Licensing & Regulation
Airbnb, GLVSTRA, and Short-Term Rental Operators Fight Clark County Summary Clark County has introduced a contested short-term rental framework that requires a minimum 1,000-foot separation between licensed properties and includes strict caps, fines and a lottery-style licence allocation. Since applications opened in 2022 the county has issued just 194 licences from over 1,300 submissions, with […]
Proxy Season Highlights: What the 2025 No-Action Letter Landscape Tells Us About Preparing for 2026 Summary The 2025 proxy season marked a clear shift in SEC staff practice after the release of Staff Legal Bulletin 14M (SLB 14M). SLB 14M rescinded the more proponent-friendly SLB 14L and restored a company-specific, facts-and-circumstances approach to exclusions under […]
Donald Trump signals US and China have struck TikTok deal Summary The Financial Times reports that Donald Trump has signalled a deal between the US and China over TikTok. The article is behind the FT paywall and provides limited publicly available detail: the announcement suggests progress toward resolving long‑running US national security concerns about the […]
US blocks Five Eyes from Ukraine peace talk | Africa cybercrime crackdown | Australia orders Binance money laundering audit Summary The US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has withheld updates on Russia–Ukraine peace talks from Five Eyes partners — a dramatic departure from long-standing intelligence cooperation and the latest sign of strained sharing under […]
China’s Great Firewall cuts global access for an hour | 493 child sextortion cases linked to scam compounds | Australian trade union council strikes deal on AI copyright payments Summary For roughly one hour in the early hours of Wednesday, China effectively cut nearly all HTTPS traffic (TCP port 443) to the outside world, according […]
NEW ASPI REPORT: Aligning Indo-Pacific cyber rules | FBI, allies: China hacks in 80 countries | Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland ops Summary A new ASPI report, Curbing the Cost of Cybersecurity Fragmentation: An Agenda for Harmonisation across the Indo‑Pacific, argues that fragmented cyber regulation is both a strategic and economic liability and calls […]
FTC targets AI ‘companion’ chatbots over safety fears | France pushes criminal probe into TikTok over kids’ safety | OpenAI and Microsoft reach tentative deal to revise partnership Summary The Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into major tech and AI companies about the risks posed to children and teenagers who use AI chatbots […]
Dodgy solar battery installs, channelling another pink batts disaster. What you need to know – CyberShack Summary Thousands of Australian homes have received solar battery installs that breach the AS/NZS 5139 standard, risking voided insurance and potential fires. The article highlights common illegal placements (inside roof cavities, too close to doors, windows, gas appliances, etc.), […]
LETTER: Casinos and local governments have this in common Summary The letter compares the behaviour of big casino corporations to that of some local governments, arguing both increasingly ignore the working and middle classes. The writer criticises recent Las Vegas advertising as cosmetic and says casinos now cater primarily to high rollers while levying steep […]
Sean Perry Sues Fellow Poker Player Mikki Mase for Defamation Summary Controversial gambler and poker player Sean Perry has filed a defamation lawsuit against fellow gambler Mikki Mase (Michael Meiterman), William Darnell Smith (aka “Mazi”), and a former employee, Charlie Cavalier. The suit, filed on 29 August in Clark County, Nevada, stems from sexual-assault accusations […]
