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902LegalNYC Sues Airbnb Listing Co In Bid To Stop Short-Term Rentals
New York City has sued Guesty, a startup that provides services for listing on Airbnb and other home-sharing sites, in an escalation...
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728Gig EconomyLyft And Uber Fund Efforts To Oust CA Lawmaker
Lyft and Uber are fighting back against a California legislator who voted for AB5, a law that could potentially classify drivers as...
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965RegulationNJ Legislators Propose Tighter Data Privacy Regulations
Lawmakers in New Jersey are proposing a bill to solidify data privacy guidelines and inflict tougher limits on the tech industry, The...
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3.2KSecurity & FraudEx-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of Pilfering $10M In eCurrency
A former Microsoft engineer was found guilty of 18 federal felonies after he stole $10 million worth of digital currency from his...
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1.4KLegalOracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals
Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle...
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2.0KLegalOracle, Google API Litigation Looms Over Open Banking’s Future
In technology, one key question is: “Build or buy?” Another is: “Who owns the intellectual property?” In an upcoming Supreme Court case,...
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1.7KANTITRUSTEU Judge Says Google Committed ‘Clear Infraction’ In Antitrust Case
A European judge has hampered Google’s fight against a $2.6 billion fine, saying the company committed a “clear infraction” by putting its...
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1.3KANTITRUSTGoogle Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
Alphabet’s Google told Europe’s second-highest court on Wednesday (Feb. 12) that antitrust regulators had no legal grounds to levy a €2.4-billion ($2.6...
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2.7KSecurity & FraudDOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was...
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2.6KRidesharingUber, Postmates To Meet With CA Judge To Argue Against Gig Worker Law
To put a stop to legislation that would transform gig workers from contractors to employees, Uber and Postmates Inc. are scheduled to meet with a...
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2.8KLegalDOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is organizing a workshop to review a federal law that predominantly releases websites from legal culpability...
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1.3KLegalSupreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using...
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1.5KLegalSmileDirectClub Offers Refunds To Silence Customer Complaints
SmileDirectClub, which specializes in straightening peoples’ teeth, is gaining a reputation for squashing any kind of negative press, The New York Times...
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3.4KLegalApp Developers Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
Facebook has been sued by four companies regarded alleged anti-competitive practices, according to a report by Reuters. The companies say that the...
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5.3KWearablesRegulators Investigate Fitness Bands Amid Patent Violation Claims
After allegations of patent infringement by Koninklijke Philips and its North American unit, regulators with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC)...
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3.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Deribit Crypto Exchange Flees Netherlands’ Tight Regulation; Illinois Now Recognizes Blockchain Contracts As Legally Binding
Deribit, a popular global cryptocurrency options exchange, is moving to Panama in February to sidestep the Netherlands’ upcoming regulation changes on the...
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3.7KSecurity & FraudNY Man Gets Jail Time For $390K Card Skimming Scheme
A New York man, 39-year-old Bogdan Rusu, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on charges of using credit card skimming tactics...
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2.0KLegalSonos Hits Google With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Sonos is suing Google as of Tuesday (Jan. 7), alleging that the tech giant infringed on their patents for music speakers, per...
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3.4KLegalUber, Postmates Sue CA Over Labor Rights Law
Uber and Postmates have filed a lawsuit against the state of California to try and block a new law that will change...
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2.0KLegalNew CA Privacy Law Requires Retailers To Disclose Data Collection
A new law in California requires companies to explain exactly what customer information, if any, is being sold to third parties, according...
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6.9KLegalWawa C-Store Chain Sued Over Malware Attack
Multiple lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in Philadelphia over a data breach at Wawa convenience stores, which affected 850...
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3.7KBitcoinSelf-Described Bitcoin Inventor Says He Can’t Access His Assets
Craig Wright, a man who claims he invented Bitcoin, was recently ordered by a judge in Florida to surrender around $3 billion...
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2.7KDisbursementsWhy Changes Are Slow In Coming To Legal Disbursements
Businesses and government institutions are adapting to instant payments as more consumers are requesting them. The latest PYMNTS Disbursement Satisfaction Report revealed...
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9.7KRidesharingColombia Blocks Uber From Using Its Ride-Hailing App
Uber was ordered last Friday by a Colombian judge to stop securing business in their country via its popular ride-hailing app, according...
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1.8KPayments InnovationLegal Disbursements And The Paper Chase
The third decade of the 21st century is dawning with self-driving cars, the ability to rent almost anything and, best of all,...
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2.5KCryptocurrencyLawyers Demand Proof That QuadrigaCX Founder Is Really Dead
Perhaps call it “habeas corpus” of a different sort. In Latin, the term translates to “you have the body.” And in a...
