DLA Piper Votes to Dissolve Verein
DLA Piper announced it will dissolve its Swiss verein structure and replace it with a single global limited‑liability partnership that sits above the existing US and International LLPs. The new entity will be led by Frank Ryan as global chair and co‑CEO alongside Charles Severs as co‑CEO, with a broader leadership team to drive unified strategy. The firm, now 4,800 lawyers across 80 offices and $4.6 bn in revenue, says the change will boost its ability to take on complex work, attract top talent and invest in technology. The restructuring takes effect on May 1 2026 and is designed to be seamless for clients.
Promote Your Book or It Stays Invisible
To sell books you will need to engage with your communities of interest and try to create some word of mouth sales. "Writing a book without promoting it is like waving to someone in a dark room. You know what have...
Vanguard Could 'Flip Narrative' As Key Poach of Ally Bank Exec Positions It to Meet 'Overwhelming Demand' For Debit Card,...
Vanguard is reviving its cash‑management suite by planning a debit card for its Cash Plus account, after hiring former Ally Bank executives Sonia Fraher and Adam Gill to lead the effort. The move targets the 500,000 existing Cash Plus users...
Solar-Battery Project Seals First Local Benefits Deal Under State’s Rigorous New Planning Regime
Res Australia’s Queensland arm, Central Queensland Power, signed the state’s first solar community benefits agreement (CBA) for the 450 MW Wooderson project, unlocking its development application under Queensland’s new planning regime. The deal obligates the developer to contribute roughly $560 per...
Peak 2026: Where Retail Performance Is Won or Lost
Retailers face a narrow window to prepare for the November‑December peak, where Black November and Boxing Day sales drive a 45% YoY surge in e‑commerce volume. Shiperoo’s new report warns that planning must begin in April‑May, not months before the...
Retention, Not Traffic, Drives Million‑Dollar Brand Growth
Many $1M+ brands mistake revenue for scale. (D2C Skincare Brand) $1.5M/month… growth flat, repeat sales weakening. More traffic wasn’t the answer. Retention was. We rebuilt LTV systems → $2.2M/month.
Cannes Lions 2026 Announces Titanium and Inaugural Creative Brand Lions Juries
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity unveiled the juries for its Dan Wieden Titanium Lions and the brand‑new Creative Brand Lions ahead of the June 22‑26, 2026 event. Marcel Marcondes, AB InBev’s global CMO, will chair the Creative Brand Lion jury, which aims to...
Australian Energy Market Commission Proposes 20-Year Distribution Planning Framework to Ease Solar Curtailment
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has issued a draft rule introducing a 20‑year distribution network development plan, replacing the current annual report with a five‑year horizon. The proposal adds a new data‑reporting framework focused on low‑voltage visibility to better...
Warner Bros Shareholders Greenlight $155B Paramount Mega-Merger
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders unanimously approved a $111 billion merger with Paramount, offering $31 cash per share. The vote follows a fierce bidding war that saw Netflix briefly challenge Paramount for the deal. While the approval marks a major milestone, the...
Trump Attends David Ellison’s Private DC Dinner After WBD Shareholders Approve Paramount Merger
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approved Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition, moving the $30 billion merger into the regulatory stage. The deal includes a $0.25 per‑share quarterly “ticking fee” if closing passes September 30 and a $7 billion termination penalty if blocked. Donald Trump attended an...
Federal Judge Rules Michigan’s Warrantless Liquor Inspections Unconstitutional
Federal Judge David Lawson ruled that Michigan's statute permitting suspicionless, warrantless inspections of liquor‑licensed businesses violates the Fourth Amendment. The decision in Generis Entertainment, LLC v. Donley rejected the state's claim that such searches are justified by regulatory authority, finding...
Clean Tech Cuts Fossil Demand Beyond India's Coal Use
In 2025 alone, solar, wind, EVs and heat pumps erased 800m tons of coal demand, more than the entire coal use of India. It also wiped out 260 billion cubic meters of gas, nearly half the global LNG market Clean tech...
Friday Reads for 24 April
The Friday Reads roundup for April 24 curates a diverse set of transport‑focused stories, ranging from technical analyses of the Docklands Light Railway’s intricate network to a revisionist look at the historic Surrey Iron Railway. It highlights a major renewable‑energy contract...
March 2026 Steel Output Rises Month on Month
World Steel Association data show March 2026 steel production rose 12.7% month‑on‑month to 159.9 million metric tons, yet remained 4.2% lower than March 2025. The rebound was driven by China’s 14.3% output surge after the Lunar New Year break, alongside strong...
Weight Control Depends on Calories, Not Lifelong GLP‑1
The most annoying question that everyone keeps asking me is if I have to continue to take a glp-1 for life. Stopping a glp-1 doesn't make you gain weight. Eating a calorie surplus makes you gain weight. I know exactly how...
