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California Law Threatens Legal Status of 70,000 Truck Drivers

California Law Threatens Legal Status of 70,000 Truck Drivers
California Law Threatens Legal Status of 70,000 Truck Drivers
July 12, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

California labor standards are beginning to apply to some 70,000 truck owner-operators, who make up the backbone of state’s transportation business, creating another bottleneck in...

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Today in TechREG: EU Supervisors Seek Powers to Revoke Licenses for AML Breaches; California Wants Input on Crypto Regulation
Today in TechREG: EU Supervisors Seek Powers to Revoke Licenses for AML Breaches; California Wants...
June 02, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Today in TechREG, three European Union supervisory authorities, including the banking and financial markets authorities, advocated for amending sectoral laws to include more powers to...

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California Governor Orders Study Into Crypto, Blockchain Regulations
California Governor Orders Study Into Crypto, Blockchain Regulations
May 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday, May 4, an executive order to start work on a regulatory framework for blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. The...

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Today in Crypto: MicroStrategy Hires GreenSky CFO as Its Financial Chief; Council of Europe AML Watchdog Calls for More Virtual Assets Regulation
Today in Crypto: MicroStrategy Hires GreenSky CFO as Its Financial Chief; Council of Europe AML...
May 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

MicroStrategy, which is one of a few companies with massive crypto holdings, has named a new finance chief in Andrew Kang, The Wall Street Journal...

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OppFi Asks for Injunction on Loan Interest Rates Caps
OppFi Asks for Injunction on Loan Interest Rates Caps
March 11, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

FinTech OppFi Inc. on Monday (March 7) filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court against California’s Commissioner of the Department of Financial Protection and...

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California Adds Pressure on Big Tech With Children’s Data Bill
California Adds Pressure on Big Tech With Children’s Data Bill
February 17, 2022  |  Big Data

California lawmakers Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Jordan Cunningham (R-Templeton) introduced on Wednesday evening a bill that seeks to protect children´s data online. The California Age-Appropriate...

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Advisor: California Should Pause and Consider Its Use of ID.me
Advisor: California Should Pause and Consider Its Use of ID.me
February 16, 2022  |  Digital Identity

California should pause and carefully consider its contract with identity-verification firm ID.me in the wake of privacy concerns about the company’s software, a non-partisan state...

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California Bill Requiring Food Delivery Fee Transparency Awaits Governor’s Approval
California Bill Requiring Food Delivery Fee Transparency Awaits Governor’s Approval
September 03, 2021  |  Delivery

In California, a bill that would require third-party delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats to show consumers an itemized breakdown of costs and...

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