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FCC Pressures Wireless Industry To Voluntarily Unlock Phones

November 20, 2013

The new Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Tom Wheeler, wants the wireless phone industry to act before the holiday season, voluntarily […]

PTO Expanding Silicon Valley Office In 2014

November 19, 2013

A Silicon Valley outpost for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be built in downtown San Jose, the Commerce […]

NFL, MLB Threaten To Leave Networks If Supreme Court Sides With Streaming Company

November 19, 2013

Major-league football and baseball will have to be moved from major networks to paid channels like ESPN unless the Supreme […]

NLRB, New GC, Upholds Some Worker Claims vs Walmart

November 19, 2013

Complaints that Wal-Mart, in more than a dozen states, threatened, disciplined, and ultimately fired employees who were involved in a […]

Tough Independent Contractor Misclassification Bill Introduced In Senate

November 18, 2013

Misclassifying independent contractors would be considered payroll fraud under legislation introduced by Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and […]

Judge Rakoff On Failure To Prosecute Execs

November 18, 2013

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission “uses variants of the word ‘fraud’ no fewer than 157 times…

Starbucks Fails To Stop Local “Charbucks” Roaster

November 18, 2013

Starbucks didn’t convince an appeals court that customers were confused by the “Charbucks” coffee brand being offered by a small […]

Obama: Health Care Website Woes Show Need For IT Procurement Reform

November 18, 2013

The disastrous HealthCare.gov rollout may lead to a shift in how the government procures IT, a process President Obama called […]

Mixed Reception To Obama’s Pick for CFTC Chief

November 14, 2013

President Obama’s nomination of Timothy Massad to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was welcomed by business groups, but […]

SEC Reaches First Deferred Prosecution Agreement With An Individual

November 14, 2013

The SEC has reached a deferred prosecution agreement with an individual in exchange for his help in bringing down a […]

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