How the market kicks off the new year could set the tone for the remainder of 2026. Investors return to their trading desks next week after wrapping up the holiday season, optimistic for the new year but with some trepidation for what’s to come….
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Dodge Clears Durango SRT Hellcat for Nationwide Sale After Emissions Approval
Dodge has confirmed that the Durango SRT Hellcat is now certified for sale in all 50 states, removing a major barrier that previously limited availability in emissions-strict markets. The change applies to the 2026 Durango lineup and…
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Amir Tayrani Discusses Product Liability Cases to Watch in 2026 with Law360
In the Media | January 2, 2026
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In a Law360 (subscription required) article on product liability cases to watch in 2026, partner Amir Tayrani noted that attorneys are looking to see whether the Supreme Court intends to take on a preemption case. He said that one case may be Monsanto’s certiorari petition that seeks to overturn a $1.2 million jury award in a suit alleging that its Roundup weed killer caused a man’s cancer. The company argued that the suit is preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
“That looks like it may be a grant in light of the U.S. government’s position there, and it may signal that the court is willing to once again address preemption more frequently, and that this is an important safeguard for defendants,” Amir said. “We’ll see whether the court takes that case and whether it helps to revive some of the preemption doctrines that may have fallen by the wayside in recent years.”
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Decoherence Enables Information Critical Phases And Fractional Logical Qubit Recovery
The behaviour of information as systems become disordered presents a fundamental challenge in physics, and recent work by Akash Vijay and Jong Yeon Lee, alongside their colleagues, sheds new light on this problem. These researchers define and…
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Lehigh Heads West To Face Bucknell On Saturday Evening
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh men’s basketball will play its first road Patriot League game on Saturday evening at Sojka Pavilion against Bucknell University at 5 p.m.Lehigh (4-10, 0-1 PL) and Bucknell (3-11, 0-1 PL) have a storied history, first…
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Scientists Give Robots Skin With Pain Sensations And Human-Like Reflexes – Forbes
- Scientists Give Robots Skin With Pain Sensations And Human-Like Reflexes Forbes
- Researchers Develop Neuromorphic ‘E-Skin’ to Give Humanoid Robots Pain Reflexes Gadgets 360
- Robots to now ‘feel’ pain like humans as scientists create new e-skin…
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Spain highlights importance of Gaza reconstruction – Arab News
- Spain highlights importance of Gaza reconstruction Arab News
- Doctors Without Borders warns of Gaza exit after Israel’s ban Dawn
- UN chief Guterres calls on Israel to reverse NGO ban in Gaza, West Bank Al Jazeera
- Spain calls Gaza situation…
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For Data Centers, Both Hyperscale And Edge Are Key In 2026 | Insights
On Oct. 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to accelerate and standardize the interconnection of large loads.
The rulemaking comes as regional transmission operators, including PJM Interconnection LLC, Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. and Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., have released updated interconnection queue data showing historic levels of new load requests, much of it attributed to large-scale compute and artificial intelligence-driven facilities.
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China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales – The New York Times
- China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales The New York Times
- China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s top EV seller BBC
- China’s BYD logs record EV sales in 2025 Business Recorder
- The world has a new EV king. It’s not Tesla CNN
- China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s top EV seller for the first time CNBC
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CDF Partner Avi Attal to Speak at Perrin Conferences’ Employment Litigation Conference
CDF Labor Law LLP partner Avi M. Attal will join a featured panel at the Perrin Conferences Employment Litigation Conference on Thursday, January 22, 2026, in Newport Beach, California.
The Perrin Conferences Employment Litigation Conference is a full-day program bringing together in-house counsel, management-side attorneys, and other employment professionals for a day of timely updates and practical discussion on today’s most pressing employment litigation issues—including wage and hour developments, PAGA reform, and key labor law shifts.
Session details
Panel: Current Issues and Trends in Wage and Hour Practices
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Location: Renaissance Newport Beach Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Boulevard, Newport Beach, CA 92660Avi will be joined by Katrice A. Miller (Partner, Labor Relations, Starbucks Corporation) as a co-panelist.
Topics include
- Recent developments in wage and hour practices
- PAGA updates and reform
- Notable NLRA decisions and policy shifts
For additional conference information and registration details, see the Perrin Conferences event page (here) and conference agenda (here).
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