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Robot lawyer startup DoNotPay now lets you file FOIA requests

TechCrunch

In the early days of the pandemic, the startup helped its users file for unemployment, where many state benefit sites crashed. But ask anyone with experience in filing FOIAs (hello!) Browder said that DoNotPay “would not exist” without FOIA laws. Now the so-called “robot lawyer” has a new trick.

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Should there be some law against raising three times in one year?

TechCrunch

I covered AgentSync for the first time last August , when the API-focused insurtech player raised a $4.4 But then AgentSync raised again in December , sharing at the time of its $6.4 All that must sound pretty pedestrian; a quickly-growing software company raising two rounds? 5 takeaways from the Coursera IPO filing.

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Time Running Out To Comply With California Fundraising Law

The NonProfit Times

California’s solicitation laws did not specifically reach online platforms, leaving what state officials called “a gap in the regulatory framework with respect to a fast-growing and highly innovative segment of charitable fundraising.” Wu , a partner in the nonprofit focused law firm Perlman And Perlman. 2] Required Disclosures.

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4 things to know about crowdfunding versus raising capital

The Next Web

Crowdfunding is the process of raising capital by offering rewards to ‘backers’ by pre-selling your product or offering equity in exchange. While the latter is not yet legal in the United States, the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in April 2012, mandates that the SEC makes it legal by January 1st of 2013.

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

Texas law offers limited clarity, generally preferring a landowners right to pump their own groundwater over regulations on private property. Despite fierce denunciations of the Upwell project from nearby city leaders, no one has alleged that its developers have broken any laws. Were following the rules. Why are we being vilified?

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

For the past three years, UpCodes and its founders have been entangled in a copyright lawsuit filed by the International Code Council (ICC). ” Can the law be copyrighted? Nine days after Judge Marrero’s ruling on May 27, however, the ICC filed another lawsuit against UpCodes and the Reynolds brothers.

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Nike is testing NFT trademark law by suing a sneaker reseller

The Verge

Nike is suing an online marketplace for launching non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on Nike shoes, testing the limits of crypto trademark law and what an NFT actually is. The trademark infringement claims here raise different issues. StockX is a reseller for streetwear, bags, and sneakers, among other items.

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