Merkur Group finalises acquisition of Gaming Arts – Casino International Summary In May 2025 Merkur Group was granted a licence to manufacture and distribute Merkur products in Nevada and the Nevada Gaming Commission approved the acquisition of Gaming Arts, LLC. The transaction was completed on 15 September 2025, marking a strategic re‑entry into the U.S. […]
Thailand’s Senate turns down casino legislation over social stability concerns | AGB Summary Thailand’s Senate has rejected the draft bill to create integrated entertainment complexes with casinos, citing concerns about social stability, economic security and national safety. The Senate committee warned the proposal could increase risks such as money laundering and erosion of public trust, […]
The Hidden C-Suite Risk Of AI Failures Summary This article warns that broad AI exclusions being added to liability insurance policies can leave directors, officers and organisations unexpectedly uninsured for claims that are ‘related to’ AI, even where AI played a minor role. Insurers are inserting wide-ranging language that can exclude defence and indemnity for […]
Threat Actor Deploys ‘OVERSTEP’ Backdoor in Ongoing SonicWall SMA Attacks Summary Researchers have linked an ongoing campaign against SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances to the threat actor tracked as UNC6148. The attackers are deploying a previously unseen persistent backdoor and user-mode rootkit called OVERSTEP that modifies the appliance boot process to maintain […]
Australia’s Gambling Crisis Deepens as New Study Shows Rising Harm Summary The Australian Gambling Research Centre’s National Gambling Prevalence Study Pilot (surveying nearly 4,000 adults in 2024) reveals rising gambling participation and harm. Key findings: 65% of adults gambled in the past year (up from 57% in 2019) and about 15% — roughly 3.1 million […]
Corporate Citizenship in Transition: Lessons from 2025, Planning for 2026 Summary This report, based on a survey of more than 80 corporate citizenship and philanthropy leaders at US and multinational firms, reviews how corporate giving and citizenship evolved in 2025 and highlights priorities for planning in 2026. Organisations largely kept budgets steady in 2025, but […]
Fair Corporate Suffrage or Federal Overreach? The 1943 Hearings and Rule 14a-8 Summary This article traces the origin and long arc of Rule 14a-8 from the SEC’s 1942 proxy amendments and the consequential 1943 congressional hearings through eight decades of regulatory, judicial and political shifts culminating in contemporary debates around SLB 14L and 14M and […]
Benjamin Rolle Makes Back-to-Back WSOP Online Main Event Final Tables Summary Benjamin Rolle, founder of Raise Your Edge, has returned to the WSOP Online Main Event final table a year after finishing eighth in 2024. This time he leads the nine-handed final with 75,645,533 chips (95 big blinds), heading a field that includes Anatoly Zlotnikov […]
Corporate Citizenship in Transition: Lessons from 2025, Planning for 2026 Summary This report summarises a survey of more than 80 corporate citizenship and philanthropy leaders at US and multinational firms and outlines how corporate giving evolved in 2025 and what leaders are planning for 2026. Key forces shaping corporate citizenship include stable but fragile budgets, […]
Fair Corporate Suffrage or Federal Overreach? The 1943 Hearings and Rule 14a-8 Summary This article traces the origins and long arc of Rule 14a-8 from the SEC’s 1942 proxy amendments and the 1943 congressional hearings through eight decades of litigation, regulatory shifts and policy debates. The 1943 hearings framed the central tension that persists today: […]
