On 16 October 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a comprehensive guidance regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in employment. The guidance, entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers”1 (the DOL AI Guidance), builds on the DOL’s May 2024 AI […]

  In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted with a force so immense that it altered the course of history. The explosion hurled vast amounts of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, reflecting sunlight and causing global temperatures to plummet. The aftermath was catastrophic—a “year without a summer” that led to widespread crop […]

  The United States is experiencing its highest number of whooping cough cases in nearly a decade, with over 32,000 cases reported this year, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This represents a sixfold increase compared to the same time last year and […]

To view the Arbitration World publication, click here. From The Editors We are proud to mark the publication of the 40th edition of Arbitration World. In this is a notable edition, we have taken the opportunity to look back at the stories featured in the very the first edition in 2005 and […]

Australian Update Australia Commits AU$75 million to Singapore’s FAST-P Clean Energy Transition Initiative On 3 December 2024, the Australian Government approved an AU$75 million equity investment in the Singapore Government’s Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership (FAST-P) initiative. This investment is the first under the AU$2 billion Southeast Asia Investment Financing Facility […]

Introduction1 On 5 December 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Data, Market Oversight, and Market Participants issued a staff advisory on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by CFTC-regulated entities (the Advisory).2 The Advisory comes nearly a year after CFTC staff (Staff) issued a Request […]