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The FDA knew long ago that red dye No. 3 causes cancer. Why did it take so long to ban it?
January 16, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the much-maligned red dye No. 3 will be banned in the United States because it has been…
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‘Big Four Fear’ Cycle Ramps Up for Law Firms as KPMG Moves to US
January 16, 2025
One thing is certain following news that KPMG is poised to obtain a license to operate an Arizona-based law firm: Here comes another fear cycle.
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‘Hard times are coming.’ An immigration raid in New Bedford 18 years ago may offer a glimpse of what’s to come.
January 16, 2025
For weeks after Ricardo Gómez Garcia was arrested at his textile job in the largest workplace raid in modern Massachusetts history, his autistic 4-year-old son…
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KPMG plan to launch US law firm opens new front for Big Four
January 15, 2025
KPMG is poised to become the first of the Big Four accounting firms to open a law firm in the United States, taking advantage of…
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Is TikTok’s time nearly up?
January 15, 2025
The clock appears to be winding down on TikTok’s future in the U.S. Beijing-based ByteDance, the firm behind the popular video-sharing website in the U.S.,…
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Texas Porn Law Has a First Amendment Problem
January 15, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court held 5-4 that the government couldn’t block minors from accessing pornography by requiring websites…
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Reducing Wildfire Risk Could Require Legal and Policy Change
January 15, 2025
Devastating wildfires are entering their second week in southern California. They have killed at least 23 people, forced more than 190,000 to evacuate, destroyed more…
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The deceptive politics of Trump’s Labor secretary nomination
January 14, 2025
An op-ed by Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs: Given the Republican Party’s track record on worker and union issues, and President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-union first…
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Harvard study suggests tactic for U.S. jails to reduce inmate deaths
January 13, 2025
County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation, according to new research by…
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An op-ed by Leah Plunkett: Chloe Joy Sexton is busy. She is raising three children, owns a bakery, is author of a cookbook, and is…
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As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency
January 13, 2025
A big economic package, mass deportations, maybe even some invasions of other countries. Oh, and one more item. “I’ll do my little thing tomorrow,” a…
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McDonald’s Joins The Stampede Of Corporations Retreating From DEI
January 13, 2025
McDonald’s just announced that it is revising its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program, claiming its previous DEI policy has achieved its goals. In a…
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Gen Z Man Left ‘Shocked’ by Plastic Levels in His Body
January 13, 2025
The phrase “you are what you eat” has never been more relevant—and it also extends to where your food is stored. With increasing studies shedding…
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Trump promises to ‘unban’ offshore drilling, reversing Biden
January 10, 2025
President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the U.S. coastline, the White House announced Monday, in a last-minute…
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Yes, Trump Could Declare an Economic Emergency for Tariffs
January 10, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: President-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering declaring a national economic emergency to give him legal cover to impose tariffs. Wait,…
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COLUMN: BlackRock and FDIC: A debate over control versus influence in U.S. banking sector
January 9, 2025
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and global asset manager BlackRock may face off early this year over the latter’s increasing bank ownership stakes. The…
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CEOs share the top red flags they see in employees: ‘You’re probably not going to stay here working that long’
January 9, 2025
If you want to land a job with billionaire Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab, you’d better be able to prove that you’re passionate about the aerospace…
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2024 was a record year for bankruptcies. Why?
January 9, 2025
There were a lot of companies that filed for bankruptcy last year — 694 of them. That’s up 8% from last year. And that makes…