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s wilson these organizations require that their players compete in 8 12 specific tournaments to earn points and playing in non sanctioned tournaments will not earn players any points id points and rankings play a vital role in players overall reputation and earnings throughout their careers edara january 27 2026 sydney bruny january 26 2026 natalie afshar the robo market is on the rise january 26 2026 natalie afshar the robo advisory market has become a globally popular tool for financial institutions growing in prominence within the financial advice industry in particular kpmg adv ances in artificial intelligence ai enable robo advice platforms to deliver personalized investment advice tailored to individuals diverse needs and investment preferences id robo advisors use algorithms to automatically construct investment portfolios tailored to an individual s goals replacing the traditional need for a human advisor to select ideal investment options molly grace wsj the growth of the robo advisory market is driven by the increasing adoption of digital wealth management platforms and the rise in financial literacy particularly as investors turn towards mobile first advisory services that support continued market momentum yahoo finance this article will discuss the recent growth of the robo advisory market while focusing on the increased regulatory and legal risks that may impact financial institutions january 26 2026 natalie afshar january 22 2026 alec van wagoner stellantis shifts gears the future of the u s canada auto industry january 22 2026 alec van wagoner on october 14 2025 stellantis t he dutch h eadquartered automaker whose brands include jeep dodge chrysler and ram announced that it would invest 13 billion into the united states focusing on four states with existing facilities illinois ohio michigan and indiana stellantis stellantis plans to expand the facilities capabilities to produce new products for the company by growing u s production by 50 launching five new vehicles along with 19 product actions and adding more than 5 000 jobs across the four states id stellantis calls the investment the largest in its 100 year history id this post will examine the logistics of the plan its controversy within canada and its signaling of wider macroeconomic shifts january 22 2026 alec van wagoner january 21 2026 brandon black how the trump administration is pumping the brakes on the electric vehicle industry january 21 2026 brandon black the electric vehicle industry s once prosperous and promising future filled with biden era electric vehicle waivers and mandates now faces barriers from the trump administration ciara cook new automotive the most recen t blow stemmed from the one big beautiful bill act obbba which ended deductions offered to taxpayers buying a new electric or hybrid vehicle id this act along with trump s recent executive order has nudged industries to hedge their investments away from clean energy projects and toward oil and gas technologies weighing the once promising growth of the electric vehicle industry against the trump administration s intent to move away from clean energy id this post explains the clean energy credit why it was terminated as well as the effects on the automotive industry and consumers january 21 2026 brandon black january 16 2026 mohamed elbedawi innocent fun or a copyright nightmare january 16 2026 mohamed elbedawi actors are increasingly seeing videos of themselves but they don t remember taking them this is an issue hollywood actors talent agencies and studios are facing with artificial intelligence ai specifically openai s sora 2 wendy lee and samantha masunaga la times sora 2 g enerates realistic videos with synchronized audio from user entered text prompts openai sora 2 has technology that can generate recognizable properties or likenesses into deepfakes either friends copyrighted characters or famous likenesses winston cho hollywood reporter a deepfake is a vi deo that seems authentic but has been manipulated by ai sometimes used for disinformation or extortion government accountability office science technology assessment and analytics in one such video viewers can see michael ja ckson interacting with bryan cranston of breaking bad wendy lee and samantha masunaga la times thus the controversy revolves around who owns the copyrighted images and human likenesses that are utilized to create such videos id this post will discuss a brief overview of copyright law why sora 2 is alarming hollywood how agencies and studios are protecting their clients and intellectual property and the implications of the rising use of sora 2 and similar technologies january 16 2026 mohamed elbedawi january 15 2026 zach kamran amazon s prime problem the ftc pushes back on deceptive web design january 15 2026 zach kamran in june of 2023 the federal trade commission ftc fil ed suit against amazon com inc amazon for allegedly deceptively enrolling customers