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'I got frustrated': Mother repeatedly smothered 7-month-old until she died because the baby was crying, police say
Inset: Makenzie Critton (Milwaukee Police Department). Background: The residence where Critton allegedly killed her infant in Milwaukee, Wis. (Google Maps). A Wisconsin woman is behind bars after smothering her 7-month-old baby girl for crying too much, Badger State...
Will Oracle founder Larry Ellison be the Face of the AI Bubble?
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that in January 2025 “Ellison’s database software and cloud computing company, Oracle, and its partners — most prominently OpenAI — were going to invest as much as $500 billion over the next four years into a group...
The Blickstein Group Law Firm COO Survey: The More Things Change, The More Some Things Stay The Same
When I ran across a recent study by the Blickstein Group of COOs in law firms I wondered if things had changed from the days when equity partners pretty much decided everything. If they had COOs, too often they ignored them or treated them as 2nd class citizens. After...
Soldiers can now wear the Jungle tab Army-wide
Soldiers who completed the Army’s jungle warfare school can now wear the Jungle tab on their uniform, regardless of where they serve. The Army approved a service-wide authorization to wear the tab as an official skill badge late in July. The new rule was laid out in a...
North Carolina Has 718 Cyclospora Cases and Is Telling People to Stop Eating Parsley and Cilantro. It Cannot Tell Them Whose.
North Carolina announced on July 28 that it has 718 cyclosporiasis cases and 24 hospitalizations since May 1, and launched a public dashboard that updates every Tuesday. Start with the credit, because it is earned: most states in this outbreak have...
New Security Obligations for Broadcasters Required by September 29 – Strong Passwords, Updated Software and Hardware, and Firewalls to Protect All Parts of the Program Chain
In early July, we wrote about the FCC’s decision to require that all broadcasters take measures to secure their EAS operations – and in the process secure their entire program chain – to make sure that malicious actors can’t hack into their...
2026 – Midyear IPO Trends
Source: YouTubeSummaryWith the discussion over reincorporating companies continuing, the other place to watch to observe jurisdictional trends is the IPO market. I recently covered Delaware’s recent report that it pulled in “nearly 70%” of IPOs last...
Alabama Counted 28 Cyclospora Cases — and Two Restaurant Outbreaks That Were Not Taco Bell
The Alabama Department of Public Health put out a news release on July 20 that, as far as I can tell, almost nobody outside Alabama read. It deserved better. Twenty-eight reported cases of cyclosporiasis as of that date, 22 of them in the Northern District,...
Agiloft Announces Agiloft Astra, Expanding Access to Contract AI for Legal, Procurement and Finance Teams
General availability removes the waitlist; free plan includes unlimited users, uncapped Word Add-In access, strengthens integration between Astra and Agiloft CLM, and new AI agents for contract intake and updates.