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Cozen Currents: How Harris is Different

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Navigating K-Street for the C-Suite- “A President Harris’ policies would likely be similar to those of President Biden, with some notable exceptions. But her differing governing priorities and style are what would set her...more

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A Divided Congress Will Have an Active Investigations Agenda Over the Next Two Years

Democrats, having maintained narrow control of the upper chamber in the midterm elections, likely will remain focused on the issues and industries they prioritized in 2022....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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Coalition Of State Attorneys General Investigate TikTok’s Potential Harm To Children And Teens

In early March 2022, a coalition of state attorneys general launched an investigation of TikTok to determine whether the social media platform, which is popular among young Americans, causes long-term harm to them....more

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Fintech Legal Report - August 2021

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Senators Inquire about CFPB’s Fintech Agenda - On July 27, 2021, Senator Sherrod Brown, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 15

Bye-Bye, Bitcoin: It's Time to Ban Cryptocurrencies - "International banking officials say cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are speculative assets, not sustainable, usable money." Why this is important: This opinion piece...more

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Nota Bene Podcast Episode 134: U.S. Q3 Check In: Infrastructure Bill Updates and Big Tech Antitrust with Elizabeth Frazee and...

As we enter the third quarter of 2021, we’re taking a look at anticipated legislative activities including President Biden’s infrastructure bill, the U.S-China trade war, and Big Tech antitrust issues. We’re joined by U.S....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 4.30.2021 | Top Story: U.S. Economy Flourishes in Q1 on Pent-up Demand and Stimulus Spending

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New numbers show that the U.S. economy “picked up speed last quarter,” expanding 1.6% in the first three months of the year [for an annualized 6.4%], as a mix of stimulus money and falling unemployment helped power consumer...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.28.2021 | Top Story: Resurgent Ad Spending Powers Alphabet to Huge Quarterly Revenue

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Big Tech quarterly earnings season kicked off this week, and Alphabet got things started with a massive $55B in revenue, up 34% from a year earlier thanks largely to a return of its online advertising business and “continued...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.26.2021 | Top Story: Bitcoin Bounces Back Over 50k

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Bitcoin’s back (and no, it never really left), thanks to a rally this morning that pushed its value up as much as 10% at one point in early trading today. Elon Musk’s weekend tweeting and news that presumptive top NFL draft...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.21.2021 | Top Story: The Success of Upstart Rivals (and Vaccines) Hits Netflix Hard

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The latest round of quarterly results from Netflix shows that while the grand-daddy of streaming “still rules” that universe, a combination of upstart and old-guard rivals “have cut into Netflix’s share of viewers’...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.12.2021 | Top Story: Chinese Regulators Hit Alibaba With $2.8B Antitrust Fine

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Chinese antitrust officials hit Alibaba with a “record” $2.8 billion fine over the weekend—the “biggest move yet in the government’s campaign to tighten its supervision of Big Tech.” ...more

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[Webinar] TechFocus: Trade Relations Between China and the United States and Europe - March 24th, 8:00 am - 9:00 am EDT

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In this session, Simmons’ and Wiley’s technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) and international trade attorneys discuss trade relations between the United States and China under the Biden Administration, and what...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.13.2021 | Top Story: Visa Jettisons Plaid Takeover After DOJ Antitrust Challenge

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Visa is “abandoning its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid Inc.,” a fintech startup that the DOJ had called an upstart “but important competitive threat to Visa” in its antitrust lawsuit challenging the deal....more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.15.2020 | Top Story: Moderates Push Skinnier Covid Relief Bill that Strips Out Sticking Points

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The latest lame-duck Covid relief package proposal would trim about 150 billion dollars (and a number of key sticking points, including funds “to bolster state and local governments, and a temporary coronavirus liability...more

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The European Commission starts two new studies into the mobile payment sector

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The mobile payments sector is on regulatory tenterhooks following the increase in the use of mobile wallets and the entry of new competitors, including tech companies, in the sector. The European Commission ("EC") just...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.8.2020 | Top Story: Markets Slide Amidst So-So Jobs Report and Tech Reset

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Last Friday’s US Jobs Report saw unemployment fall to 8.4%, but the end of federal aid programs and a solid-but-not-gangbusters 1.4 million jobs gained in August leads many to fear a much worse employment picture ahead....more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.16.2020 | Top Story: U.S. Stocks Continue to Tumble Amid COVID-19

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U.S. stocks continue to tumble, sinking by “8.1% at the open, triggering a 15-minute trading halt;” “Brent crude sank below $30 a barrel;” treasuries surged despite major moves from the Federal Reserve; and market sentiment...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.9.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Companies Begin To Support Regulations to Limit Mass Surveillance

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Big Tech companies using facial recognition software have begun to support “’precision regulations’ that don’t allow mass surveillance.” Lawmakers in New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Michigan, and California are considering...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.19.2019 | Top Story: T-Mobile Chief John Legere to Leave Company in April

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T-Mobile chief and fan-of-magenta John Legere has announced that he’ll be stepping down in April at the end of his current contract. Legere will be succeeded by Mike Sievert, the carrier’s current president and COO....more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.11.2019 | Top Story: Hong Kong Stock Exchange Makes Surprise Bid for London Exchange

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There’s some surprise market wheeling and dealing afoot this morning. The Hong Kong stock exchange has offered to buy its London counterpart as part of a deal valued at $37 billion that would connect “the established...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.9.2019 | Top Story: Fed on Track to Cut Rates Again in September

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Friday remarks from Fed Chair Powell in Zurich confirmed the central bank’s dedication to keeping the US economic expansion on track and appear to have signaled the Fed’s plan to cut interest rates for a second time this...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.20.2019 | Top Story: Top Execs Signal Shift in Corporate Priorities Beyond Just Shareholder Gain

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A survey of the country’s most powerful CEOs by the Business Roundtable shows an interesting shift in how they view their top priority—no longer does advancing the interests of shareholders take the top spot. Instead, the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2019 | Top Story: Global Volatility Sends Bonds Yields to Near-Record Lows

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A volatile August on Wall Street has insiders asking whether we should be taking our cues from 1998 or 2007. With that in mind, our financial term of the week is “countercyclical capital buffer,” a wonkish special for you...more

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