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Happy New Year! I hope all is well with you. I'm happy to bring you new 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. I'm also available for you and your contacts whenever legal advice or representation is needed. My team of attorneys cover all areas of law in Metro Detroit. My referral service is always free to the client. Click here for a sampling of the types of legal referrals we provide.

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Lori

Lori T. Williams, Owner/Managing Attorney

Your Legal Resource, PLLC

248 594 4470

Lori@BestLegalResource.com

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Serving as Your Legal Resource since 2004

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Legal

• Consumers seek $2.36 billion from Google after privacy verdict
  
• Jack Nicklaus awarded $50 million in defamation suit
  
• Samsung hit with $445.5 million US jury verdict over wireless communications patents
  
• GoDaddy is hit with a $170 million verdict for patent infringement over its web-design technology
  
• Parents of flood victims sue Camp Mystic for negligence
  
• Netflix faces consumer class action over $72 billion Warner Brothers deal

Financial

• Visa and Mastercard reach agreement with merchants after two decades of litigation over credit card interchange fees
  
• Weighing charitable deductions in 2025 and 2026
  
• These big 401(k) changes are coming in 2026 - what it means for you
  
• Department of Education says new FAFSA feature will warn students looking at schools with low earning outcomes

Privacy/Security

• 5 reasons to stop using sms messaging on Androids
  
• PayPal Warns Consumers About Rising Phishing Scams
  
• Judge advances data privacy class action against LinkedIn
  
• Google confirms 2 billion chrome users attacked, and issues emergency update
  
• Researchers expose large-scale YouTube Malware distribution network
  
• Token theft is the leading cause of SaaS breaches
  
• Google has been sued for its Gemini AI technology, claiming user privacy violations
  
• Washington Post confirms it suffered an Oracle-linked data breach

Marketing and Sales

• Direct mail is having a revival, with 80-90% open rates
  
• How AI is changing online marketing for small businesses
  
• How entrepreneurs can more effectively utilize LinkedIn to build their online presence and grow their business
  
• PR do's and don'ts for startups

Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

• 4 questions that help forecast a startup's future

• Why SBA loans often require life insurance

• 5 things that make a business valuable in any market

• 10 surprising facts about general liability insurance for small business owners
  

• Small and medium businesses turn to HSA's as a way to cope with the rising healthcare costs

Consumer Warnings

• Protein powders and shakes found to contain concerning levels of lead, according to new Consumer Reports investigation

• Peloton recalls 830,000 of its bikes nationwide for injury risk
  
• Federal regulators investigate Tesla's full-self driving technology after dozens of traffic violation incidents and crashes
  
• 1 million Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru vehicles recalled
  
• Ford recalls around 230,000 vehicles over instrument panel display failure
  
• Jeep Grand Cherokee and Wrangler 4XE recall
  
• Blood pressure medication recalled for potential cross-contamination, reports say

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