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Podcast - The Datasphere: Governing Data Beyond Borders

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The datasphere is a complex adaptive system encompassing not only all types of data but also the dynamic, cross-border interactions between groups of people and the norms that govern them. Current data legislation remains...more

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Market Reaction or Overreaction? Anthropic’s Legal Plugin and the Facts So Far

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The legal technology sector experienced a jarring trading session on February 3, 2026, when the announcement of a single software product triggered sharp declines across stocks belonging to some of the industry’s most...more

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Dispatches from J.P. Morgan Week | Life Sciences Snapshot – Q1 2026

US life sciences venture activity in Q4 2025 reflected a market that remains selective. While overall dealmaking continued to slow, capital deployment held up, reinforcing a multi-year shift toward concentration in fewer,...more

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[Webcast Transcript] eDiscovery Lessons for 2026: Spotlighting the Top ESI Cases and Trends from 2025

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The legal profession faces an unprecedented challenge in 2026: how to apply decades-old discovery rules to AI systems, ephemeral communications platforms, and automatically generated content that can run into the billions of...more

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The End of Exact Change: Executive Strategies for a Post‑Penny Economy

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The decision by the U.S. Mint to cease production of the one-cent coin — driven by the unsustainable reality that each penny costs 3.69 cents, nearly four times its face value — marks a fundamental and immediate shift in...more

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The Great Power Up: Navigating America’s Surging Demand for Electricity

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The United States is entering an energy demand supercycle unlike anything seen in decades. The U.S. experienced a major build out of new power plants in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, but that boom collapsed abruptly...more

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2026 Transportation Policy Outlook: How Infrastructure Funding, FAA Modernization, and Autonomous Vehicle Policy Will Shape the...

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After historic investment in transportation and infrastructure during the Biden administration, stakeholders are pushing for sustainment. As we enter the compact but active midterm election year legislative calendar, the...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Claude Legal AI? What's Next in the Evolution of Legal AI and Where Managed Innovation Fits

The speed of AI innovation is breathtaking. In just the past few weeks, tools like Anthropic’s Claude AI legal plug-in have surged into the spotlight, reshaping how professionals think about research, drafting, and decision...more

McCarter & English, LLP

FDA Modernizes Draft Guidance on Statistical Methods to Support Clinical Trial Data

Consistent with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) commitment to streamlining the prescription drug and biologics approval processes by adopting innovative approaches to clinical trial design, the agency recently...more

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Florida Launches Enforcement Unit Targeting Foreign Data Collection

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On February 5, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind specialized civil and criminal unit, named Consumer Harm from International and Nefarious Actors or “CHINA” for short....more

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Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies When a FOIA Request Is “Received” If Quarantined by Email Security Software

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Takeaway: Public bodies should treat a FOIA request as “received” the moment it enters their email system, not when it is discovered after being quarantined, filtered, or otherwise delayed internally. To avoid missing...more

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Delaware Law Alert: New Perspectives on Earnouts

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The Delaware Supreme Court has clarified important aspects of Delaware law in the context of an earnout dispute that the Delaware Chancery Court decided in favor of the sellers in 2024. We analyzed the Chancery Court’s...more

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Tennessee Deepens Investment in Nuclear Industry

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In his final State of the State address on February 2, Governor Bill Lee announced that his budget request for the 2026 legislative session will include an additional $25 million for Tennessee's Nuclear Energy Supply Chain...more

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Proposed Florida Legislation Creates New Regulatory Framework for Hyperscale Data Centers

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Florida's 2026 Legislative Session is underway, and lawmakers there have introduced several bills that would regulate how hyperscale data centers are to be developed and operated in the state. This Holland & Knight alert...more

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Congress Reauthorizes CISA 2015 Through September – But Then What?

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The landmark Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has been reauthorized retroactively from its original September 30, 2025 expiration for a limited one-year period. This development was the result of the...more

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EBA draft single programming document

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its draft single programming document (SPD) for 2027–2029, outlining its strategic priorities and resource needs over the three‑year period. The EBA confirms it will focus on...more

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AI Trends for 2026 – Investor Discipline Supplants AI Valuation Euphoria

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As 2025 came to a close, the crescendo of discourse around whether the “AI bubble” was ready to burst was hard to avoid. Looking ahead to 2026, whether skepticism toward AI companies and their respective valuations will...more

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EU Commission looks to strengthen EU Cybersecurity Resilience and Capabilities

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On 20 January 2026, the European Commission proposed a new cybersecurity package, aimed at strengthening the EU’s cybersecurity resilience and capabilities. The package includes a revised Cybersecurity Act (“CSA“) and...more

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South Carolina Enacts Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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Key point: The law, which went into effect at signing, contains significant design and development requirements, requires independent third-party audits, and can be enforced against officers and employees. On February 5,...more

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Upskilling and Partnering Ease the Way to Successful AI Implementation

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This year’s Law Department Operations survey reports that close to 80% of legal department operations teams are responsible for technology selection and deployment as part of their overall charter....more

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Migrating from Traditional Algorithms to Post-Quantum Cryptography: What Your Organization Needs to Know

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Over the past several years, there has been a steady drumbeat of warnings about the impact of quantum computing on traditional encryption methods, with consistent calls for organizations – both within the federal government...more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Year in Review 2025

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After four years of unpredictably aggressive—and often controversial—merger review, the expectations were that under the new leadership, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s review of life sciences transactions would return...more

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Federal Circuit Review | January 2026

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Knobbe Martens’ 2025 Federal Circuit Year in Review report, covering over 50 of the most noteworthy patent-related Federal Circuit decisions issued last year, is now available! The report provides in-depth analysis from...more

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Congress Enacts AI Provisions in Five-Bill Spending Package

On February 3, 2026, the House passed the Senate-approved fiscal year (FY) 2026 five-bill spending package (H.R. 7148) via a vote of 217-214, sending the measure to President Trump and ending the partial government shutdown....more

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FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for February 2026 Meeting

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced that it will hold its February Open Meeting on Wednesday, February 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Details on the four items expected to be considered at the Open...more

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