5/15/2026 4:51:39 PM NMTC Summit Takeaways: Key Themes Foley Heard in Miami By Nick Kitzman Foley’s New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) team attended the recent Cohn Reznick NMTC Summit in Miami, where community development entities...
5/11/2026 9:02:39 PM Rebuilding the Thymus: AI, Regenerative Medicine, and the Emerging Biotechnology of Immune Longevity By Oyvind Dahle This recent Nature article by Bernatz et al. particularly piqued my interest because years ago I did scientific research on thymic...
4/15/2026 7:37:39 PM Those Unpredictable Teen Years: A Practical Guide to Considerations for Maturing ESOPs By Kathleen Bardunias Gage Maurer Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have proven to be powerful tools for aligning employee interests with company success and creating...
4/15/2026 7:30:40 PM Demystifying the Duty of Prudence: DOL Proposes ERISA Safe Harbor for Designated Investment Alternatives in Retirement Plans By Amy Ciepluch Sam Adams On March 31, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed regulation (the Proposed Regulation) creating a new safe harbor for...
4/6/2026 3:00:10 PM NAIC Spring 2026 Meeting Update: Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group By Chad Tucker Summary and Takeaways The Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group is considering Proposal 2025-16-L MOD on collateral loans, which...
4/6/2026 2:50:10 PM EPR Litigation Expands to Colorado as Industry Targets Program Design By Nick Johnson Betsy Stone Arata Kaku-McGowan Colorado has become the newest battleground state in the growing battle over Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. A national...
3/31/2026 9:23:09 PM Coming Soon to Procurement Contracts – A Contract Clause Prohibiting Certain DEI Activities By Dan Kaplan Jeff Kopp Frank Murray Erin Toomey +1 more... Show less On March 26, 2026, the President issued Executive Order 14398 titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.” The Order...
3/30/2026 7:59:09 PM The “But For” Dilemma – How Proposed Texas Public Utility Commission Large Load Interconnection Rules Impact Government Incentives Strategies By David Cabrales John Sepehri Companies seeking governmental incentives for expansion or relocation projects, such as tax abatements or state-level grants, must...
3/25/2026 3:36:10 PM NAIC Spring 2026 Meeting Update: Homeowners Market Data Call (C) Task Force By J.J. Silverstein Matt Citrin Summary and Takeaways: The Homeowners Market Data Call (C) Task Force provided an update on the remaining implementation steps for the...
3/24/2026 4:47:39 PM NAIC Spring 2026 Meeting: Third-Party Data and Models (H) Working Group – March 23, 2026 By J.J. Silverstein Matt Citrin Summary and Takeaways: The Third-Party Data and Models (H) Working Group continues to move its Third Party Regulatory Framework...
3/17/2026 9:37:12 PM Oregon DEQ Issues Enforcement Letters and Vows Not to Refund Fees Following Temporary Injunction that Questions Constitutionality of EPR Law By Nick Johnson Betsy Stone Arata Kaku-McGowan In early February, a federal district court held that Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) recycling law is likely...
3/12/2026 5:27:08 PM What To Do If You Receive an NAIC AI Systems Evaluation Tool Pilot Request By J.J. Silverstein Peter Stockburger Nick Paquette Summary & Takeaways: The NAIC’s AI Systems Evaluation Tool Pilot Project has begun generating domiciliary regulator requests for...
3/9/2026 2:02:40 PM Targeted Healing Before Birth: Placenta-Derived Stem Cells in Prenatal Repair of Spinal Defects By Antoinette Konski Neural tube defects are among the most challenging congenital conditions in medicine, with a devastating burden on patients, families,...
3/5/2026 6:06:39 PM Prompt Injection: Social Engineering Attacks on AI By Steve Millendorf Today's AI models suffer from a critical flaw. They lack human judgment and context that makes them vulnerable to what security...
2/24/2026 9:52:11 PM Bridging AI and Clinical Reality: Lessons from the Mayo Clinic Platform in Precision Medicine By Antoinette Konski Artificial intelligence is no longer a peripheral tool in personalized medicine. AI is becoming a central driver of how diagnostics,...
2/16/2026 5:01:40 PM Trump Administration Repeals Endangerment Finding: Why, and What Next? By Amanda Beggs Pete Tomasi Summary of Action Enacting what it called the “single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history”, on February 12, 2026, U.S....