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In the 20th century, nuclear technology was developed with the hope of tapping into a powerful new source of energy. But its potential for catastrophic destruction as a weapon of mass destruction became undeniable with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, devastating both cities and causing immense loss of life. … Read more
Drive through almost any American suburb now and there is a good chance a Flock Safety camera is reading your license plate before you reach the next stop sign. The cameras have spread to thousands of towns, homeowners associations and police departments, and the question residents keep asking is simple: is this legal? The honest … Read more
The data center backlash has gone national, and it is moving faster than the law that governs it. Trackers count hundreds of local pauses and prohibitions across dozens of states. San Marcos, Texas removed data centers from its list of allowed uses in June. Lysander, New York approved a six month pause. In New Jersey, East Orange introduced an ordinance barring … Read more
Eight days into a federal trial in Oakland, Meta stopped fighting. On August 26, 2026, the company and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general filed a proposed consent judgment and a joint motion to enter it, resolving claims that Instagram and Facebook were built to addict children and that Meta lied about it. The money is the … Read more
New Jersey has enacted one of the most aggressive data broker statutes in the country, and it did so in seventy-two hours. Assembly Bill A5328 was introduced on June 28, 2026, amended and passed by both houses on June 30 and signed by Governor Sherrill the same day as P.L.2026, c.25. For any business that buys, sells … Read more
There is a moment in every product launch when the gap between the promise and the reality becomes impossible to ignore. For the Trump Mobile T1 smartphone, that moment arrived from several directions at once. The phone was nine months late. It was no longer being marketed as made in America. The American flag printed … Read more
This article was originally published on Law360 in May 2026. Musk v. Altman, the highly anticipated technology trial of 2026, ended May 18 in Oakland, California — not with a verdict on the merits, but with a whimper: a ruling that Elon Musk simply waited too long to sue. A federal jury found unanimously that … Read more
A prediction market is a marketplace where participants buy and sell contracts tied to the outcome of future events. The price of each contract reflects the market’s collective assessment of how likely that event is to occur. A contract trading at $0.65 implies a 65% probability. The model aggregates information from many participants, often beating … Read more
New Jersey is no longer just talking about artificial intelligence. It is building the infrastructure, the capital networks and the talent pipelines that serious AI development demands. The NJ AI Hub, now fully operational in West Windsor, has moved from ribbon-cutting ceremony to first cohort in a matter of months, and the implications for entrepreneurs, investors … Read more
SUMMARY Federal courts now treat AI prompts, outputs and decision logs as discoverable evidence, applying standard discovery rules to a category of information most businesses have never thought to govern. Two landmark 2026 decisions, including United States v. Heppner, where a criminal defendant lost privilege protection over 31 Claude-generated documents, signal that unsupervised AI use creates … Read more
SUMMARY The SEC and CFTC have ended years of crypto regulatory ambiguity with a joint interpretation that sorts digital assets into five categories and tells the market which are securities and which are not. Promises matter most. A token becomes a security when its issuer makes specific commitments to buyers and stops being one when … Read more
Two juries delivered consecutive verdicts last week that could permanently reshape how social media platforms operate in the United States. On Tuesday, March 24, a New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from predators on Instagram and Facebook. On Wednesday, March 25, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and Google’s YouTube liable for … Read more