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2.5KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: China Regulator Eyes Digital Currency Veteran As Chief; Crypto Firm Founder Charged With ICO Fraud
The China Securities Regulatory Commission, China’s security watchdog, is setting up a technology regulation bureau and will announce Yao Qian as its...
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3.2KANTITRUSTState AGs To Fight T-Mobile-Sprint Merger In Federal Trial
A group of state attorneys general are getting set to fight against the T-Mobile and Sprint merger in an unprecedented federal trial....
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2.1KLegalCA College Student Accuses TikTok Of Illicit Data Harvesting
A California college student has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the viral video service of sending her personal data to its...
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2.7KANTITRUSTAutomakers Worry That Qualcomm Appeal Could Boost Cost Of 5G Cars
If microchip supplier Qualcomm wins its case on appeal, the cost of connected cars using 5G technology will skyrocket, automakers and suppliers...
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3.1KSecurity & FraudCourt Filings Show Facebook’s Data Policy Was About Competition, Not Privacy
Facebook’s 2012 policy changes that denied app developers access to user data was actually about stifling competition, not protecting user privacy, according...
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2.4KRetailFTC Settles With Sunday Riley Over Fake Sephora Reviews
Sunday Riley has settled with the FTC over an accusation that it posted fake customer reviews on the Sephora site. The Texas-based...
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1.4KFacebookFed Governor: Libra Has Big Regulatory Mountain To Climb
U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard has warned that a stablecoin like Facebook‘s planned Libra could make central banks’ efforts to conduct...
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2.8KLegalUber Faces Millions In Liabilities If Drivers Become Employees
A 2017 deposition is giving insight into Uber‘s legal strategy when fighting back against driver-related lawsuits. Legal documents related to an Atlanta...
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2.2KLegalGoogle’s EU Antitrust Appeal Hearings Scheduled For Feb.
Google’s appeal against a $2.64 billion fine for antitrust practices in the EU will be heard by a court over a three-day...
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4.5KLegalCalibra Faces Trademark Infringement Suit Over Logo
Adding another possible legal showdown to the Libra crypto project, and potentially adding to its list of challenges, Facebook’s Calibra is facing...
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2.7KSecurity & FraudIndian Pharma Mogul Arrested For Fraud
One Singh brother has been arrested, while the other is still on the run. Indian pharma mogul Shivinder Singh was taken into...
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3.1KLegalDomino’s Supreme Court Decision Spotlights Online Web Accessibility
When it comes to QSR and mobile innovation, pizza seller Domino’s has earned itself a leading position. Now, thanks to a court...
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2.4KLegalFacebook Investor Lawsuit Is Dismissed
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook from investors alleging they weren’t told about the impact of a privacy breach has been dismissed, according...
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3.4KLegalIBM Lawsuit Accuses Zillow Of Patent Infringement
IBM has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zillow, claiming that the real estate company used key parts of IBM technology on...
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2.7KLegalRussian Hacker To Plead Guilty In JPMorgan Case
A Russian hacker who perpetrated the financial data theft of over 80 million JPMorgan Chase & Co. clients will plead guilty to...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsSmall Business Bankruptcy Bill Becomes Law
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation that streamlines the bankruptcy process for small businesses and farmers. According to reports...
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2.9KLegalEx-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The...
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2.0KFacebookGerman Cartel To Appeal Court’s Suspension Of Facebook Restrictions
After a regional court decision suspended restrictions on Facebook data gathering in Germany, the Federal Cartel Office said it is filing an...
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3.7KLegalJudge Denies Bail For Accused Capital One Hacker
The woman who was accused of hacking into Capital One’s cloud and swiping the information of more than 100 million people was...
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2.3KLegalDOJ Charges Nigerian Email Scammers
The U.S. Justice Department has announced charges against 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering operation...
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3.4KLegalKik Accuses SEC Of ‘Twisting Facts’ In Crypto Lawsuit
Canadian chat app Kik has filed an answer to a lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claiming that the company’s...
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2.3KFacebookFacebook Could Pay $100M To Settle SEC Investigation
Facebook is expected to settle on Wednesday (July 24) with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into its privacy practices. The SEC...
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3.5KLegalIndia’s Lawmakers Recommend Crypto Ban
A panel of lawmakers in India prepared a report about cryptocurrency use in the country and is recommending a ban on all...
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4.5KDigital PaymentsCBD And Cannabis Industries Attract Payments And Compliance Players
When it comes to the new and emerging legal cannabis industry – along with the closely related trade in CBD products –...