into its amazon prime prime membership program and making cancellation from the program excessively difficult prime provides access to exclusive digital content consumer deals and faster shipping for its estimated 197 million members jordan valinsky cnn the ftc s suit marks one of the more significant uses of consumer protection law against a technology giant of this scale caroline haskins wired the c ase centered around so called dark patterns subtle user interface designs and features aimed at manipulating consumer behavior ftc this post seeks to explain the ftc s complaint acknowledge the personal liability implications of the action and consider what the enforcement may suggest for corporate liability and consumer protections actions moving forward january 15 2026 zach kamran january 13 2026 olivia clarke gaining global influence via gaming the electronic arts acquisition january 13 2026 olivia clarke electronic arts ea the california based video game maker responsible for madden nfl and the sims recently announced in september of 2025 that it is going private in a landmark 55 billion deal nicholas miller lauren thomas wall street journal a consortium of fin ancial entities namely saudi arabia s public investment fund pif jared kushner s affinity partners investment fund and the massive private equity fund silver lake partners are jointly facilitating the leveraged buyout daniel stone center for economic and policy res earch as the terms stand the consortium will acquire 100 of ea and stockholders will be paid a staggering 210 per share which represents a 25 premium to ea s share price on september 25 2025 valued at 168 32 electronic arts while the deal has raised eyebrows for being the largest leveraged buyout since txu texas utilities was acquired for 32 billion in 2007 it has also raised concerns related to national security and foreign influence by saudi arabia michael liedtke and michelle chapman ap news the acq uisition reflects saudi arabia s ongoing effort to expand its global influence through interactive entertainment and sports while u s investors and political allies provide financial and regulatory cover the economist this post exa mines the key players of the acquisition their motives for pursuing such a legendary deal the regulatory hurdles the acquisition faces at the federal level and the possible social political implications of the deal january 13 2026 olivia clarke january 12 2026 macy moody preserving attorney client privilege in corporate internal investigations in light of firstenergy ruling january 12 2026 macy moody corporate law firms nationwide were relieved as attorney client privilege and the work product doctrine remained safeguarded in a recent decision the sixth circuit court of appeals had temporarily stayed a district court s decision requiring the disclosure of investigative materials related to the firstenergy corporation firstenergy bribery scandal scandal debra weiss aba journal after the s candal implicated firstenergy in funneling money to politicians to secure the passage of ohio house bill 6 the company s board of directors hired the law firms of jones day and squire patton boggs to internally investigate the allegations alison frankel reuters the dis trict court reasoned that because firstenergy sought counsel s advice for both business and legal purposes the communication did not fall under attorney client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine in re firstenergy corp no 24 3654 2025 wl 2335978 at 2 6th cir aug 7 2025 the sixth circuit disagreed stating th is approach gets it backwards and found that communications produced by law firms hired for the purpose of conducting internal investigations are protected by attorney client privilege and attorney work product doctrine id this post examines how the sixth circuit addressed the privacy issue raised by the district court s decision and analyzes the ruling s ramifications for corporate internal investigations as well as its broader effects on large corporate firms and law firm business practices january 12 2026 macy moody december 15 2025 sarah heineke once upon a time in trade secrets december 15 2025 sarah heineke the wu tang clan s secretive album once upon a time in shaolin is the unicorn of recorded albums everyone has heard of it but only few have listened recently this elusive album was at the center of a novel decision in new york federal court pleasrdao v shkreli no 24 cv 4126 pkc mmh 2025 wl 2733345 e d n y sept 25 2025 on september 25 2025 in evaluating the legal sufficiency of pleasrdao s argument and whether a jury could reasonably find a trade secret violation the court concluded that the album could qualify as a trade secret protected under the trade secret doctrine id aislinn keely law360 this holding wades into uncharted territory and opens the door to further trade secret protections of traditionally unprotected art forms aislinn keely law360 jennifer klausner davis gilbert this post explores the