Why might a 255 foot yacht named “Tango” anchored in Mallorca make your life more complicated? Because its owner, Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, had been sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for “contributing to the situation...more
The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. In recent days:
- The Governor of California signed into law seven CCPA amendments,
- The California Attorney General...more
11/1/2019
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The Federal Trade Commission announced its settlement with Facebook on the same day that Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee. While this may have been calculated to take Facebook off the front page,...more
9/6/2019
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James Grago has a nice business going. He runs a website called ClixSense.com that permits users to earn money by completing surveys and watching advertisements. Revenues grew from $6.7 million in 2015 to $9.1 million in...more
8/30/2019
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