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  • Supreme Court

Reverse Acquihires and Section 7โ€™s Predictive Framework

In high-tech industries, firms have entered into “reverse acquihires,” where they obtain a start-up’s key personnel and technological capabilities through some combination of hiring, licensing, investment, or partnership rather than acquiring the company outright. This article examines how existing Clayton Act jurisprudence might apply to these transactions.

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  • Supreme Court

Synthetic Abuse, Real Consequences: Confronting the Challenge of AI-Generated CSAM

With the continued advancement of generative artificial intelligence, new methods for bad actors to create child sexual abuse material (“CSAM”) have also developed.

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  • Cybersecurity and Privacy
  • Technology

NAAG AI + Emerging Tech Brief | August 12, 2026

This issue raises developments concerning the intersection of evidentiary privileges and use of AI tools; public record requests about AI use; and AI hallucinations in legal research.

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  • Supreme Court

Epic, Apple, and the Futureproofing of Antitrust Enforcement

In its recent petition to the Supreme Court, Apple challenged the scope of a behavioral injunction against it on the theory that the injunction applied more broadly than the 2025 decision in Trump v. CASA allows.

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 21

This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 29 and 30, and July 20, 2026 (Part II).

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 20

This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 30, 2026 (Part I).

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 19

This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 29, 2026 (Part I).

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 18

This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 25, 2026 (Part I).

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 17

This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 22 and 23, 2026 (Part I); and cases granted review on June 22, 2026 (Part II).

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 16

This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 18, 2026 (Part I); and cases granted review on June 15, 2026 (Part II).

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  • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Report, Volume 33, Issue 15

This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 4 and 11, 2026 (Part I).

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powers and duties, attorney general powers
  • NAAG, Attorneys General
  • Powers and Duties

Recent Attorney General Powers and Duties Cases โ€” In Brief | through mid-May 2026

In this article, cases from Guam, Montana, Nebraska, and Texas are explained.

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