Meet Kameirah, this year’s Doodle for Google winner!
Kameirah, a high school senior from Washington, shares more about the inspiration behind her winning Doodle.
Employee Workation in the EU—What are the Pitfalls in Germany?
Quick Hits Unless there is an individual or collective agreement in place, employees in Germany generally have no legal right to workation. Without an A1 Certificate, employers risk a double obligation to pay social security contributions. German law remains applicable during short-term workation within the EU, and mandatory foreign employee protection laws may also apply. A recent study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization shows how popular…
Louisiana’s ‘Behind the Counter Protection Act’: What Retail and Food-Service Employers Need to Know
Quick Hits Louisiana’s newly enacted workplace violence prevention law, the “Louisiana Behind the Counter Protection Act,” will take effect on August 1, 2026. The law gives employees in customer-facing roles, primarily in retail and hospitality establishments, stronger protection against violence at work. The new law increases criminal penalties against offenders for threats and acts of violence against covered employees. Louisiana’s ‘Behind the Counter Protection Act’ The “Louisiana Behind the Counter…
Making Magic for 6 Decades
Growing up in Norristown, Pa., Jules Fisher was fascinated with science and magic — the former for the results he saw science achieve and the latter because it delighted people with its mysteries. Fisher used tenets of both in his decades-long career as a lighting designer to thrilling success in productions for the theatre, film, ballet, opera, television and concert tours. A 1960 School of Drama(opens in new window) alumnus of Carnegie…
Alphabet investor presentation: June 2026
Read the transcript of the presentation given by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, and Anat Ashkenazi, SVP and Chief Financial Officer.
If Employer Doesn’t Know, Then Plaintiff Can’t Show (Disability-Related Liability)
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for an employer on claims for disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, and failure to engage in the interactive process because the employer did not know, and could not reasonably have inferred, that the employee had a disability. The Court emphasized that erratic or unusual behavior alone is insufficient to impute knowledge of a disability unless the disability is the only…
Virginia Expands Provisions for Paid Sick Leave and Paid Family and Medical Leave
Quick Hits Virginia Governor Spanberger has signed legislation that expands paid sick leave to all public and private employees. The paid sick leave legislation mandates one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked, with an annual accrual and use cap of forty hours, and includes provisions that could create challenges for employers, including very loose requirements on the notice employees must give before taking leave. The paid…
Google’s water stewardship commitments for local communities
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A tale of two energy crises – initial conditions matter
3 June 2026By Óscar Arce, Niccolò Battistini, Othman Bouabdallah, Eliza Lis and Matthias Mohr The current energy shock is significant and global, but it is also hitting a euro area economy that is more balanced than when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. History and analysis show that context matters a lot for how shocks propagate to inflation.Energy prices have risen sharply since early 2026 when war broke out again…
The Middle East Crisis: Tectonic Shifts and Challenges for Central Asia
Iran’s Civilisational Memory However convincing the structural interpretation of the crisis may appear, it is impossible to avoid reference to Iran’s cultural code—a factor consistently underestimated by Western analysts. Washington’s strategists sought to force Tehran into a public “capitulation” akin to the “Road to Canossa” (January 1077)—that is, submission and humiliation—in exchange for a possible reduction in military pressure. Such an outcome is unacceptable within Iranian political culture. The narrative…
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Virginia Enacts Wide-Ranging Set of Employment-Related Reforms
Quick Hits Virginia has enacted laws prohibiting certain noncompete agreements for healthcare professionals and restricting the enforceability of noncompete agreements for discharged employees. HB1 and SB1 establish a multiyear schedule to increase Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by January 1, 2028, with further adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index starting in 2029. SB790 introduces health insurance coverage for menopause and perimenopause symptoms. Limitations on Noncompete Agreements for…
Talking It Out: Pakistani Mediation in the US-Iranian Conflict
