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OLC Opinion Would Extend Executive Privilege to Include Private Advisers, Inviting Future Disputes with Congress and New Considerations for Private Parties
The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) has issued a new legal opinion that may offer the administration new tools to withhold from disclosure the President’s communications with certain private parties. In an opinion...
41 countries urge 24-hour notice before long-range ballistic missile launches
A joint statement issued at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva came hours before North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its eastern coast and about a month after China tested a nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile in the South Pacific.
IG report details mold, failing pipes and deteriorating facilities at US bases in Japan
Inspection teams visited 11 U.S. installations in the Pacific in May 2025 and documented issues at Air Force and Marine Corps facilities on Okinawa and at Yokota in western Tokyo, according to a heavily redacted, 48-page report.
South Korean police say Chinese military veterans gathered intel at US bases
South Korean police have arrested two former Chinese service members on suspicion they illegally gathered information on military activities at a U.S. Army base.
Latest Updates on Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) – July update
EUROPEAN UNIONEU – EFSA lowers acceptable daily intake of trifluoroacetic acid (‘TFA’). The European Food Safety Agency (‘EFSA’) has lowered the acceptable daily intake of down to 0.014 milligrams per kilogram of bodyweight per day...
AI Data Centres in the UK: Environmental Permitting and Consenting Risks
Our firm has published an article on the environmental consenting landscape for artificial intelligence data centres in the UK, a sector that is developing quickly and being actively encouraged by the UK Government. The article looks at how the consenting position is...
In or out? Navigating Legal Privilege in EU Competition Investigations post-Broadcom
I. IntroductionOn 3 August 2026, the President of the EU General Court issued an order addressing the scope of legal privilege under EU law. The order dismissed Broadcom’s application to suspend a decision by the European Commission requiring the production...
Grass-to-brass general takes charge of Marine Corps’ largest operational force
A former III Marine Expeditionary Force commander took charge Tuesday of the Marine Corps’ largest operational command, inheriting responsibility for roughly two-thirds of the service’s active-duty forces.
The Fifty-State Cyclospora Count Is Now 28,056. The Real Number Is Near 1,155,000.
The fifty state health departments now report 28,056 cases of cyclosporiasis this season, up 699 from the 27,357 published on August 10. Six states moved since that post, and Maine appears on this chart for the first time. Missouri went to 1,577, North...