The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has put forward a series of proposals that could lead to millions of gig workers across the bloc getting similar legal protections to traditional employees. The Commission’s proposals will now be debated by the European Parliament and Council.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

The pump and pipeline project to Georgetown, developed by California-based Upwell Water, is the largest of at least a half dozen similar projects recently completed, under construction or proposed to bring rural Carrizo Wilcox aquifer water into the booming urban corridor that follows Interstate 35 through Central Texas.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

The state of California’s case against Activision Blizzard just took another blow. A report in Bloomberg alleges that the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom sought to “interfere” in the lawsuit between the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing and Activision Blizzard for sexual harassment and discrimination.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie, What’s the difference between International Entrepreneur Parole and the latest proposed startup visa? Sophie Alcorn.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew the proposed rule to remove the International Entrepreneur Parole Program.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” This newly proposed startup visa is currently under consideration for inclusion in congressional legislation to increase U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Epic Games will give Fortnite players 1,000 V-Bucks if they ever purchased an in-game loot box, presented within the game as “loot llamas” containing randomized items, as part of a proposed class action lawsuit settlement to be approved later this week. The proposed settlement also provides up to $26.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

billion proposed acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo, a high-profile deal they announced in May last year, after the San Francisco-based startup failed to provide its audited financial statements for the year 2021. ” The proposed acquisition — which was proposed to include Galaxy Digital issuing 33.8

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2021

Some of the ideas were just poison pills that were designed to cause division, but most of the ideas proposed in amendments were really positive, and those bills will change again before they hit the floor. In the markup, we saw some California Democrats oppose the bills over privacy concerns. And the California Republicans, too.

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The Verge

MARCH 24, 2021

This is after the legislation, an amendment to the existing HB2005 law , passed the Arizona House of Representatives earlier this month in a landmark 31-29 vote. Other arenas include California, where Epic launched its own fight, and the European Union. The big show turned out to be a no show.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

On Thursday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban federal law enforcement from using facial recognition technology and make it more difficult for state and local police departments to use the tech. The bill would effectively prohibit the tech’s use until Congress passes a law explicitly allowing it.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

As data privacy laws proliferate, it’s becoming increasingly important for companies to protect sensitive data in their applications. Hadad says that with all of the privacy laws, the most well known being GDPR in the EU and CCPA in California, privacy is becoming a regulated imperative. currently in Congress, as well.

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Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Over the past month, we’ve answered these questions a lot: How will changes to the federal overtime law will affect my organization? Before we delve into how the new overtime law affects the nonprofit industry, know that not all states have the same guidelines. Department of Labor Issues Final Overtime Law.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Many objected to Musk’s behavior during the coronavirus pandemic, including how he reopened Tesla’s California vehicle factory in violation of a local health order, sued the county where the factory is located, and spread misinformation about the virus. But some Travis County residents still took issue with the proposal at Tuesday’s meeting.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” company, such as a Delaware C corporation registered in California. You can contact Sophie directly at Alcorn Immigration Law.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today, one of Activision Blizzard’s shareholders released a letter saying that the company’s proposed remedies for the pervasive allegations of sexual assault and discrimination “do not go nearly far enough.” Last month, the state of California sued Activision Blizzard over what it called a culture of “constant sexual harassment.”

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A jury in California has ordered Tesla to pay $137 million in damages to a Black former elevator operator after he experienced a hostile work environment, including racial harassment and discrimination, at the company’s Fremont plant. Photo by Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images. million for emotional distress). “I

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2021

Another force working in the bill’s favor are the dozens of state-level privacy bills that have taken effect since the bill was first introduced, including the California Consumer Privacy Act , or CCPA. The company revamped that call this March after Virginia passed its own protections through the Consumer Data Protection Act. “We

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In a proposed class-action lawsuit filed in the California Central District Court, Candie Frazier says she spent 12 hours a day moderating videos uploaded to TikTok for a third-party contracting firm named Telus International. That case resulted in a $52 million settlement paid by Facebook to its content moderators.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

Though some jurisdictions like California have recently proposed to classify drivers and delivery persons as company employees with worker benefits, platform companies have worked hard to overturn these efforts.

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The Verge

APRIL 10, 2021

In November, Epic filed a similar legal claim against Apple in Australia, saying the iPhone maker’s conduct was “unconscionable, and breaches the Australian Consumer Law as well as various sections of the Competition and Consumer Act [of] 2010.” Epic has also filed similar claims against Google and its mobile app store.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2022

Instead, certain shareholder proposals brought up issues with social and cultural impact, like addressing forced labor , pay equity , and employee NDAs. On Friday, for the first time in years, two proposals actually passed (via CNET ). The measure passed with 54 percent support among shareholders who voted.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

In case you missed it, Waymo filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles in an effort to protect certain data from its driverless vehicle operations from being shared with the public. He did propose a solution that I will post below. The Los Angeles Times was the first to report on the lawsuit).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Whoever lost, we win On Friday, a California judge ruled on the influential Epic v. But she seriously examines all these arguments and lays out a blueprint for further legal arguments about mobile platforms, app monopolies, and modern antitrust law. Image courtesy of Vicki Behringer. Apple lawsuit , and both sides lost.

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DataRobot

AUGUST 9, 2021

For instance, the New York Times recently reported, “ We Need Laws to Take On Racism and Sexism in Hiring. ”. General Data Protection Regulation, California Consumer Privacy Act, SR 11-7 Guidance on Model Risk Management, etc). The EU recently proposed regulations that would punish companies offering racially biased technology.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

We built the service in collaboration with California domestic violence organizations, Aidmatrix , a Texas-based nonprofit, and JayStack , a mobile technology company. Before we wrote our proposal , we read, watched videos, and listened to podcasts. Our project, SafeNight , was selected as one of twelve finalists in the challenge.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Finance / @southwestfdns. 41st Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

The lawsuit alleged that the social network “fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical ‘compositions, violating Publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law.” according to a court filing in California. is now X Corp. Twitter, Inc. is now called X Corp.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Except one: The California Condor. The California Condor is the sole surviving member of the Gymnogyps genus, a castaway from the Pleistocene epoch. Meanwhile, the condor’s habitat was improved due to work done by government agencies and environmental groups to protect ranging lands and enact laws against lead bullets.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The proposed rule mandating a setback of 2,500 feetfive times the distance of the current lawhad originally been proposed as a statewide requirement by Governor Josh Shapiro when he was Pennsylvanias attorney general. A group of Democratic senators has announced that they soon plan to reintroduce the 2,500-foot setback proposal.

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

New York's law requiring Internet service providers to offer broadband for $15 or $20 a month has spurred legislative efforts in other states to guarantee affordable service for people with low incomes. So far, legislators in Vermont, Massachusetts, and California have proposed laws inspired by the New York requirement.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 23, 2024

New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which penalizes the dissemination of names and residential addresses of judicial, law enforcement, child protection investigators and other covered individuals, is having a significant damping effect on marketing efforts – including nonprofit solicitations – aimed at Garden State residents.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” It’s important to be aware of the proposed equity split between the founders. Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee plans to discuss the creation of a new privacy bureau at the FTC and “the need for a comprehensive federal privacy law.” It’s an uncomfortable dodge since Congress has thus far been unable to pass any such privacy law. That is not an effective way to build trust with consumers”. “If

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