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A California appellate decision confirms that ignorance is no defense for prime contractors when payroll records show no appre...

The Chiles v. Salazar decision, despite its 8-1 margin, threatens to upend countless laws protecting patients by castin...

AI adoption is already widespread, making bans unrealistic and strategically unsound; instead, leaders must distinguish value-...

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