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Becoming the World’s Leading AI Continent: The Commission’s “AI Continent Action Plan”
The European Commission has shortly published its “AI Continent Action Plan” and, doing so, set itself no less a task than winning the global race for AI leadership and making Europe the leading AI continent. This shall be achieved by, inter alia, investing over EUR 200 billion to boost AI development in Europe and to…
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Balancing Leasing Acquisition and Environmental Risk in Data Center Projects
Buoyed by robust demand for large parcels of undeveloped land, the rise of artificial intelligence workloads, and the game-changing role that hyperscalers are playing, the real estate market for data centers is in a strong position….By: Morgan Lewis – Data Center Bytes
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United States: The Continuing Shift to Modern Money Transmission Laws
Within the past two months, three states have adopted the Money Transmission Modernization Act (MTMA). The governors of Virginia, Mississippi, and most recently Colorado, signed bills that implement the MTMA, and two other states are currently considering similar bills (Alaska and Nebraska)….By: K&L Gates LLP
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ESI Protocol Should Define “Documents” and Address Redaction Based on Irrelevancy
We the Protestors, Inc. v. Sinyangwe, 348 F.R.D. 175 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2024), makes several important points about the relationship between ESI Protocols and redaction of produced documents….By: EDRM – Electronic Discovery Reference Model
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Litigation Minute: Tough to Swallow: Increased State Regulation of and Attention on Contaminants in Food
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less – Until recently, state regulators largely deferred to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to scrutinize and regulate contaminants in food, such as heavy metals. In the past several years, however, states have taken an increasingly active role in regulating foods, not only from…
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Senate Bill 38 Challenges Judicial Control Over Food Injury Claims
In response to a controversial Ohio Supreme Court ruling, State Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) has introduced Senate Bill 38, which aims to put juries – as opposed to judges – in charge of determining liability when a consumer is injured by negligently prepared food. The bill stems from the Supreme Court’s ruling against Michael Berkheimer,…
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A Product Cannot Damage Itself: Ontario Court of Appeal Sets Aside Certification of Motor Vehicle Engine Class Action
Damage to a product resulting from a defect within the product constitutes presumptively unrecoverable pure economic loss. That is the conclusion of the Ontario Court of Appeal in North v. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, 2025 ONCA 340 and an important appellate clarification of the limited circumstances in which compensation is available for allegations of product…
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Beyond Safety & Effectiveness: Business Reasons to Prioritize Human Factors in Medical Device Design
To err is human. We have short attention spans and get distracted easily. We have unreliable memories and forget. We have a limited ability to process information, and we overgeneralize rules-of-thumb to the wrong situations. We are biologically driven to minimize mental and physical effort. We have a wide range of abilities and disabilities. Each…
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Judge Allows Deportation of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act
The president announced the planned change in U.S. policy during a speech at a Saudi investment forum at the start of the first major international trip of his second term. His meeting with Syria’s new leader will take place Wednesday.
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In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation
Israel’s government has publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis looms if food supplies are not restored.