case surrounding the uniqueness of the wu tang clan album and the implications the decision can have for other creatives december 15 2025 sarah heineke november 25 2025 john baird opportunity zones 2 0 how the one big beautiful bill act refines and regulates community investment november 25 2025 john baird in 2017 the tax cuts and jobs act act created the notion of an opportunity zone oz to encourage private investment into economically disadvantaged communities blake christian holthouse the goal of an oz is to stimulate economic growth and job creation by offering tax incentives for investors in these communities id under the act a company that realizes a capital gain can reinvest the money in a qualified opportunity fund qof to defer capital gains taxes nancy anderson holland knight investments held for five to seven years before 2026 could reduce taxable capital gains by up to 15 id originally ozs were intended to end in 2026 but the one big beautiful bill act obbba makes the program permanent while refining the rules to better target truly disadvantaged areas id this post seeks to understand how the obbba reshapes ozs by narrowing eligibility to target the most disadvantaged tracts introducing qualified rural opportunity funds qrofs with enhanced incentives establishing a ten year re evaluation process to ensure designations remain accurate and imposing stricter compliance measures to prevent abuse and promote genuine community investment november 25 2025 john baird november 4 2025 skylar aviles the rise of nuclear power in big tech a strategic shift november 4 2025 skylar aviles in recent years the tech industry has made significant efforts towards securing sustainable and reliable energy sources these efforts are driven by the increasing energy demands of power developing artificial intelligence ai and data centers the increasing demands have led many technology companies to explore the clean energy capability of nuclear power for example tech giant meta agreed to purchase nuclear power from constellation s clinton clean energy center in clinton illinois on june 3 2025 stevens cnbs the meta deal encapsulates the growing importance of nuclear energy in the tech industry and sets a precedent for other tech companies looking to secure and invest in sustainable and reliable energy sources timothy gardners reuters this po st explains the key tenants of the deal the tech industry s move to nuclear power and the challenges of additional nuclear power usage november 4 2025 skylar aviles october 1 2025 brandon black a new day for foreign bribery cases october 1 2025 brandon black on february 10 2025 president trump signed executive order 14209 instructing the department of justice doj to pause all enforcement actions under the foreign corrupt practices act fcpa or the act the penultimate vehicle for foreign business corruption prosecution in the u s todd blanche department of justice however on june 9 2025 deputy attorney general todd blanche released a memorandum announcing that the doj would resume enforcing the fcpa albeit with a new approach that will tailor enforcement to cases that protect the interests of u s based firms id chris prentice reuters this article examines the executive order that paused fcpa enforcement and the doj s new approach to its enforcement october 1 2025 brandon black june 26 2025 michaela mctee the purpose and progression of adverse material effect clauses an interpretation by the british high court june 26 2025 michaela mctee delaware law british courts and a material adverse effect all converged in bm brazil a recent decision by the england and wales high commercial court that applied delaware law to interpret a material adverse effect mae clause in a cross border merger dispute bm brazil v sibanye ewhc 2566 oct 10 2024 mae clauses are used in sale and purchase agreements spa to give buyers protection against certain events in the merger and acquisition m a context allowing the buyer to terminate the contract between signing and closing bloomberg law although thes e clauses are commonly included in m a contracts findings that an event constitutes an mae occurred are few and far between glenn d west business law today while bm brazil pr ovides valuable insight on how courts analyze mae clauses courts remain unlikely to find an mae occurred in most cases charlotte eborall journal of international banking and financial law uk g lenn d west business law today this post discusses the details of the case the commercial court s holdings and the application of mae clauses to modern contract execution june 26 2025 michaela mctee may 9 2025 jane pyastolova a big footprint from the big four as kpmg enters legal market may 9 2025 jane pyastolova kpmg has established kpmg law us a subsidiary of kpmg llp becoming the first big four accounting firm to own a law firm operating in the u s legal market kpmg press release kpmg is a glo bal tax and advisory corporation with a workforce of more than 275 000 workers acr...