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On January 9, 2025, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the case of Tennessee v. Cardona, vacating the 2024 Title IX regulations nationwide. The court ruled that the issuance of the 2024 regulations exceeded the Department of Education’s authority and was unconstitutional on multiple grounds.

Nearly all Americans now live in a state where some form of cannabis is legal. Given that the cannabis industry is now valued in billions of dollars and has created hundreds of thousands of jobs across 39 of the 50 states, it requires the same range of insurance products that protect businesses in other sectors.

Looking ahead, the next generation of AI will involve “agentic AI” (also referred to as “Large Action Models,” “Large Agent Models,” or “LAMS”) that serve high-level directives, autonomously executing cascading decisions and actions to achieve their specific objectives.

As the healthcare sector continues to be a top target for cyber criminals, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule (scheduled to be published in the Federal Register January 6). It looks like substantial changes are in store for covered entities and business associates alike.