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Entrepreneurs: Employment law is not on your side!

Berkonomics

So, it is like a punch in the gut when an employee makes a claim against the company for a perceived or actual but unintentional violation of a law or regulation. Almost all laws dealing with employment are designed to protect the employee, not the company. Small company; outrageous outcome.

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Disruption: Digital Platforms Regulation in the New Economy

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 -- Disruption: Digital Platforms Regulation in the New Economy. Disruption examples are labor law in the case of Uber, copyright law and data protection law in the case of Google, and data protection in the case of Facebook. This workshop identifies clusters of regulatory logic.

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

TechCrunch LA

The latter has some of the strictest regulations in the game, including limited operator permits, and in fact is still considering banning shared e-scooters entirely. Over the years, Paris has responded to safety issues with increasingly strict regulations. What type of market, if any, is the right one? Paris: To ban or not to ban?

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Fifth Wall adds new partner as it seeks at least $200 million for a new climate impact fund

TechCrunch LA

Regulators became a second pain point as elected officials in hubs like New York and Los Angeles began to enact carbon neutrality laws mandating the decarbonization of real estate. And finally, the customers who rent and buy space among real estate developers had their own demands around decarbonization, Wallace said.

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

TechEmpower

Additionally, AI facilitates automated legal research, stays abreast of the latest laws and regulations, and aids in compliance monitoring, preventing expensive legal violations.

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Faraday Future Names Administrative Chief

socalTECH

Liu was previously global equity partner at international law firm Mayer Brown LLP, and also has served at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), and also was Director-General and General Counsel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China's national regulator for securities and capital markets aording (..)

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U.K. Slaps Maximum Fine of $645,000 on Facebook for Privacy Violations

Xconomy

s data privacy regulator fined Facebook $645,000 for violations that allowed political marketing firm Cambridge Analytica and other outside companies to extract 87 million Facebook profiles worldwide without adequate user knowledge or consent. laws that were in effect. The purpose of the U.K.’s The purpose of the U.K.’s

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