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We Need a Taxonomy: AI, Music, Rights, and the Future of Creative Agency
In my previous article, I posed nine questions to music industry leadership about AI and music. The first question was: What does “AI music” mean?…By: Venable LLP
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AI/Cybersecurity Suggested Summer Reading 2026
For a summer catch-up, we are pleased to offer a selection of some of our most-read client alerts from the past few months — and one of our most-listened-to podcasts — on AI and cybersecurity developments….By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Lilly’s Retatrutide Lawsuits Spotlight Expanding Enforcement Risk for the Peptide and GLP-1 Industry
On August 12, 2026, Eli Lilly filed six lawsuits against U.S companies for allegedly selling or facilitating access to unauthorized retatrutide products. The defendants are Aesthetic Envy Cosmetic Centers, Astra LLC, Legendary Peptides, Striker Pharmacy, Texas Peptides and Lone Star Peptide Co, and span several parts of the market, including online peptide sellers, a pharmacy…
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Recent Developments for Directors August 2026: A quarterly update for US public companies from the Public Company Representation Practice.
Sweeping proposals from the US Securities and Exchange Commission would revamp public company reporting and streamline access to public capital markets. The proposals could become effective as early as 2027 or, more likely, 2028….By: Latham & Watkins LLP
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Hospital Disclosure Programs: Frequently Asked Questions
If a hospital has reached out to you or someone you love after a medical error or unexpected outcome, you probably have more questions than answers right now. These FAQs walk through what hospital disclosure programs are, what your rights are, and how to support someone going through this, whether you’re the one directly affected…
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Live Updates: Hundreds Missing as Wall of Water Sweeps Away Villages in Nepal and Tibet
At least 160 people were killed when floods tore through a Himalayan river valley between Nepal and the Tibet region of China, the authorities said. Hundreds were missing, including foreign tourists.
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Trump’s Top Gaza Official Says Israel Is Jeopardizing the Cease-Fire
Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, criticized Israel for its ongoing strikes on what it says are Hamas targets, after it rejected a plan to disarm the group.
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I Will Always Love You: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)
When answering the Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire in 2012, the late Dolly Parton said her motto was “Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.” Parton’s life was lived to the fullest and cannot easily be summed up in words. She was a rhinestone that shined as bright as the stars, pulling others up…
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Shabana Amzi on Her Career, Vulnerability, and “Batwara 1947”
Ask any working actor today in the Hindi film industry, and chances are they’ll cite Shabana Azmi as an inspiration. Over a career of 160-plus films that began in 1974, not to mention a record five National Film Awards (India’s equivalent of the Oscars; the most won by any Indian actress), Azmi has demonstrated an…
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F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.