ICYMI: Iran War Forces Asia Refiners to Slash Runs, Putting Diesel and Jet Supply at Risk
The Iran‑Israel conflict has shut the Strait of Hormuz, slashing Asia’s crude imports by about 22% year‑on‑year to a 10‑year low of roughly 20.4 million barrels per day in April. Refinery runs are projected to dip to around 28.5 million bpd through...
8 Days, Trump Has 8 Days the Clock Now Ticks? Does Trump Really Have 8 Days to Decide on the...
President Donald Trump faces a statutory deadline under the 1973 War Powers Resolution that limits unilateral military action to 60 days without congressional approval. After formally notifying Congress of a potential strike on Iran on March 2, the clock will expire...
Response to Michal Barzuza’s “Nevada V. Delaware”
A coalition of Nevada officials and over twenty legal scholars issued a public response to Michal Barzuza’s revised paper “Nevada v. Delaware,” arguing that the draft misrepresents Nevada corporate law. The response highlights omitted Nevada Supreme Court decisions, multimillion‑dollar settlements,...
Evening Update: Citizenship on Trial - Trump’s Quiet Push to Redraw Who Belongs
The Trump administration has quietly re‑activated a long‑dormant “moral character” provision that allows the Department of Justice to revoke U.S. citizenship for naturalized individuals deemed to have engaged in extremist or criminal conduct. The policy, announced in a limited internal...
Manifestos Fall Short on Housing Crisis Urgency, Says Agency
Scotland’s housing emergency is highlighted by all major parties, yet their manifestos lack urgent, short‑term solutions. The SNP sticks to its 110,000 affordable‑home target for 2020‑2031, while the Conservatives push for deregulation, tax cuts and removal of rent controls. Labour...
Ceasefire Holds, Yet Energy Flows Remain Stalled
Good morning Asia, It's Day 56 and the ceasefire is on, but oil and gas (as well as aluminum, helium, sulfur etc) are still not flowing. Crude oil is up now to 105/barrel and markets end the week with trepidation. Asia...
Where To Find Every Relic In Vampire Crawlers
The Gamer published a complete relic guide for Vampire Crawlers, detailing the 15 relics and their in‑game locations. Relics are scattered across areas such as Mad Forest, Furious Forest, Library West Wing, Teeny Bridge, Dairy Plant, and the final Cappella...
United Kingdom to Enact Smoking Ban Only for Those Who Are Not Yet Legal Adults
The UK Parliament approved a bill that will permanently prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone born in 2009 or later, effectively creating a “smoke‑free generation.” The measure applies to all four nations of the United Kingdom and will take...
Can Football and Finance Collide? Arsenal Thinks So
Airwallex has teamed with Arsenal FC and Oscar‑winning director Spike Lee to produce a two‑minute film titled “Who are ya?” that links football fandom with cross‑border finance. The ad, shot in a North London pub and featuring Arsenal legends such as...
Saddam’s Abandoned 747s Linger as Desert Ghost Fleet
These two Iraqi 747s have been rotting in the Tunisian desert since 1991. Saddam hid them before the Gulf War and they never left. Paint peeling, old livery visible. Absolute ghost fleet.
Houston Friday Night: Comedy, Immunization Partnership Celebrate Vaccines
Friday night in HoustonTX I will be there along with The Immunization Partnership and COMEDY INJECTION, VACCINES: 9th Wonder of the World https://t.co/GPSrrB3poV https://t.co/THhFN31ebn
LonRes Launches New Service to Help Agents Meet New Rules
LonRes has introduced Rental Checker, a data‑driven tool that supplies achieved rent benchmarks to help letting agents justify rent increases under the upcoming Renters’ Rights Act. The service, initially covering prime London lettings, lets agents input property details and receive...
Gulf Oil Output Set to Rebound Within Months
Gulf Oil Output Likely To Rebound Within Months After Hormuz Reopening, Goldman Says – RTRS
Poilievre Flips From Carbon Price Supporter to Emissions Skeptic
Fun fact: @PierrePoilievre ran on an industrial carbon price rising to roughly the same rates being talked about today and an effective oil sands emissions cap. Now, more than a decade later, he's telling you that meeting any emissions reduction...
Southeast Asia’s Gaming Boom Is Bigger than You Think — and Brands Are Still Getting It Wrong
Southeast Asia’s gaming ecosystem now tops 290 million players and is projected to hit 330 million by 2028, generating roughly US$6.6 billion in 2025. Mobile titles account for about 70% of revenue, but discovery is driven by creators, with over half of gamers...
Advocates Overstate Oil Industry's Precarious Pipeline Risks
The oil industry's biggest advocates are always keen to tell Canadians how precarious the industry is. If you think the industry is thst close (carbon tax costs are generally <$1/bbl) to not being able to fill a pipeline, the pipeline...
Inside the Hottest Geothermal Startup You’ve Missed
Everything We Didn’t Know About the World’s Buzziest Geothermal Startup #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/fgEhXuT6uP https://t.co/rqu4UcROdF
Xbox Announces 15 New Day-One Titles Coming to Game Pass
Xbox unveiled 15 day‑one titles for Game Pass at the IGN × ID@Xbox showcase, adding titles such as Aphelion, Beastro, and Mistfall Hunter across a range of genres. The releases are scheduled throughout 2026, with the first wave arriving in May. Microsoft...
