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Sarah Hutchins

Portland, St. Louis
As seen in: Flipboard, InformationWeek, The Charlotte Observer, Bloomberg Law, The Virginian-Pilot, JD Supra, Guardian Liberty Voice, WRAL TechWire, Data Science Central, Security Magazine and
Editor + Data journalism instructor Past stops: @SpotlightPA, @IRE_NICAR, @virginianpilot (she/her)

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Sarah Hutchins is a freelance writer, editor, and teacher from Portland, Oregon. She earned a Masters in Fine Arts: Creative Writing from Antioch University and a Bachelors of Arts in English from Portland State University.

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After a Smashing First Year, Tea Fest PDX Returns July 21

After a Smashing First Year, Tea Fest PDX Returns July 21

Portland has long been a coffee mecca, but the city's burgeoning demand for tea and kombucha made last summer…

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What's the Hold-Up with Oregon's New Office of Outdoor Recreation?

What's the Hold-Up with Oregon's New Office of Outdoor Recreation?

In 2013, Utah started the trend. Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington followed. Last August, Ore…

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What's the Hold-Up with Oregon's New Office of Outdoor Recreation?

What's the Hold-Up with Oregon's New Office of Outdoor Recreation?

In 2013, Utah started the trend. Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington followed. Last August, Ore…

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The Oregon Coast's Next Trail Is All about Public Art

The Oregon Coast's Next Trail Is All about Public Art

Lately, the Oregon Coast is all about trail-blazing. In March, the 86-mile Salmonberry Trail concept took a b…

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How the Portland Rose Festival Found Its New Bloom

How the Portland Rose Festival Found Its New Bloom

Dress Blues-a lavender floribunda with a magenta heart-is the official rose of this year's Portland Rose Fest…

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How Should We Commemorate Portland's Fatal MAX Attack?

How Should We Commemorate Portland's Fatal MAX Attack?

Does street art have the power to help a community grieve and heal? On May 26, 2017, a knife-wielding white n…

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Defense Department Pauses Third-Party CMMC Assessments, But Contractor Cybersecurity Obligations Remain

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By Sarah Hutchins, William Kirkwood
| JD Supra
On July 13, 2026, the Department of Defense announced the immediate suspension of the planned transition to Phase 2 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program and the launch of a 60-day review of the program's future. The announcement pauses implementation of certain higher-level CMMC assessment requirements and creates uncertainty regarding the future structure of the CMMC assessment and certification framework.
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California's Record Privacy Act Settlement Sets Enforcement Floor for Connected Products

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By Robert Botkin, Sarah Hutchins
| JD Supra
If your company collects location or behavioral data from connected products and sells or routes it to data brokers, the California Attorney General just published a detailed playbook for what enforcement looks like. On May 8, 2026, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors, the largest California Consumer Privacy Act civil penalty to date.
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Does Use of Generative AI Tools for Legal Analysis Destroy Attorney-Client Privilege or Work Product Protection?

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By Robert Botkin, Sarah Hutchins
| JD Supra
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of everyday legal drafting and analysis, courts are beginning to confront a basic question: When does the use of a third-party AI tool threaten attorney-client privilege or work product protection? Recent decisions at the federal court level do not support a categorical rule that AI use alone waives either protection. Instead, two recent decisions in U.S. v. Heppner and Warner v.
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Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Yes, I wrote news articles and profiles.

What's your favorite drink?

matcha latte

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Lost in a book.