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Category: Legal News
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Law and Govt. August 31, 2026: ‘Answer the question!’: Senators torch Soros-funded witness at fiery Minnesota Somali fraud hearing
Government Corruption and Immigration Enforcement this week: At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen.
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Law and Govt. August 24, 2026: Asia Crypto Regulation Updates: Key Moves in 2026
Crypto and Financial Regulation Updates this week: South Korea will launch a Serious Crimes Investigation Agency in October 2026 with a Joint Investigation Division; and Federal regulators gave preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency…
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Law and Govt. August 17, 2026: Australia Grassley-Hassan Counterfeit Bill Unanimously, VA District Judge Enters Stay
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: This week’s IP and tech policy roundup covers Pakistan’s celebration of an Australian court ruling that blocks; and A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has entered an administrative…
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Law and Govt. August 10, 2026: Buc-ee s Expands, Challenging Toxic Air Exemptions, China’s First AI Companion Rules, and more
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: The PTAB’s Appeals Review Panel issued a precedential ruling in Ex parte Baurin, clarifying the framework for; and The Trump administration has invoked a never-before-used Clean Air Act provision…
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Law and Govt. August 3, 2026: China’s U N, Outdated Protective Orders are Impeding, UK Supreme Court Revives Tesla’s, and more
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: China, for the first time, served as the uncontested penholder for the U.N.
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Law and Govt. July 27, 2026: AI industry has already spent, Int’l Criminal Court What Follows, Other Barks Bites, and more
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: AI and tech heavyweights—Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI’s Greg Brockman—have poured over $65 million into super PACs; and The ICC’s Assembly of States Parties voted 82-13 to remove Prosecutor Karim Khan…
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Law and Govt. July 20, 2026: Newsom’s Silicon Valley, Federal Circuit Partially Vacates Court, President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, and more
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: California Governor Gavin Newsom faces a defining moment in his final months as a wave of AI and social media; and The Federal Circuit partially vacated a $12.68 million copyright award against the U.S.
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Vetting Foreign AI Talent: Security Without Exclusion
Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: The Commerce Department’s June 12, 2026, letter to Anthropic requiring an export license for its Claude Mythos 5 and; and The Federal Circuit affirmed that two Dental Monitoring patents covering deep…
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Privacy, Safety, and Surveillance in, Californians can protect their, and more.
Privacy, Safety, and Surveillance in Tech this week: California’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) lets residents send a single request to hundreds of data; and The 2026 World Cup and America250 celebrations have triggered…
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AI Regulation and Export Control, U S Export Control, and more.
AI Regulation and Export Control Debates this week: Despite ambitious defense cooperation agreements signed during Secretary Rubio’s recent visit to New Delhi, U.