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SEC and Binance request 60-day pause in lawsuit as the agency shifts to be more crypto-friendly

Fast Company Tech

District Court for the District of Columbia said the SEC approached Binance asking for the pause. The filing is the first tangible action in existing enforcement actions that recognizes a change in direction of the agency, said Carol Goforth, a distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

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Trump can’t fire us, FTC Democrats tell court after being ejected from office

Ars Technica

Two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Trump sued him today, saying their removals are "in direct violation of a century of federal law and Supreme Court precedent." They were then cut off from their FTC email addresses, asked to return electronic devices, and denied access to their offices.

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DNC sues Trump administration over executive order that could disenfranchise voters

Fast Company Tech

District Court for the District of Columbia ask the court to block Trump’s order and declare it illegal. The suits come as Congress is considering codifying a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration into law, and as Trump has promised more actions related to elections in the coming weeks.

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Class Action Denied In Blackbaud Data Breach Case

The NonProfit Times

The denial is one of the latest actions stemming from a data breach at the Charleston, South Carolina-based software and data services firm. million to settle investigations by 49 states and the District of Columbia. All 50 states have laws requiring organizations experiencing data breaches to notify affected entities.

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Epic files new complaint in its antitrust suit against Google

The Verge

When Epic rejected the deal, Google allegedly took other anti-competitive action, but the details of that action aren’t available. Google’s relationship with Samsung came under the microscope earlier this month when 36 states and the District of Columbia sued Google for breaking antitrust law.

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The good and the bad in the government’s case against Facebook

The Verge

If successful, the FTC’s case — which was joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam — could force the company to divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp, radically reshaping the digital economy. In addition to being revisionist history, this is simply not how the antitrust laws are supposed to work.

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Daily Crunch: Used-car marketplace Sylndr lands $12.6M pre-seed round, sets new record for MENA startups

TechCrunch

Twinkle, twinkle, little pedal : We didn’t know how much bike pedals needed lights in them until we saw it in action. Epic Games fought the law and won, for now : Epic Games temporarily won on behalf of its internet music company holding, Bandcamp, to let the app run its existing payment system on Android. It just makes so much sense….