The KEMA Brief
Sharp field notes on emerging tech, regulation, and the fast shifts reshaping professional work — a fresh drop every Friday and Sunday.
This week's editions
Building Your Digital Legacy: Why Your Cloud Backup Is Not an Inheritance
True digital preservation goes far beyond backing up files to the cloud. Discover the strategic frameworks required to turn raw digital exhaust into a meaningful, accessible human legacy.
FTC Notice of Penalty Offenses Recipient Lists and Civil Penalty Exposure Under 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(B)
Appearing on an FTC Notice of Penalty Offenses list establishes legal actual knowledge under 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(B), escalating civil penalty exposure up to $50,120 per violation.
The archive
FTC Penalty Offense Authority and Product Claim Substantiation Risks
An analysis of 2,527 companies across FTC Notice of Penalty Offenses lists, examining statutory civil penalty exposure under 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(B) and evidentiary gaps in product claim
The Friction Trap: Why Hitting a Cognitive Dead End Is Your Greatest Strategic Lever
Feeling stuck isn't an intellectual failure—it is the biological prerequisite for genuine lateral breakthrough. Here is why cognitive dead ends matter.

