Two courts on opposite sides of the Atlantic have handed AI developers narrow but significant wins. In London, the High Court ruled that a trained model is not an “infringing copy,” while in California, judges upheld fair use on limited facts. The real fight over data provenance, training locality, and market harm still lies ahead.
The Dutch government’s intervention in Nexperia is no ordinary corporate dispute. It marks the first time in peacetime that The Hague has used Cold War-era powers to take control of a functioning private company in the name of “technological security.” By removing Nexperia’s Chinese chief executive and suspending shareholder control, the state has effectively placed Europe’s largest discrete-chip producer under direct administration.
This legal commentary examines whether that act was lawful, proportionate, or politically orchestrated
Since the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, a wave of employer terminations, suspensions, and removals from duty has grown across the United States—often not for violence or threats, but for criticism, refusal to...