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Antitrust Complaint Says Amazon Forces Merchants To Use Its Logistics Services

Antitrust Complaint Says Amazon Forces Merchants To Use Its Logistics Services
Antitrust Complaint Says Amazon Forces Merchants To Use Its Logistics Services
November 08, 2019  |  eCommerce

An online merchant has written a letter to Congress saying that the company was forced to use Amazon’s logistics services, as it otherwise would have...

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Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?
Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?
November 04, 2019  |  Regulation

U.S. lawmakers proposed new legislation last week that would require internet platforms to more or less lay bare the intellectual property that drives their business...

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New Laws To Require LLCs To Disclose Owners’ Names
New Laws To Require LLCs To Disclose Owners’ Names
November 04, 2019  |  Regulation

Proposals in both chambers of Congress would limit the use of anonymous shell companies, impacting small businesses in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Zuckerberg Tells Congress That Libra Fills A Global Payments Void
Zuckerberg Tells Congress That Libra Fills A Global Payments Void
October 23, 2019  |  Facebook

It may be a bit ironic that the halls of Congress are known, colloquially, as the Hill. It’s an upward climb, after all, for Facebook...

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FTC: Big Tech’s Data Troves Give Them Unfair Advantage
FTC: Big Tech’s Data Troves Give Them Unfair Advantage
October 18, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the mass amounts of data collected by big technology companies, like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, give them an...

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CFPB’s Debt Collection, Payday Lending Rules Come Under Fire In Congressional Hearing
CFPB’s Debt Collection, Payday Lending Rules Come Under Fire In Congressional Hearing
October 16, 2019  |  CFPB

Payday lending practices again came under fire Wednesday (Oct. 16) from members of the U.S. Congress, as Kathy Kraninger, director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau...

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Foursquare Head Wants Stricter Laws Around Location Data
Foursquare Head Wants Stricter Laws Around Location Data
October 16, 2019  |  Regulation

The CEO of Foursquare, a location data company, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times Wednesday (Oct. 16), saying, “It’s time for Congress...

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Congress Calls Uber And Lyft To Ride-Hailing Hearing
Congress Calls Uber And Lyft To Ride-Hailing Hearing
October 14, 2019  |  Ridesharing

The head of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee wrote letters to the CEO’s of both Lyft and Uber asking them to...

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Congress Aims To Bring Transparency To Hotel Resort Fees
Congress Aims To Bring Transparency To Hotel Resort Fees
October 09, 2019  |  Travel Payments

You have to give digital and mobile technology some credit — over time, the complexities of travel pricing and costs (along with other parts of the...

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