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• Aprio merges in Delap and Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt January 7, 2026 9:07 pm Accounting Today Aprio, a Top 25 Firm based in Atlanta, is expanding into the Pacific Northwest by adding two firms in the Portland, Oregon, area: Delap LLP and Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt, P.C., effective Jan. 1, 2026. Processing Content The deal bolsters Aprio's …
• Driving Performance Improvement on the Shop Floor with Production Data January 7, 2026 9:07 pm Manufacturing Tomorrow One of my favorite customer lines is, "I need parts, not charts." And that really captures what Datanomix is about: helping manufacturers solve real business problems by clearly showing what's happening on their shop floor. Driving …
• 240-Year-Old Newspaper Shutting Its Doors For Good January 7, 2026 9:06 pm The Daily Caller The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, founded in 1786, will shut down on May 3, its owners announced Wednesday. Block Communications Inc. has hemorrhaged over $350 million in cash while owning the newspaper over the past two decades, the outlet reported. The firm …
• Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – January 2026 January 7, 2026 9:05 pm JD Supra - California To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week. Federal Activities State Activities Federal Activities: On …
• EBA Letter On Outcome Of EBA's EU AI Act Mapping Exercise Against EU Banking And Payments Regulation January 7, 2026 9:04 pm JD Supra - California The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a letter sent to the European Commission (EC) with the outcome of its EU AI Act mapping exercise. In January 2025, the EBA established a dedicated workstream to map the requirements on high-risk AI systems …
• 2026 Year in Preview: U.S. Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Predictions January 7, 2026 9:03 pm JD Supra - California As we ring in the new year, we want to make you aware of key issues that we expect lawmakers and regulators to focus on this year. Below are the top U.S. data, privacy, and cybersecurity issues to watch out for in 2026: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) …
• China announces audit reporting requirements for minors’ data January 7, 2026 9:03 pm JD Supra - California On December 29, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Announcement on the Reporting of Minors' Personal Information Protection Compliance Audit Status, which requires personal information handlers to conduct annual compliance …
• UK Public Markets Monitor – Q4 2025 January 7, 2026 9:02 pm JD Supra - California Below is our quarterly briefing covering the most important developments for UK PLCs, UK equity capital markets and UK public M&A in Q4 2025. In this issue: LSE outlines reforms to the AIM Rules FCA publishes decision on insider trading case FCA’s …
• [Podcast] Mintz On Air: Practical Policies — Real vs. Robot: Holding AI Accountable for Trade Secret Theft January 7, 2026 9:02 pm JD Supra - California In the latest episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin is joined by Member Paul Huston for an unscripted conversation about the growing challenge of protecting trade secrets in an AI-driven workplace. This episode is part …
• Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 6, 2026) January 7, 2026 9:02 pm JD Supra - California Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the state level. Check out our new State Consumer Protection Series, where …
• New York Enacts AI Transparency Law On Heels of White House Executive Order Aiming to Curb Such State Laws January 7, 2026 9:01 pm JD Supra - California Executive Summary What’s new: New York’s Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act) was signed into law on December 19, 2025, imposing transparency, compliance, safety and reporting requirements on certain developers of large frontier artificial …
• WWT, NVIDIA Introduce Framework for Secure, Scalable, Responsible AI Adoption January 7, 2026 9:00 pm Campus Technology WWT, NVIDIA Introduce Framework for Secure, Scalable, Responsible AI Adoption Key Takeaways World Wide Technology and NVIDIA introduced ARMOR (AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience), a vendor-agnostic framework designed to help organizations adopt …
• Online voting ‘more inclusive’ for residents, Woodstock mayor says January 7, 2026 8:55 pm Global News The City of Woodstock is adding online voting as another method for residents to cast their ballot in the upcoming municipal election, joining more than 200 other municipalities in Ontario. Woodstock Mayor Jerry Acchione said the motion for such a voting …
• SBDC Prepares Students for Small Business Internships January 7, 2026 8:46 pm University of Scranton - Pennsylvania Preparing students for the realities of small business internships, The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC) recently hosted Small Business Ready, an interactive Internship Readiness Training program for an interdisciplinary …
• U.K.’s Axiom Acquires Atlanta-based Audit Firm to Boost U.S. Business January 7, 2026 8:44 pm Global Atlanta - Georgia London-based Axiom GRC, a provider of governance, risk management and compliance services, has acquired Atlanta-based CPA and audit firm AssurancePoint to deepen its U.S. expansion.  Founded in 2021, AssurancePoint isset to become part of Philadelphia- …