The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published an interim final rule revising the entire regulations that govern its Vessel and Shipyard Financing Program, commonly known as the Title XI program. According to MARAD, the changes are intended to modernize the program, streamline requirements, and align the regulations with current federal financing practices.

On July 25, 2026, a Reddit user reported that the search operator site:claude.ai/share returned strangers' conversations with Claude. Tech reporter Beatrice Nolan covered it for Fortune two days later, cataloguing work notes, names, addresses, and cryptocurrency wallet keys sitting in the index.

The Protect College Sports Act is advancing through the US Senate, but critical questions remain unresolved that could fundamentally reshape college athletics. While the legislation addresses conference realignment and antitrust concerns, it leaves three pivotal issues undecided: whether student-athletes should be classified as employees, how Title IX applies to revenue-sharing payments, and whether international athletes on F-1 visas can legally receive such payments.

On Sunday, Sept. 29, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed California's most comprehensive attempt yet to regulate artificial intelligence in the state, the "Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial...

As artificial intelligence tools become embedded in enterprise workflows, organizations face a critical challenge: managing the information these systems create, retain, and delete. This article examines how AI-generated prompts, outputs, logs, and metadata create complex records management obligations that span privacy, compliance, litigation holds, and regulatory requirements, often conflicting with AI systems designed for ephemerality.

Louisiana is aggressively pursuing aerospace industry businesses with newly enacted tax incentives that provide state and local sales/use tax rebates and extend property tax abatements to aerospace manufacturing facilities.

On February 24, the Florida House and Senate released their initial tax proposals for the 2026 Regular Session. Both initial bills decouple from the corporate tax relief provisions...

On September 26, 2025, the European Commission (EC) published draft guidance on serious incident reporting requirements for high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act.

In today's digital landscape, AI chatbots have become go-to sources for information. However, a disturbing trend is emerging where bad actors—particularly Russia—are systematically manipulating these systems to spread false narratives.

The $5.4 trillion global maritime industry faces a perfect storm of cyber vulnerabilities, and a new government regulation aims to be the lighthouse guiding stakeholders to safer digital harbors.

On May 5, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments that would give public companies the option to file semiannual reports in lieu of quarterly...

Businesses are increasingly developing, procuring, and otherwise leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in a variety of ways. For those businesses, adopting a formal AI policy that governs the use...

President Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, has already resulted in significant changes to federal artificial intelligence (AI) policy...

In a previous installment, we navigated the emerging storm of legal holds and generative AI, outlining the new preservation duties for in-house counsel.

You are your company's in-house legal counsel. It's 3 PM on a Friday (because of course it is), and you've just received notice of impending litigation. Your first thought? "Time to issue a legal hold."

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has issued detailed new guidance on managing data protection risks in artificial intelligence (AI) systems used by EU institutions...

Prior authorization reform is suddenly everywhere. States are passing new laws. CMS has finalized sweeping interoperability rules.

For years, private plaintiffs challenging loot boxes in video games have run into a brick wall in federal court. State consumer protection statutes and the pivotal question of whether in-game virtual items constitute...

A Florida Circuit Court has ruled that the ballot language for Amendment 3, which proposes changes to homestead property tax exemptions, contains multiple defects that mislead voters about its true effects. The court found that the amendment's title and summary use emotional rhetoric, make improper conclusions, and fail to accurately describe how the measure would impact different classes of property owners and local government taxing authority. The Attorney General now has 10 days to prepare revised ballot

Every major US tech company now maintains a “trust and safety” function. But as AI chatbots become more embedded in consumer-facing services, a fundamental question remains: are they worthy of the trust that users place in them?