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States’ Rights and Hypocrisy; Purple Hair, Not Purple Food

States’ Rights and Hypocrisy Texas has become the seventh state to prohibit food products cultured from animal cells. Another half dozen states are considering legislative restrictions on these products, often at the behest of the agriculture sector. Bloomberg produced the map below on state level efforts. With a similar goal of restricting innovation, Republicans who typically praise deregulation as an economic benefit removed from the Big Beautiful Bill a prohibition against states initiating their own regulation of artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, some of these same politicians argue California has no right to regulate animal welfare standards on products imported from other states. And they encouraged the recent Trump Administr...

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Weighing in on strategic realignment

WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.

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