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New California law will raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour in 2024
Some new California laws will change things up in the workplace in the new year. AB 1228 is increasing the…
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NSA Director Paul Nakasone urges Congress to renew the FISA's Section 702, set to expire in 2023, saying the surveillance law protects the US from cyberattacks (Tonya Riley/CyberScoop)
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: NSA Director Paul Nakasone urges Congress to renew the FISA’s Section 702, set to expire in…
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Cory Doctorow and law professor Rebecca Giblin on their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, and how tech platforms monetize creators via distribution bottlenecks (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
Nilay Patel / The Verge: Cory Doctorow and law professor Rebecca Giblin on their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, and how…
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A UK law mandates new properties in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections; DCMS says gigabit connections are available in 72%+ of households (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: A UK law mandates new properties in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections;…
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Some companies are taking a liberal interpretation of CA's pay transparency law with wide pay ranges; one Netflix job posting has a pay range of $90K to $900K (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Some companies are taking a liberal interpretation of CA’s pay transparency law with wide pay ranges; one Netflix job…
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Under a new Louisiana law, visitors to websites that contain 33.3% or more of pornographic material must verify their age, including by using LA Wallet (Chris Rosato/WVUE-TV)
Chris Rosato / WVUE-TV: Under a new Louisiana law, visitors to websites that contain 33.3% or more of pornographic material…
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Tim Wu, who helped shape Biden's antitrust agenda, will leave his role as an adviser on January 4 to return to teaching antitrust law at Columbia Law School (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Tim Wu, who helped shape Biden’s antitrust agenda, will leave his role as an adviser on…
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Court records: SBF is expected to enter a plea before a new judge on January 3, after the original judge recused herself as her husband's law firm advised FTX (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Court records: SBF is expected to enter a plea before a new judge on January 3,…
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A new California law effectively bans Tesla and other carmakers from deceptively naming or marketing their semi-autonomous vehicles as full self-driving (Ricardo Cano/San Francisco Chronicle)
Ricardo Cano / San Francisco Chronicle: A new California law effectively bans Tesla and other carmakers from deceptively naming or…
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