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I hope all is well with you as we finish out 2025. Thank you for your support this year. Referrals are the lifeblood of my business, and always appreciated. 

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Enjoy this month's articles on the following topics:

• Legal
• Financial
• Privacy and Security
• Marketing and Sales
• Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
• Consumer Warnings

I'd love to hear from you about which articles are most helpful to you. 

Wishing you a great holiday season, and best wishes as you wrap up 2025.

All my best,

Lori

Lori T. Williams, Owner/Managing Attorney

Your Legal Resource, PLLC

248 594 4470

Lori@BestLegalResource.com

www.bestlegalresource.com

Serving as Your Legal Resource since 2004

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Legal

• FTC sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster alleging illegal resale tactics
  
• Passengers sue United and Delta for selling window seats next to blank walls
  
• FTC abandons ban on non-competes
  
• DOJ's Antitrust Enforcers are Getting Out of the Way of Multibillion Dollar Deals
  
• Amazon to pay $2.5 billion for allegedly duping millions to sign up for Prime
  
• Class-action lawsuit alleges deceptive practices by Zillow

• AARP agrees to pay 12.5 million to settle privacy class action lawsuit, alleging user information was shared with Meta/Facebook

• Michigan joins 24 other states suing Trump administration for cutting off food (SNAP) benefits
  

Financial

• IRS postpones mandatory Roth Catch-Up retirement contributions until 2026
  
• Currently 92% of enrollees in the ACA Marketplace for health insurance receive some amount of premium tax credit. The subsidies are set to expire at the end of 2025, which will negatively impact small business owners, self-employed, and employees if they are eliminated
  
• Social Security could change eligibility rules for disability - blocking benefits for 750,000 disabled Americans
  
• How to secure your 401k plan from identity fraud
  
• IRS furlough's nearly half its workforce as shutdown drags on

Privacy/Security

• FTC warns companies against weaking data security for Americans despite pressures to do so by foreign governments
  
• Hackers use QR codes in new quishing attacks
  
• Staffing company Manpower discloses large scale data breach
  
• Google confirms Android Attacks with No Fix
  
• How passkeys are replacing passwords on personal devices
  
• Why silent authentication is the smarter way to secure your personal device at work (short article and video)

Marketing and Sales

• 10 innovative media marketing ideas to enhance brand engagement
  
• How to Identify a Loyal Customer and Enhance Your Business Strategy
  
• Why social listening is the most underrated revenue driver
  
• Why most sales training falls short, and how to improve it
  
• PR do's and don'ts for startups

Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

• 5 signs your startup actually has brand value
  
• How To Deal with Slow and Non-Paying Clients
  
• How entrepreneurs can legally use personal financing
  
• How Small Business Owners Can Navigate Tariffs
  
• How Better Data Governance Can Fix A Failing AI Strategy
  
• Business contracts are being updated with tariff clauses
  
• 5 critical moves small business owners should make as shutdown freezes SBA funding
  

Consumer Warnings

• Concerns raised about vitamin B6 levels in energy drinks could contribute to rise in B6 toxicity cases
  
• Job scammers are looking to hire you. FTC suggests how to protect yourself
  
• Benadryl allergy medication's risks outweigh usefulness, according to experts
  
• FDA Issues Highest Risk Warning For Nuts
  
• Baby puree pouches recalled for possible lead contamination

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