The Verge

APRIL 7, 2022

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (or RWDSU) has filed objections against Amazon to the National Labor Relations Board, saying that the company has again interfered with its election in Bessemer, Alabama ( via CNBC ). The union wants the election set aside. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Blue Fox

JANUARY 25, 2021

If you frequent the IRS.gov virtual newsroom (like we do), you’ll discover these facts: “The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation's tax season will start on Friday, February 12, 2021, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns.

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The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

An initial assessment from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama hold a new election to determine whether to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Since almost all content for the last decade originates as a digital file, using OCR on the scanned page or the PDF image document is a painful reverse engineering process that delivers lower quality access at much greater cost than native full access. Conclusion TPMs are blunt and frequently stupid instruments.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Evolving Tax Laws : Staying compliant with ever-changing state and local tax laws is a significant challenge without expert support or automation. Streamline Reporting and Filing : Generate detailed tax reports and automate filings, reducing administrative burden and risk of error.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Every quarter we dig into the venture capital market’s global , national , and sector-based results to get a feel for what the temperature of the private market is at that point in time. 5 takeaways from the Coursera IPO filing. Want it in your inbox every Saturday morning? Sign up here. These imperfect snapshots are useful.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers who were organizing employee protests, then firing two of them, according to a complaint to be filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today. Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images.

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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! The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

An AT&T policy that bars employees from recording conversations with managers or colleagues is legal, according to a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board Monday. The board found that while AT&T violated US labor law in how it had applied the policy, the recording ban itself was not illegal.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data. neuralMatch, which was trained using 200,000 images from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, will roll out first in the US. The system will be used first in the US.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 3, 2013

Are we still required to file annual reports? The Arizona legislature recently passed legislation that repeals Arizona’s solicitation registration laws and the requirement that nonprofit organizations file annual solicitation registration or renewal forms with the Secretary of State. What about internet based fundraising?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

National Development Council. With 80-90 employees working remotely across the United States, the National Development Council was looking for a better solution to staying connected. Women’s Law Project. “People are telling me that they feel more connected. ”" CTO, Antonio Palumbo.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

It was the latest legal challenge targeting a gig economy company in California since the passage of the state’s first-in-the-nation worker misclassification law. Misclassifying workers deprives them of the labor law safeguards to which they are entitled”. I met @chesaboudin right after his historic election.

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TechNode

AUGUST 8, 2024

On Wednesday, Tencent’s customer service team assured users that the WeChat File Transfer Assistant is a safe built-in feature and chat records are not stored on servers due to privacy concerns. Consequently, concerns about file transfer assistants have became a trending topic on the Chinese X-like platform Weibo in recent days.

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against Amazon, alleging that the company illegally threatened, surveilled, and interrogated workers who were trying to start a union at its Staten Island, New York facilities. The NLRB has had several other disputes with Amazon around labor law.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2021

Now that Amazon’s Q2 earnings are in , it has submitted a 10-Q filing with the SEC that includes additional details like this eye-popping note about a fine imposed by Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) (via Bloomberg ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In honor of Labor Day, this blog—the first in a two-part series—offers insights into the various roles that unions play within the social sector, based on data from available recent tax filings (2016 and on). . law with the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Unions are both local and national. What is a union? .

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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

JULY 14, 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.” You should consider talking to your employer about sponsoring you for a green card, and know that you can also file a petition on your own.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

“However, this bill is narrowly tailored and avoids criminalizing users, who may do nothing more than click on a link, or upload a file. On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law. It also does not criminalize streamers who may include unlicensed works as part of their streams.”. “It

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

According to court papers, AAER filed its challenge on behalf of three anonymous female business owners , two in Virginia and one in New York, whose small businesses met the firmographics criteria of eligible contestants. In declarations filed with the court, all three asserted they “meet the nonracial requirements for the contest.”

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Last January , the Norwegian Consumer Council filed three complaints against Grindr for sharing personal information, including users’ locations and information about the device they were using, with advertisers. Grindr will be fined 100 million Norwegian kroner, or about $11.7 One of those advertisers was MoPub, Twitter’s mobile ads company.)

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The Verge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Amazon’s decision to fire warehouse worker Courtney Bowden violated labor laws, according to charges filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last month and obtained by BuzzFeed News. KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images. Bowden was advocating for better working when the company abruptly let her go.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 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.” The latest Visa Bulletin shows that individuals born in India can file their immigrant visa applications for an EB-2 green card at a U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

The legal framework for Bookshare is the Section 121 copyright exception in federal copyright law: all Bookshare users must have a disability that qualifies under that section. If a member has trouble opening a Bookshare file, or cannot get the file to function properly, what kind of response or advice might they get from technical support?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Hours earlier, news broke about the National Labor Relations Board filing a complaint against Google for firing two workers last year in the wake of employee organizing efforts. But the NLRB found these rules violated labor laws and alleged Berland and Spiers had done nothing wrong.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 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.” EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) for persons of exceptional ability. Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 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.” The USCIS December report , released last week, states USCIS will accept I-485 adjustment of status applications based on the Dates for Filing.

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

It is deeply concerning and unfortunate that these companies broke the law during these incredibly difficult times”. The suits apparently stem from a collaboration between the BACP and the City of Chicago Law Department, and they assert claims based on the Chicago Municipal Code. Grubhub denied the accusations. “We

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws. ” “It is the government’s job to enforce its laws, not Airbnb’s,” the lawsuit said. Morrell said in a late afternoon Tuesday statement.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

A loose translation of the probe’s official notice indicates that the cybersecurity review is “in order to prevent national data security risks, maintain national security and protect the public interest.” ” Yesterday, regulators ordered Didi to stop registering new users during the investigation.

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

On Wednesday, Activision Blizzard employees will walk out of work to protest the company’s response to a giant sexual harassment and workplace discrimination lawsuit filed by the state of California. Photo: Blizzard. Now Blizzard, the studio at the center of many of those specific allegations, is giving the protest its blessing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 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.” Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 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.” the beneficiary must file Form DS-260 online, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

News broke over the weekend that Beijing filed a civil suit against Tencent “over claims its messaging-app WeChat’s Youth Mode does not comply with laws protecting minors,” per the BBC. And NetEase, a major Chinese technology company, will delay the IPO of its music arm in Hong Kong. And NetEase generated $2.3

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