David Harbour Leads Emmys Supporting Actor Race
Emmys: Supporting Actor (Limited/Movie) — David Harbour Emerges as Frontrunner as ‘Half Man’ Acting Submissions Loom https://t.co/orKgW8sKf0 via @variety
Bobby Moynihan
Emmys: Supporting Actor (Comedy) — Harrison Ford Eyes Overdue Recognition as Bobby Moynihan Stands Out in ‘Reggie Dinkins’ https://t.co/eBPEYTPbwo via @variety
PBOC Sets USD/ CNY Reference Rate for Today at 6.8674 (Vs. Estimate at 6.8400)
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set today’s USD/CNY reference rate at 6.8674, slightly weaker than the Reuters estimate of 6.8400. The central bank maintains a ±2% trading band around this midpoint, allowing the yuan to fluctuate within that range....
Amazon's NBA Glitches Offset by Triple Multiview Feature
Amazon has had its share of issues with the NBA this year but I do love that they have a triple multiview option for tonight’s games.
AI Will Empower, Not Undermine, Security Teams
Somebody asked me here at the conference: given AI advances, are we fucked in D&R and SOCs? I said “no, AI will help a lot here, this is fine, defenders will be fine.” (1/2)
Betty’s Burgers Appoints Independent Shop Superhuman as New Media Agency
Betty’s Burgers, the Australian burger chain with 75 restaurants, has hired independent media agency Superhuman to lead its media strategy, planning and buying. The partnership comes as the brand rolls out new store openings and burger launches, seeking to reach...
U.S. Reluctant to Reopen Strategic Hormuz Strait
As I’ve been saying. For better or worse, practically nobody in America is in a rush to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Definitely not the Commander in Chief.
Form Energy CEO on the Potential for a 100-Hour Battery
Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo highlighted the strategic value of a 100‑hour iron‑air battery, a duration that can replace or compete with thermal generators on the grid. The company is rolling out its first overseas project in Ireland and recently...
Calif. AG Rob Bonta: ‘Red Flags Everywhere’ on Paramount/WBD Merger
Paramount Pictures announced a $110.9 billion equity acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal that still requires state-level approval in California. Attorney General Rob Bonta warned that the merger faces “red flags everywhere,” citing concerns over consumer pricing, employee wages, and market competition....
China’s Oil Independence Prioritizes Security Over Climate
As the U.S. debates energy strategy amid the Strait of Hormuz closure, China has spent decades cutting oil dependence. On @Poli_Climate @Securing_Energy CEO @averyaash explains why this move is about resilience and national security, more than climate. 🎧 https://t.co/eFLD8MCGHu https://t.co/Z5GrGBFZ9P
Pedigree Launches New Global Campaign ‘Good Then, Better Now’ via Colenso BBDO
Pedigree has unveiled a new global advertising campaign titled “Good Then, Better Now,” developed with creative agency Colenso BBDO. The campaign leans on nostalgic childhood photos and home videos submitted by dog owners worldwide to reinforce Pedigree’s long‑standing reputation in...
One Day Consumed Two Years of U.S. Patriot Missiles
“The U.S produces about 60–65 Patriot missiles per month, that's peanuts. On the first day of the attack on West Asia, they used up as much as they produce in two years.” https://t.co/qRrHSvuZr8
Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons
Since the Iran war began in late February, the United States has fired roughly 1,100 long‑range stealth cruise missiles—almost the entire stockpile—along with more than 1,200 Patriot interceptors and over 1,000 ATACMS and Precision‑Strike missiles. The Pentagon has been forced...
AT4 Joins US Defence Consortium Push for Tungsten, Antimony
American Tungsten & Antimony (ASX:AT4) has been admitted to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium, giving it a direct line to the Department of War and access to DoW‑sponsored funding. The company is evaluating a hub‑and‑spoke model that would turn...
FCC: D2C Is Set for Ubiquitous Connectivity
The FCC announced that direct‑to‑device (D2C) connectivity will be a pillar of U.S. communications leadership. It granted AST SpaceMobile full commercial authorization for a 248‑satellite constellation and supplemental coverage in two frequency bands, while dismissing its request for the Echostar...
Cyber Techniques Being Used to ‘Support the Repression of British Individuals on Our Streets’, NCSC Head Warns
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned that Russia and Iran are extending battlefield‑grade cyber techniques to target British interests. Richard Horne said Russia is applying lessons from the Ukraine war to attacks across the UK and Europe, while...
Are Labor’s NDIS Reforms Too Good to Be True?
The Australian government will overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by introducing stricter eligibility criteria, announced by Health Minister Mark Butler. All 760,000 current participants will be reassessed, with a goal of removing 160,000 people from the program by...