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A sharp rise in artificial intelligence-related disclosures on Form 10-K filings, combined with an increase in AI regulation, indicate that AI-related statements may be the subject of future legal scrutiny.

Recent efforts by PwC to train new associates on AI tools are sensible and necessary responses to how quickly technology is reshaping professional work. But they also point to a deeper industry shift.

Companies and practitioners should expect 2026 to be less about crafting new regulations for crypto and more about refining, connecting, and operationalizing the ones already in place.

President Donald Trump’s executive order on artificial intelligence could lead to a national standard that reduces AI compliance costs and maintains global competitiveness.

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Federal employees alleging the Trump administration fired them in retaliation for their politics will need judges and an independent body that handles federal worker disputes to determine how established First Amendment and civil service protections apply to their terminations.

A series of novel fiduciary lawsuits over supplemental benefits is testing a new legal tactic against insurance brokers, which have so far dodged major legal liability for rising health-care costs.

A looming $85 billion deal to form the nation’s first transcontinental freight railroad is dividing organized labor as a federal body considers a merger application filed Dec. 19 by Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp.

Recent efforts by PwC to train new associates on AI tools are sensible and necessary responses to how quickly technology is reshaping professional work. But they also point to a deeper industry shift.

A district court’s summary judgment ruling against a business payments company was mostly affirmed Tuesday after a federal appeals court held it used deceptive advertising practices in its fuel card program.

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Federal employees alleging the Trump administration fired them in retaliation for their politics will need judges and an independent body that handles federal worker disputes to determine how established First Amendment and civil service protections apply to their terminations.

Tysen Duva, the veteran line prosecutor President Donald Trump tapped to lead the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, steps into a powerful role attorneys see as a target for political influence that his predecessor partially deflected.

A sharp rise in artificial intelligence-related disclosures on Form 10-K filings, combined with an increase in AI regulation, indicate that AI-related statements may be the subject of future legal scrutiny.

Recent efforts by PwC to train new associates on AI tools are sensible and necessary responses to how quickly technology is reshaping professional work. But they also point to a deeper industry shift.

Companies and practitioners should expect 2026 to be less about crafting new regulations for crypto and more about refining, connecting, and operationalizing the ones already in place.