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Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.
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Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Cyclone
Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an economic crash.
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How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.
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The Diplomat Who Was Accused of Sexual Abuse but Kept His Job
President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.
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Yasser Abu Shabab, Militant Leader Backed by Israel, Is Killed in Gaza, Official Says
Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin man in his 30s, was at the center of an Israeli project in Gaza to build up anti-Hamas militias.
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Jennifer Packer: Art at the Cosmic Edges of Longing
Where does a painter’s grief go? Onto the canvas, in spectral realms.
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Arthur Szyk: Spotlight Returns to a Forgotten ‘Soldier in Art’
An exhibition reckons with the revived legacy of an immigrant artist who created ornate illuminations and scathing caricatures of Nazism and the horrors of the Holocaust.
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RescueFest Opens with Restoration of Steve Buscemi’s Wonderful “Trees Lounge”
“Trees Lounge,” a movie that Roger Ebert called “the most accurate portrait of the daily saloon drinker I have ever seen” is going to open the 2025 RescueFest, a benefit for IndieCollect that starts tomorrow, December 5 at the Laemmle Monica. Star/writer/director Steve Buscemi will be there in person, and it’s just the start of…
