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Edit (February, 2023): CFIA completed its consultation in July, 2022 and published its findings in a “What We Heard” report in February, 2023. You can read this report here. Edit (August, 2022): with the introduction of amendments to the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations in July of 2022, restaurants and similar enterprises are now exempt…
It is uncontroversial that the climate impact of new oil and gas extraction projects must be assessed before states can grant a permit. A more controversial question is whether this requirement is limited to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are directly emitted by these installations, or whether it extends to emissions caused by the combustion…
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After years of contractual entanglements, public disputes and strategic reinvention, Taylor Swift has achieved something few global recording artists have: She now owns the master recordings of her entire musical catalog. On May 30, 2025, Swift announced that she had acquired the copyrights in her original masters from Shamrock Capital—the private equity firm that purchased…
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The rapid growth of electricity demand from data centers has emerged as a major challenge for the U.S. power sector. Much of this demand is being driven by the deployment of large learning models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI). These workloads require large-volume, high-uptime computational infrastructure, and correspondingly large, reliable power supplies. Combined with…
Termination provisions are the most frequently litigated contractual clause within any employment agreement. This is because of the money that can be at stake. Where successfully challenged as unenforceable, the affected individual usually stands to accrue a significantly increased severance entitlement. Conversely, a finding of this nature may set an unwanted precedent for the employer…
Karol Nawrocki will be Poland’s next president after he defeated Rafał Trzaskowski in the Polish presidential election on 1 June. Bartłomiej Kot writes that Nawrocki is likely to promote closer alignment with Donald Trump and a tougher stance on both Ukraine and the EU. Karol Nawrocki’s narrow victory in Poland’s presidential election marks more than…
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Rules concerning legal malpractice litigation are unique, difficult and adhered to. Rules about appellate records are even more specific and adhered to. In Lubin v Arnold E. DiJoseph, P.C. 2025 NY Slip Op 03057 Decided on May 21, 2025 the Appellate Division, Second Department dismissed a pro-se appeal from a pro-se litigation of a legal…
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By Lisanne Hummel* Introduction Europe’s capacity for innovation has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, recently fueled by reports from Draghi and Letta that highlight a widening innovation gap between Europe, China, and the U.S. With escalating geopolitical tensions and the increasing urgency for Europe to maintain independent competitiveness in especially digital markets, the…
.TOP Registry is off the ICANN naughty step, almost a year after it became the first registry to be hit by a public contract-breach notice over ICANN’s latest rules on DNS abuse. The Org took the highly unusual step yesterday of publishing a blog post drawing attention to what it clearly sees as a big…
