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The article presents a list of allegedly socially responsible business enterprises including the pharmaceutical concern Merck, internet service provider Reliance J10, and Bank of America.

The US Supreme Court in Shaw v. Reno found that the plaintiff stated an equal protection claim in attacking North Carolina's reapportionment plan even though the plan was considered benign in its race consciousness. The Court erred in trying to reconcile this case with United Jewish Organizations v. Carey, which had asserted such plans were not unconstitutional if no discriminatory purpose and effect were shown. Shaw has restructured equal protection analysis by finding a new type of harm based solely on race consciousness in drawing election districts.

The article offers information on several people who are pushing artificial intelligence (AI) forward in academia, business and beyond including Andrew NG, chief executive officer (CEO) at Landing AI, Rama Akkiraju, master inventor at IBM Watson.

The article focuses on advertisement spending at the National Football League (NFL) which showed a 1.7 percent growth in playoff game advertising revenue, commenting the NFL was the largest source of television advertising spending in December of 2017, and states player protests and soft ratings have not impacted advertising revenue.

The article reports on the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court nullifying the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and its potential impact on the gambling industry and electronic sports betting.