Apr 13, 2026 | Business Insights, Highlights
On March 31, 2026, Anthropic, the company behind the Claude artificial intelligence system, accidentally published the entire source code of a product called Claude Code inside a routine software update. A missing line in a configuration file shipped 512,000 lines of...
Apr 2, 2026 | Employment Law, Highlights
On March 26, 2026, the White House fundamentally reframed how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are evaluated in the context of federal contracts. With the issuance of Executive Order 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” DEI is...
Mar 27, 2026 | Business Insights, Highlights
In 2012, financier and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick made a transformative donation to his alma mater, Haverford College, a small liberal arts school in Pennsylvania. Over time, Lutnick’s contributions — reportedly totaling roughly $65 million —...
Mar 27, 2026 | Business Insights, Highlights
When you restructure into a C corporation for qualified small business stock (QSBS) treatment but miss even one of Section 1202’s technical requirements, the IRS can deny the exclusion entirely—even if the business itself is an ideal candidate. The central risk in...
Mar 17, 2026 | Employment Law, Highlights
Virginia’s steady march away from employer-friendly noncompete law continues. What began in 2020 as a targeted prohibition on noncompetes for “low-wage” workers has now expanded into a far broader restriction that reaches employees at every level of the organization....
Mar 16, 2026 | Business Insights, Highlights
Like other states, Virginia’s business landscape is supported by a network of organizations that often sound similar but may serve very different purposes. Chambers of commerce, business improvement districts (BIDs), and business alliances all work to strengthen the...
