C-suite executives and in-house legal counsel split on risk strategies and compliance ownership WASHINGTON | A third or more of US companies are not fully prepared to address key national security compliance risks facing their organizations despite the notable legal, financial and operational consequences, according to Eversheds Sutherland’s 2025 US National Security Compliance Risk and Readiness Report. Nearly a quarter of the national security compliance professionals surveyed cannot fully articulate their company’s national security risk profile, potentially complicating efforts to prioritize resources. These critical...

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By this point in human history the science is undeniable: multitasking is not your friend. Employees should do it to whatever degree they are required but beyond that they should not seek out multitasking because the facts show it kills productivity. The average desk job employee loses 2.1 hours a day to distractions and interruptions; that adds up to over a full day of work every week. Being distracted by incoming calls or emails can lower employees’ IQ by as...

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On September 29, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier AI Act (TFAIA), the first-of-its-kind AI legislation in the U.S. that will require large AI developers to publicly disclose how they plan to mitigate potentially “catastrophic risks” posed by advanced frontier AI models. The law builds on recommendations from the June 2025 report from the Joint California AI Policy Working Group and is a pared-back successor to last year’s unsuccessful Senate...

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