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David Harper And Brian Sims Outline Key M&A Considerations For Industrial Dealmakers In 2026

Bass, Berry & Sims attorneys David Harper and Brian Sims examine the critical factors shaping industrial and manufacturing M&A activity in 2026, focusing on how market participants can successfully navigate evolving technology risks, tariff uncertainty, and changing financing dynamics. The analysis identifies three priority areas for dealmakers: artificial intelligence and automation diligence, tariff and customs exposure assessment, and financing flexibility considerations.

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Algorithmic Pricing: How Retailers Can Personalize Without Losing Trust

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.

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Smarter Enforcement: How Importers Can Prepare For CBP’s New Era (Podcast)

In this episode of Simply Trade, hosts Lalo Solorzano and Andy Shiles sit down with Hugo Pakula, founder of Tru Identity, to explore a fundamental shift in customs compliance.

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California Court Answers The Question: When Do California’s Laws Prohibiting Consideration Of Arrests Protect Remote Workers?

In Saberin v. Alation, Inc., the Court of Appeal considered whether California’s “no-arrest-record” statute, Labor Code section 432.7, affords protections to employees who work in a different state.1 While noting how remote work has become increasingly common since the pandemic, the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s order refusing to vacate an arbitration award in the employer’s favor.

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Fast-Tracked But Not Frictionless: The Expanding Litigation Front Against The Data Center Boom

The rapid expansion of data centers to meet AI computing demands has triggered a wave of litigation across environmental, land-use, and regulatory fronts. As the Trump Administration pushes to fast-track data center development, local communities and advocacy groups are mounting legal challenges that raise novel questions about federal environmental statutes, state permitting processes, and the balance between infrastructure buildout and public engagement.

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Louisiana’s Behind The Counter Protection Act Expands Workplace Violence Protections

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U.S. Rescinds Syria’s State Sponsor Of Terrorism Designation

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AI: The Washington Report — August 2026 Edition

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The global migration to post-quantum cryptography is actively underway following NIST's release of finalized standards for quantum-resistant algorithms. For general counsel and IP attorneys, intellectual property concerns present significant challenges when transitioning to new cryptographic standards, particularly regarding third-party patent claims on algorithms like CRYSTALS-Kyber (ML-KEM).

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AI-Powered Call Transcription Tools Present Class Action BIPA Risk

AI-powered call transcription tools like Otter.ai are facing class action lawsuits under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for allegedly collecting voiceprints without proper consent. A federal court recently allowed claims to proceed, signaling potential legal risks for companies that provide or utilize these increasingly common meeting recording services.

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PTAB Reaffirms Broad’s Priority In CRISPR-Cas9 Interference

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has reaffirmed the Broad Institute's priority over the University of California in a high-stakes patent interference dispute involving CRISPR-Cas9 technology for eukaryotic cells. Following a Federal Circuit remand, the Board applied first-to-invent principles to determine which party successfully demonstrated conception and reduction to practice of this groundbreaking gene-editing system.

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The Trump administration has issued new rules limiting access to certain foreign-produced grid equipment, creating uncertainty and potential delays for utilities and project developers. More clarity is necessary about what specific equipment will be prohibited on top of a recent Federal Communications Commission ban on foreign power inverters.

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