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New Texas AI Act Takes Effect
The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) takes effect Jan. 1, 2026 andlimits the use of AI for social scoring and activities that legislators say violate constitutional rights. It also sets up a regulatory sandbox for testing and create an Artificial Intelligence Council to provide guidance.
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Rate Volatility Puts Legal Market At Crossroads
The legal market finds itself at a crossroads as rate volatility, reputational premiums and the increased impact of artificial intelligence are expected to reshape the rules of client engagement in the coming year, according to a new report by Wolters Kluwer.
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Legal Experts Say Federal Enforcement of White-Collar Crime Laws Has Significantly Receded Under the Trump Administration
Federal enforcement of laws against white-collar crime has significantly receded under the Trump administration, with regulators and prosecutors pulling back from the front-end rules meant to stop money laundering and foreign bribery before it occurs, according to legal experts.
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Digital Visibility: An Important Measure of Competitiveness
A recent 9Sail study offers a unique, more scientific and tactically valuable comparative perspective to the traditional ranking of firms by revenue — and how those ranking influence brand and digital value as well as impact the actions of clients or others.
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Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment Claim on Liability for Decomposition of Slab Over Garage UnitBreach of Fiduciary Duty Claim for Failure to Investigate Violations
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The Expansion of Expensing Depreciable Property Under the OBBBA
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a number of significant changes to the tax law. Among these was the expansion of rules governing the upfront expensing of certain depreciable property. While the changes are largely favorable to taxpayers, there are several potential traps for the unwary.
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Recent Supreme Court and Second Circuit Decisions Have Reshaped Wire Fraud and Honest-Services Fraud Law
The limits on wire fraud prosecutions are continuing to evolve, with courts pushing back on further narrowing the scope of the wire fraud statute post-Ciminelli and Percoco.
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Mid-Trial Settlement of Racing Teams’ Antitrust Suit Against NASCAR
In 23XI Racing LLC v. National Association of Stock Car Racing LLC (NASCAR), racing teams 23XI and Front Row Motorsports Inc. sued NASCAR, including over the latter’s inclusion of a waiver clause in agreements that permit teams to compete in NASCAR’s pinnacle Cup Series.
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Real Property Law
Retroactive Application of FAPA Does Not Violate State Constitution; Retroactive Application of FAPA Does Not Violation Contracts Clause; No Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Claim for Partition and Sale; Interest of Heirs Extinguished By Adverse Possession; Sister’s Adverse Possession Claim Against Brother Dismissed
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