Category: Legal

January 6, 2021

U.S. intelligence agencies and the FBI said a major hack of the federal government and some corporations was likely undertaken by Russia — contradicting President Donald Trump’s efforts to suggest China might be responsible — and “will require a sustained […]

December 17, 2020

Texas and nine other states sued Google on Wednesday, accusing it of working with Facebook in an unlawful manner that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business. The states asked that the Alphabet-owned company, which controls a […]

December 10, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission and 46 state attorneys general are calling on the court to potentially break up Facebook over claims the company has an illegal monopoly over the social networking industry. On Wednesday, the FTC and a coalition of […]

December 4, 2020

A wave of populism has led many governments around the world to rule in an increasingly erratic fashion. This phenomenon has been challenging for citizens and businesses, but has proved a boon for a company called FiscalNote that makes software […]

October 30, 2020

Much has been written about Joe Biden’s tax plan over the past several months. While Mr. Biden has assured the public that he would only tax “the rich,” what would a Biden tax plan mean to a successful small business […]

October 28, 2020

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval to lending and fintech company SoFi to receive a national bank charter, a designation that will allow it to receive deposits and make loans on its […]

October 6, 2020

Just as most nascent entrepreneurs think that banks are the only way to fund their startups, most entrepreneurs with a new product idea also think they have to develop a manufacturing and distribution company for their invention. For most inventors […]

August 31, 2020

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has been auditing and suspending tens of thousands of apps on its platform. Now, the company is taking legal action against two separate developers for failing to comply with an audit […]

August 28, 2020

Cryptography has been used for thousands of years to protect important information. While the ancient Romans might have used simple letter shifting ciphers, our current age of mass digital content distribution requires a more complex method of keeping assets secure. […]

August 14, 2020

Face mask mandate debates are raging across the United States right now. While you can control what a federal, state, or local government requires, you do manage the realm of your business. And despite your personal feelings on whether or […]