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Weekly Blockchain Blog - April 2025 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

Digital Asset Companies Announce New Partnerships, Acquisitions, Products - A recent press release announced that Ripple, a U.S. fintech and digital asset infrastructure provider, has agreed to acquire Hidden Road, a prime brokerage, clearing and financing platform, for $1.25 billion....

More States Ban Foreign AI Tools on Government Devices

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

Alabama and Oklahoma have become the latest states to ban from state-owned devices and networks certain AI tools with links to foreign governments....
By: Womble Bond Dickinson

CMS Final Rule on CY 2026: Policy and Technical Changes

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released on April 4, 2025, the final rule for contract year (CY) 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program and Programs of All-Inclusive Care fo

China Boosts Enforcement of Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

China has recently taken several actions showing its commitment to counter trade restrictions imposed by other countries. In March 2025, it released regulations implementing the 2021 Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law.

Lawyers will seek stipulated dismissal of fired associate’s bias suit against Kirkland & Ellis

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

New Executive Order Signals Trump Administration Investment in U.S. Maritime Sector

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

A much-anticipated executive order (EO), "Restoring America's Maritime Dominance," issued on April 9, 2025, follows President Donald Trump's comments during his March 4, 2025, joint address to Congress, during which he vowed to "resurrect the American shipbuilding industry, including commercial s

Tariff Reform Legislation and Congressional Trade Activity – Week of April 7, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

On April 9 at 12:01am, reciprocal tariffs on more than 60 countries ranging from 17-50% were scheduled to go into effect, only to be pulled back on April 9 as President Trump announced a 90-day pause — possibly to July 8.

Texas Data Centers Powering AI

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

Data center-related real estate investment has certainly been a trend in recent years, and Texas is no exception, with a current state-wide data center count of 336 (for context, in 2015 Texas had 91 data centers)....

McDermott+ Check-Up: April 11, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

THIS WEEK’S DOSE - House Passes Concurrent Budget Resolution for Reconciliation Process. Passage of the resolution didn’t resolve the policy differences between the House and the Senate. Those still need to be addressed as the reconciliation package is developed.

LLMs to Agentic AI — Tackling Trust and Explainability | Epiq

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/25

Legalweek 2025 Session Recap - What does it mean to trust AI? According to AI expert Ron Brachman, “it’s when technology demonstrates consistent behavior over time.”  Trust is a cornerstone of any successful AI deployment.

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