In E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, the jury found that the former president is liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her. Richard Lempert explains the complexities around jury deliberations and what we can take away from the verdict.
National security issues surrounding TikTok have made headlines, but U.S. regulators are facing many other challenges as they seek to protect citizens on social media platforms. Sanjay Patnaik and Robert E. Litan explore policy solutions to these challenges, including an updated data protection law, incentivizing better age verification practices, and re-establishing standards around harm prevention.
Nearly 17 million U.S. infrastructure workers are projected to permanently leave their jobs over the next decade due to retirements, job transfers, and other labor market shifts. Joseph W. Kane writes that bridging the gaps in the short term must coincide with building a stronger long-term talent pipeline, which depends on reaching and supporting a more diverse workforce.
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