Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

Two days ago, on Tuesday, June 10, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York made a major ruling that emphasizes the legality of fair use for book digitization. copyright law). copyright law). copyright law, also known as the Chafee Amendment. In Authors Guild v.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

A Twitter spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that the company may make certain tweets unable to be viewed by people within India if the tweets violate local law. When we receive a valid legal request, we review it under both the Twitter Rules and local law. Jose (@vinodjose) February 1, 2021.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon in the state’s supreme court on Tuesday, claiming the company failed to protect its workers early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and also retaliated against employees who voiced concerns over what they felt were inadequate safety measures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

1) Ellen Toscano, 2024 Bid Master Winner Voted as the Top National Auctioneer Ellen Toscano (yoursingingauctioneer.com) , voted as the top national benefit auctioneer of 2024 is the founder, CEO and Principal Auctioneer of The Singing Auctioneer LLC, has been a professional singer, actress and stage performer her whole life.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

The New York Times reports that the ACLU is calling for the dismissal of Williams’ case and for his information to be removed from Detroit’s criminal databases. But its use by law enforcement has grown even more controversial in recent weeks following nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

He made repeated references to how Amazon representatives called them inarticulate “thugs,” behavior that was cited in a lawsuit from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB ). The labor laws that we’re using here might not apply so much somewhere else.”.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

million, by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority for illegally sharing private information about Grindr users to advertisers, according to The New York Times. Grindr will be fined 100 million Norwegian kroner, or about $11.7 Grindr has until February 15th to comment on the Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s ruling. “We

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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. In November, a judge dismissed a lawsuit from four former workers at a distribution center in New York.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The US Attorney’s office for the southern district of New York and the FBI have charged Joshua Streit, 30, with illegally streaming content from MLB, as well as from the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Football League (NFL).

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

It’s not clear whether this arrangement hews closer to traditional union representation as we envision it in the US, or if this more so resembles the Independent Drivers Guild — an outsized advocacy group in New York that meets with Uber and has been widely criticized as a company union. Still, a win is a win.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. In May of 2018, the European Union law called that Genera l Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. General Data Protection Regulation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

C2i Genomics’ solution is based on research performed at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) by Dr. Zviran, along with Dr. Dan Landau, faculty member at the NYGC and assistant professor of medicine at WCM, who serves as scientific co-founder and member of C2i’s scientific advisory board.

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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. The company has pushed back against other cities’ efforts to regulate it, including suing New York and San Francisco. Census data.

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The Verge

APRIL 26, 2021

Their comments in an earnings call Monday contradict statements made by local law enforcement in the immediate aftermath of the crash, and could complicate the efforts by federal crash investigators who are also examining the incident. All seatbelts post-crash were found to be unbuckled”.

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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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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Under the law, employers are required to alert workers who were potentially exposed to COVID-19 within one day, and must also report COVID-19 case numbers to local health agencies within 48 hours if they “meet the definition of a COVID-19 outbreak.”. “As Amazon was criticized for its treatment of workers throughout the pandemic.

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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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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. Schwartz, partner at law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher wrote to The NonProfit Times. “As

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Garner, a town located near Raleigh, voted against joining a grassroots labor organization called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, the National Labor Relations Board announced Saturday.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Amazon has reached a nationwide settlement for six National Labor Relations Board cases, agreeing to notify workers of their rights and let workers organize on company property outside of their shift time. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment on the settlement.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Amazon is facing new questions over failed COVID protections in its fulfillment centers, spurred on by New York Attorney General Letitia James. James sought an investigation by the National Labor Relations Board, calling Smalls’ firing “disgraceful.”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws eventually influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me is a New York Times bestseller, written as a letter to his teenage son.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

CTA will follow applicable federal, state and local laws, adapting CES plans accordingly and sharing updates with you and other CES audiences. The announcement comes at the same time as New York City rolls out its Key to NYC Pass plan, and concert promoter Live Nation says it will require vaccination or a negative test for attendees and crew.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The nation’s proximity to the U.K., And Brexit is helping: The Dutch are highly proficient in English and Dutch law is similar to English law, which means U.K.-based While taxes are high, entrepreneurs won’t find the staggering income inequality so often seen in cities like San Francisco and New York.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

Although many in the US are vaccinated — 48 percent of the country is fully vaccinated, according to The New York Times’ data as of Monday — the change comes as case rates around the country are going up. The significant majority of new cases have been found among unvaccinated people.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

So, with its new rules, the EU wants to lay out a series of criteria that will clearly determine whether a platform is a simple intermediary or an “employer” with more obligations to its “workers.”. The directive would then need to be adopted into law by individual member states.

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The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

The first-ever Amazon union just formed at a Staten Island, New York warehouse , representing a huge landmark for Amazon workers across the country. Meanwhile, the union vote at another Staten Island warehouse is currently underway.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

On the bright-ish side, research shows that 69% of Americans want our nation to become carbon neutral by 2050. Matthew Walker: S2G Ventures managing director of food and agriculture Matthew Walker has more than 10 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking and securities law.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. DT: In your book, we learn that you found your calling quite young when you visited a death row inmate during your summer internship for law school. It will ultimately fail.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2022

A major responsibility for tech companies is to monitor content on their platforms for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and if any is found, they are legally required to report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Accenture declined to comment to The New York Times.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

So Unit, a New York-based company, is tackling perhaps the most elusive and controversial topic in mainstream tech today: labor unions. In the background, Unit begins handling the legal automation process needed before a team approaches a national union, such as the national Labor Relations Board, or local union with their pitch.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

percent in 2020 from the year before, hitting a 13-year high, even though people weren’t driving as much, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Photo by Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images. Road deaths jumped 7.2 Also, if someone dies more than 30 days after their crash, it doesn’t count.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

DoorDash cited a 2020 study from the National Restaurant Association that found 56 percent of customers over 21 would order alcoholic beverages if offered as part of food delivery from a restaurant. When then-Gov. In February, DoorDash competitor Uber Eats acquired alcohol delivery service Drizly in a deal worth $1.1 billion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 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, A few years ago, I moved my startup’s headquarters to New York from Estonia on an E-2 investor visa. Sophie Alcorn.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The letter went viral on Chinese social media, leading Chinese popstar Karry Wang, a former Intel ambassador, to cut ties with the firm (“National interest exceeds everything,” said Wang on social media), while nationalist outlet Global Times accused Intel of “biting the hand that feeds it.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He is a Rock Fellow at Harvard Business School and sits on the Entrepreneur Board at New York University. Tisch is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the New York University Law School. He also served on the National Venture Capital Association board of directors. Rich Wong , partner at Accel.

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