Second, the personality of the current US president appears to have played its part. In May 2025, Donald Trump declared that another escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan had ended precisely thanks to his own mediation efforts. The Indians did not appreciate the statement, whereas the Pakistanis enthusiastically embraced it. As a result, Prime Minister Sharif and Field Marshal Munir allegedly succeeded in winning the favour of the…
The Carnegie Mellon Connection Behind Broadway’s ‘The Lost Boys’
“The Lost Boys” just might be Broadway’s “most” show this season — most spectacular, most rock-and-roll, and most Tony-nominated. It also has the most Carnegie Mellon University alumni as part of its production team, racking up seven of CMU’s 15 nominations this year. The show’s three lead producers, James Carpinello (CFA, 1997), Marcus Chait (CFA, 1997) and Patrick Wilson (CFA, 1995) met over 30 years ago in the School of…
Piero Cipollone: Europe needs to act to strengthen the role of its currency
2 June 2026By Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB The euro’s international use has grown in recent years, but largely by circumstance rather than by design. In a more contested global monetary system, Europe needs to act deliberately to strengthen the role of its currency – building on solid foundations, keeping pace with global shifts and matching policy ambition with concrete steps. The international monetary system…
Psychological course could be game changer for carers of people with dementia
Empowered Conversations uses evidence based psychological and communication theories to support carers to improve relationships and reduce stress.For example, it uses Mentalisation Theory, which is about understanding our own thoughts and feelings while recognising that others have their own minds with different perspectives.Professor Berry from The University of Manchester is also Mental Health Co-Theme Lead at the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and Co-Director of the Complex Trauma and Resilience…
Supreme Court Affirms the Transportation Worker Exemption Can Apply to “Last-Mile” Drivers, Allowing Them to Bypass Arbitration Under the FAA
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Supreme Court has resolved a circuit split, holding “last mile” drivers transporting goods within a single state can, but do not necessarily, fall within the transportation worker exemption under section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act. As a result, such workers may be allowed to bypass mandatory arbitration agreements governed by the FAA. Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock stems from a proposed class action filed in…
Will Banning Personalized Pricing Work?
Setting prices differently for different customers has been a practice for a long time. Are AI tools making personalized pricing more common or more effective?Yes. Firms have often tried to charge different customers different prices, but AI makes this practice easier, cheaper, and more precise. In the past, price discrimination often relied on fairly broad categories: business versus leisure travelers, coupon users versus non-coupon users, students versus non-students. Today, firms…
Over the (Very) Long Run, Stock Bubbles Are Rare
Professor William Goetzmann has a longstanding interest in long-term financial returns. “Financial history helps you estimate and plan,” he says. “Five years doesn’t help you with the trend. If you’ve got 150 years or more, that’s a good foundation for understanding where you may end up.”Last year, Goetzmann began preparing a volume of articles for the 50th anniversary of his colleague Roger Ibbotson’s book Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation (SBBI),…
Live at the Yale Innovation Summit 2026
Howie is joined by guest host Megan Ranney, dean of the the Yale School of Public Health, for a live episode recorded at the Yale Innovation Summit, featuring conversations with five innovators at the intersection of healthcare, public health, and entrepreneurship. Jaya Dadwal, a recent graduate of the School of Public Health and founder of forEVA Health, focused on raising healthcare standards for the female body Monique Rainford, a Yale…
Beyond the Pattern: The World of Real Multipolarity
This report is the second collective work produced by participants in the Valdai—New Generation project, bringing together, in a shared intellectual endeavour, a large cohort of young—yet already accomplished—researchers from Russia, China, India, Brazil, Tajikistan, Italy, Colombia, Turkey, and the Republic of Korea. Over the course of a year, all of them prepared and published original commentaries on the Valdai Club’s website, addressing the most pressing issues in today’s world. They…
New Jersey’s Appellate Court Rules on Who Can Sue for Cannabis Law Violations
Quick Hits In Sanders v. The Levari Group, LLC, the Appellate Division found that CREAMMA provides an implied private right of action against employers that refuse to hire individuals based on positive cannabis tests. CREAMMA provides that “[n]o employer shall refuse to hire or employ any person or shall discharge from employment or take any adverse action against any employee … because that person does or does not … use…
