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US Crypto Firm Seeks Clearing Agency License, New Lobbying Group Formed – Technology
United States: US Crypto Firm Seeks Clearing Agency License, New Lobbying Group Formed 31 May 2021 BakerHostetler To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A New York-based cryptocurrency firm recently announced that it will apply for a clearing agency license …
UK leader denies breaking lobbying rules with texts to Dyson
LONDON – The British government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson did nothing wrong when he exchanged text messages with a wealthy industrialist and promised he would “fix” the tax rules for him. The BBC reported that it had seen messages between Johnson and James Dyson, the vacuum cleaner inventor and home products magnate. …
The Technology 202: Amazon, Facebook and Apple spend record-high amounts on Washington lobbying in 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Ctrl + N Amazon, Facebook and Apple spent record-high amounts on lobbying the federal government in 2019, according to companies’ required filings to the government late last night. Their spending highlights the tech giants’ efforts to exert their influence in Washington amid heightened antitrust and privacy scrutiny of …
Trump backs ‘legendary’ Giuliani amid reports of investigation into possible lobbying violations
President Trump on Saturday gave his backing to Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney, after reports that the former New York City mayor is being investigated by federal prosecutors for possibly lobbying violations in relation to his work in Ukraine. “So now they are after the legendary ‘crime buster’ and greatest Mayor in the history of NYC, …
Bring on the Technology Bans!
In mid-July 2019, Oakland, California, became the third U.S. city to ban municipal departments from using facial recognition technology. Meanwhile, Congress began hearingson whether and how to regulate it on a national level. In a surprising moment of bipartisan consensus, the only thing lawmakers fought about was how extensive restrictions ought to be. This response to a powerful, potentially invasive …
How the world’s dirtiest industries have learned to pollute our politics | George Monbiot | Opinion
The tragedy of our times is that the gathering collapse of our life support systems has coincided with the age of public disservice. Just as we need to rise above self-interest and short-termism, governments around the world now represent the meanest and dirtiest of special interests. In the United Kingdom, the US, Brazil, Australia and …
Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes is now lobbying to break up the social media giant
Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Chris Hughes created Facebook together at Harvard University. Hughes has now become one of Facebook’s biggest antagonists. (Rick Friedman/Corbis News via Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has become one of the company’s biggest problems. In recent weeks, Hughes, who left the social media giant in 2007 and …
The Technology 202: Google’s lobbying shake-up signals its readying for Washington battle
Ctrl + N At a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifying, policy attorney Ian Madrigal is also Monopoly Man who photo bombs high profile congressional hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday December 11, 2018. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) An overhaul of Google’s lobbying operations signals it’s …
Eos Developer Block.one Working With Lobbying Firm on Blockchain Issues
Eos (EOS) parent company Block.one has disclosed that it is a client of a lobbying firm in a disclosure form registered in May. In the document, Block.one is cited as the client of international law firm Holland & Knight LLP, whose offices globally work on over 200 different practice areas including regulatory and government affairs, …
