The European Commission (Commission) has published its proposal for the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA). The IAA is designed to boost demand for clean and “Made in EU” products in key strategic sectors. It aims to strengthen the Union’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy by creating lead markets for European low-carbon industrial products, attracting high-quality foreign investment and accelerating manufacturing projects through streamlined permitting. The proposed IAA could significantly affect suppliers in covered energy-intensive sectors and net-zero technologies, and non-EU...

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Highlights The White House’s National AI Legislative Framework is best understood as a principles-based policy roadmap for Congress, not a fully operative compliance statute, and it reflects the administration's preferred landing zone of federal preemption, selective state carve-outs, and no new AI super-regulator. The framework pairs aggressive preemption rhetoric with notable restraint on liability and enforcement, declining to adopt Sen. Marsha Blackburn's proposed Section 230 repeal, strict product-liability concepts, or detailed audit mandates. While the political momentum behind federal...

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The markets remain on edge. President Trump’s five-day hiatus announced yesterday is looked upon suspiciously.  Much of what has been claimed seems to be part of the psych-operations associated with warfare, like initiating the war during negotiations. Many seem to share our sense that the five-day period will allow more US troops to enter the region and perhaps attempt to take Kharg Island. The US strategy seems to waver between destroying Iran’s capability to even make a paperclip to seeking...

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For many employers, health insurance renewals have started to feel like the same annual challenge: premiums go up, budgets get tighter, and employees expect the same level of coverage. Cutting benefits or shifting more costs to employees might reduce expenses in the short term, but it often creates bigger problems—lower morale, retention challenges, and frustration when employees actually need care.  That’s why more employers are turning to a smarter approach: using an HRA (Health Reimbursement Arrangement) to lower premiums while keeping the...

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