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Ankura's latest insights explore how organizations can transform data and analytics investments into actionable business value through decision intelligence, while addressing critical challenges in AI workforce readiness, cybersecurity threats, and regulatory compliance across multiple industries. The collection examines emerging opportunities in stablecoin regulation, healthcare data optimization, and procurement efficiency.

Explore insights on retail trends, digital asset regulation, sports integrity, AI governance, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how algorithmic pricing is reshaping customer experience, what California's DFAL means for crypto firms, and how AI is transforming deal-making across industries.

Explore insights on retail trends, digital asset regulation, sports integrity, AI governance, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how algorithmic pricing is reshaping customer experience, what California's DFAL means for crypto firms, and how AI is transforming deal-making and business operations.

Explore insights on retail trends, digital asset regulation, sports integrity, AI governance, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how algorithmic pricing is reshaping customer experience, what California's DFAL means for crypto firms, and how AI is transforming deal-making across industries.

Ankura's latest insights explore critical challenges across construction forensics, AI governance, cybersecurity threats, and retail transformation. From linear scheduling techniques in delay analysis to emerging GPU-based attacks and the evolving consumer value equation, these articles examine how organizations can navigate complexity, manage risk, and drive strategic value in rapidly changing markets.

Explore cutting-edge insights on construction scheduling techniques, AI governance strategies, cybersecurity threats, and retail transformation. Discover how maintenance drives manufacturing value, pharmaceutical companies navigate capital project uncertainty, and stablecoin issuers make critical regulatory decisions under the GENIUS Act.

TDK Ventures' 100X 2026 conference in Burlingame brought together founders, investors, and corporate leaders to explore the convergence of energy transition and digital innovation...

The 2026 midterms could fundamentally alter congressional oversight of telecommunications, media, and technology companies. With Democrats signaling aggressive investigations into affordability, corporate pricing, and regulatory favoritism, and Republicans continuing probes into government influence over content moderation, TMT sector stakeholders face heightened scrutiny regardless of which party controls Congress. This analysis examines the key oversight risks companies should anticipate and the strategic

Consumer subsector performance diverged sharply in Q2 2026, with Home & Outdoor and Durables leading a strong reversal driven by seasonal demand and tariff-refund tailwinds...

Explore Ankura's latest insights spanning cybersecurity threats, AI's impact on retail, stablecoin regulation, and research integrity challenges. Discover how emerging technologies and regulatory frameworks are reshaping industries from financial services to healthcare, while sophisticated cyber threats continue to evolve across critical infrastructure and enterprise platforms.

Recent trade secret case law reveals critical standards for proving misappropriation, from the Ninth Circuit's reversal of a $57 million judgment over incorrect jury instructions on the "not readily ascertainable" element, to the Eighth Circuit's requirements for adequate trade secret identification. Courts continue to refine extraterritorial application of the DTSA and standards for demonstrating actual use of allegedly misappropriated information.

The USPTO has released its latest economic impact report on IP-intensive industries, announced a new community engagement office in North Carolina, and issued several administrative updates including relief for Japanese applicants affected by a severe earthquake. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has also designated new precedential and informative decisions addressing obviousness-type double patenting and Markush groupings.

The Treasury Department and IRS have proposed a regulation that would revoke federal tax-exempt status for private educational institutions with policies or practices deemed to discriminate on the basis of race, including diversity-related programs. The rule eliminates previous safe harbors and raises significant questions about the scope of prohibited activities, potentially affecting scholarships, fellowships, and pipeline programs at schools nationwide.

As investment in data center infrastructure accelerates globally, disputes are emerging from contractual and investment-related risks that commonly accompany large-scale infrastructure projects. This analysis examines the growing wave of contractual claims among owners, contractors, and subcontractors, as well as investment treaty claims that may arise when governmental actions impact overseas data center developments.

A Council on Foreign Relations study group, including WilmerHale Senior Counsel Stephen Preston, has released a comprehensive report examining the critical state of America's defense industrial...

The SEC and FDA have formalized an information-sharing agreement that fundamentally changes how life sciences companies must approach their public disclosures about FDA interactions. This memorandum of understanding creates a direct pathway for the SEC to access previously confidential FDA records, including meeting minutes and Complete Response Letters, to verify the accuracy of companies' public statements.

When an internal investigation surfaces just before a filing deadline, how a company engages its external auditor in those critical first days can determine whether it meets regulatory requirements.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown released the state's first Data Privacy Report, examining how the modern data economy incentivizes personal information collection and retention. The report catalogs resulting harms and recommends that lawmakers strengthen privacy protections, enforcement, and public education while highlighting Washington's continued lack of a comprehensive consumer privacy statute despite inspiring other states' privacy laws.

Governor Abbott's recent directive has introduced significant delays and new verification requirements for large data center projects in Texas, creating unprecedented political and regulatory uncertainty. The directive pauses approvals for facilities over 75 megawatts while ERCOT conducts eligibility verification, potentially delaying projects by several months and signaling a dramatic shift in how Texas approaches data center development and grid reliability.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for investment contracts involving crypto assets. This landmark proposal introduces two new exemptions from Securities Act registration requirements—a Startup Exemption for offerings up to $5 million over four years and a Fundraising Exemption for offerings up to $75 million annually—while also providing a conditional safe harbor from the investment contract definition