Adjustment Ambiguity: What Employers Should Know About USCIS’s New Policy Direction
This significant development may have wide-ranging impacts, as Adjustment of Status is a pathway available to family, employment-based, and investment-based (EB-5) immigrants and organizations. On Friday, May 22, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum (Memorandum) that could meaningfully affect how Adjustment of Status applications (Adjustment) are adjudicated moving forward, though USCIS implementation details remain limited and operational impacts are still developing. While the Memorandum does not…
CRA delays GST/HST changes on trailing commissions to 2028
On May 13, 2026, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) advised industry groups that the application of its revised administrative position on the taxability of trailing commissions will not proceed on July 1, 2026, as previously indicated. Subsequently on May 26, 2026, the CRA released a revised version of GST/HST Notice 344 – Application of the GST/HST to Mutual Fund Trailing Commissions (Notice 344), formalizing the previously announced deferral of enforcement…
A dangerous dam‑building race is threatening South Asia’s shared rivers
Bangladesh has just approved one of the largest river engineering projects its history: the Padma Barrage, a vast river-control project intended to restore water in the country’s drought-prone southwest.It comes at a dangerous moment for South Asia’s rivers. China is building the world’s largest hydropower dam upstream on the Brahmaputra, India is accelerating its own dam-building programme, and the treaty governing Ganges water-sharing between India and Bangladesh expires in December…
Supreme Court Says Last-Mile Delivery Drivers May Be Exempt from FAA
Quick Hits The Supreme Court held that delivery drivers who deliver goods originating from out of state may fall under the FAA’s exemption for certain transportation workers “engaged in … interstate commerce,” even if they do not cross state lines or interact with vehicles that do. The decision is the latest in a series of Supreme Court rulings in recent years interpreting the transportation worker exemption in the FAA. While…
The Politics of Impressions
The pursuit of rational self-interest, long thought to be the single most important factor determining the behaviour of political actors, may no longer be regarded as such. Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, describes the “politics of impressions” that has come to define the contemporary political climate—in this environment, emotions and feelings reign supreme, while traditional notions of…
Humanitarian Cooperation and Cultural Ties in a Fractured World
In the contemporary global landscape, the wholesale “cancellation” of entire national cultures follows geopolitical conflict. As interstate confrontation is no longer restricted to the military and political spheres, innocent individuals find themselves swept up in the tide of great power rivalry as they face condemnation, accusations, and enduring suspicion for the crime of belonging to the “wrong” culture, writes Oleg Barabanov, Valdai Club Programme Director. In contemporary world politics, a…
Geopolitical risk and scarring effects on consumer expectations: insights from the wars in Ukraine and Iran
29 May 2026By Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Geoff Kenny, Justus Meyer and Trixi PairanGeopolitical shocks influence consumer expectations about inflation and growth. This blog explores how the wars in Ukraine and Iran affect the way households think about the economy and shows how the scars of past experiences amplify reactions to subsequent geopolitical conflicts.Recent movements in euro area consumers’ inflation and growth expectations show that geopolitical shocks influence…
Building sustainable high performance
Unlocking potential, allocating resources in the right way and driving accountability without burning people out Many organisations are caught between relentless performance pressure and cultures that lack accountability. The organisations that thrive will build collective performance, align leadership teams, allocate talent strategically and create disciplined execution through clearer priorities, stronger capability and more sustainable ways of working. Reading time: 11 minutes There is a tension sitting at the heart of…
Chicago Pauses Its Tip Credit Phaseout
The pause in Chicago’s incremental tip credit phaseout is a victory for employers in the hospitality industry that rely on a “tip credit,” which allows an employer to pay an eligible tipped employee a lower direct cash wage than the standard minimum wage by using tips the employee earns to satisfy the employer’s minimum wage obligations. Chicago’s current minimum wage is $16.60 per hour, and the permissible maximum tip credit…
