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What really won the trillion-dollar Supreme Court case
In November 2025, Neal Kumar Katyal was asked to do what no US Supreme Court litigator had ever done: convince the justices to strike down a sitting president's signature initiative. After enlisting the help of four unlikely coaches — and one secret weapon he hasn't told anyone about unt..
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How we took on an oil giant — and won
Oil companies may seem invincible, but they are more vulnerable than you think, says climate justice litigator Melinda Janki. She tells the story of how she took on ExxonMobil in her home country of Guyana, notching historic wins against the oil giant — and proving that we can turn existing laws i..
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Inside the mind of the EU AI Act architect
AI regulation is often framed as a tradeoff between innovation and safety, but the reality isn’t so simple, says Gabriele Mazzini, architect of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act. He explores the complexities of policymaking — particularly when it comes to new technology — and ..
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The potential US TikTok ban — and what's at stake
The clock is ticking on social media giant TikTok, which faces a nationwide ban in the United States unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells it by January 19. Social media theorist Clay Shirky unpacks why the US is trying to ban TikTok, what it means for the app's users and creators and the..
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What you can do to stop economic crime
It might sound like the plot of a movie, but economic crime is all around us — from drug trafficking and fraud to cybercrimes, tax evasion and more. Economic crime fighter Hanjo Seibert breaks down the complexities of money laundering and how we can all wield our collective power to dismantle the ..
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