CMU Graduates Receive 2026-27 Fulbright Awards
Several recent Carnegie Mellon University alumni have been named 2026-27 Fulbright Award recipients. The awards, offered by the U.S. Fulbright Student Program and funded by the U.S. Department of State, facilitate international research and teaching opportunities in over 150 countries and are offered to a limited number of grantees following a rigorous selection process.“These Fulbright Student grantees exemplify the power of fully embracing the CMU experience. From distinctive undergraduate research…
Nicholas Christakis: The Science of Human Connection
Howie and Harlan are joined by Nicholas Christakis, director of Yale’s Human Nature Lab, to discuss his research on social networks, human connection, and the forces that help societies cooperate and endure. Harlan discusses promising phase 3 results for retatrutide, Eli Lilly’s experimental “triple G” obesity drug; Howie provides an update on the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Show notes: Obesity Drugs “Lilly’s triple agonist, retatrutide,…
Florida’s Major Changes to Civil Rights Claim Filing Rules
Quick Hits On May 22, 2026, Governor DeSantis signed HB 1407, which revises the procedural framework for civil actions and administrative remedies under the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA). HB 1407 aims to clarify timing issues and procedural ambiguities within the Florida Civil Rights Act, particularly regarding the commencement of civil rights claims and the role of administrative notices from federal and state agencies. The new law will take effect…
Federal Financial Institutions Legislative and Regulatory Reporter – March 2026
The Reporter provides a monthly summary of Canadian federal legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to federally regulated financial institutions. It does not address Canadian provincial financial services legislative and regulatory developments. In addition, purely technical and administrative changes (such as changes to reporting forms) are not covered. March 2026 Published Title and Brief Summary Status (if applicable) Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) March 30, 2026 Notice…
Leading through security and defence change
From Strategy to Delivery: The UK Defence Challenge with General Sir Richard Barrons CBE, KBE Joel Grundy speaks with General Sir Richard Barrons about the UK’s changing security and economic landscape following the Strategic Defence Review and Spending Review. Together, they explore resilience, defence capability, public sector trade-offs and the leadership challenges organisations face as geopolitical uncertainty, cyber threats and societal pressures continue to intensify. Watch the full discussion below.…
FTC Begins Enforcement of the TAKE IT DOWN Act: New Risks and Tools for Businesses
Quick Hits Businesses operating websites, online services, or applications primarily providing a forum for user-generated content may qualify as “covered platforms” subject to the TAKE IT DOWN Act’s notice-and-takedown requirements. The act’s platform obligations can carry significant civil fines of up to $53,088 per violation. Even employers that are not covered platforms may want to familiarize themselves with the act’s requirements in the event an employee reports that nonconsensual intimate…
U.S. expands Tariff Offset Regime to medium and heavy-duty vehicle sector
On May 15, 2026, the United States has expanded its Section 232 tariff mitigation framework to include medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) manufacturers. Key takeaways These measures broaden the access to import adjustment offsets and aligning treatment across the automotive sector considering the overlap in automotive and MHDV supply chains. The offsets are a form of tariff relief that allow eligible U.S. manufacturers to reduce duties payable on imported vehicle…
The New Fed Chair Wants Less Transparency. That’s a Mistake.
This commentary was originally published in Forbes. The views expressed are the author’s own.The new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, has made it clear that he would like to make significant changes to the Fed’s monetary policy communication. He has argued that excessive communication isn’t helpful to the public and may constrain monetary policy decisions. He has been particularly critical of the Fed’s projections of the policy interest rate (the “dot…
Dame Robina Shah receives Freedom of the City of London
One of the UK’s leading experts in patient care has received the Freedom of the City of London at Guildhall today, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to, and achievements in, healthcare and medical education. A highly experienced consultant and chartered psychologist, Dame Robina Shah DBE has spent over 30 years working across healthcare, medical education, patient safety, public service, social justice, and inclusion.She is currently Professor of Psychosocial Medicine and…
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