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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The US Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Monday by adding the Canada-based company Sandvine to the Entity list. The post US introduces restrictions against Canada-based company after accusations of Egypt censorship appeared first on JURIST - News.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Canadian news publishers and broadcasters represented by News Media Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and CBC/Radio-Canada filed an application with the Competition Bureau of Canada Tuesday requesting an investigation into Meta’s conduct relating to the implementation of the Online News Act.

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JULY 6, 2022

US Senate Intelligence Committee members Tuesday called for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance for invading the privacy of its users. Section 5 defines a deceptive act or practice as one that misleads or is likely to mislead the consumer.

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JULY 19, 2023

The Pakistan government banned a total of 43 apps Tuesday to tackle unregistered loan companies and safeguard consumers from fraudulent services. Director General of the FIA Mohsin Hassan Butt guided all cybercrime units to take action against the companies and individuals running these illegal mobile apps.

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APRIL 19, 2024

In a statement to the news outlets, Apple emphasized its commitment to adhering to the regulatory frameworks of the countries in which it operates. ” The post Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from China’s App Store following government order appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

The German competition regulator Bundeskartellamt Wednesday published a decision determining that Google fulfills the criteria for companies having paramount significance for competition across markets. We have already started to look into Google’s processing of personal data and to deal with the Google News Showcase issue in more detail.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

the parent company of social media sites like Facebook, is not in contempt of court for failure to pay dozens of content moderators that a contractor had laid off, according to Kenyan news source People Daily. The post Kenya judge dismisses contempt of court charges against Meta appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Senior executives are defined in the rule as employees making more than $151,164 a year who hold key “policy making positions” in a company. The post US federal agency bans employers from using non-compete clauses appeared first on JURIST - News.

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MARCH 25, 2024

” The law goes so far as to demand that social media companies delete the existing accounts of those under the age of 14 and residing in Florida. If they fail to do so, the social media company could be sued on behalf of the child for up to $10,000 in damages. This will put their private data at risk of breach.”

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MARCH 21, 2024

Brazilian police initially launched an investigation into the former president’s son and Alves after they were allegedly found to be inflating the revenues of one of Jair Renan’s companies, Bolsonaro Jr. The post Brazil federal prosecutor charges former president’s son with money laundering and fraud appeared first on JURIST - News.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act aims to implement a nation-wide halt of operations for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, Ltd. A ban on TikTok would shift how young Americans consume news. The post US Senator Marco Rubio introduces bipartisan bill to ban TikTok appeared first on JURIST - News.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Although the company will delete user data, it intends to keep Deep Face, the facial recognition software it developed. ” Facebook’s facial recognition program has drawn significant penalties for the company in the past. This constitutes more than one-third of Facebook’s user base.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Cour de cassation affirmed the charges of complicity in crimes against humanity against Lafarge, setting a legal precedent as the first company “in the world to ever face such a charge.” Lafarge pled guilty in a New York federal court in 2022 to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and ANF between 2013 and 2014.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

by Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team In our latest roundup, wildfires wreak havoc in Maui, JLL unveils an AI specifically for commercial real estate, the lasting effects of the CHIPS ACT, and more! Continue Reading ›

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cencora , which is a case alleging the company failed to report thousands of suspicious opioid prescriptions, fueling the opioid epidemic. The government will now only be able to prosecute the company for failure to report suspicious prescriptions after October 2018, when the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was amended.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The complaint also cites Meta company documents which include statements from company leaders acknowledging engineering choices made to exploit young users psychologically, including taking advantage of children’s difficulty in properly calculating risk, impulsivity and susceptibility to peer pressure.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Four of the largest school boards in Ontario sued the social media companies behind Instagram, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok for disrupting their students’ daily education, according to a news release by the districts on Thursday.

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JUNE 13, 2021

The law introduces obligations for companies above a certain size to adopt and implement due diligence procedures that prevent human rights and environmental abuses along the companies supply chain. Any company found to be in violation of the law may be excluded from public procurement for up to three years.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced a policy incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-report criminal conduct. The disclosure must also be made prior to any threat of disclosure or investigation, prior to the misconduct going public, and within a reasonable time of the company becoming aware of the conduct.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to its list of “terrorist and extremist” organizations, Russian news agencies reported. The post Russia adds Facebook parent company Meta to ‘extremists’ list appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JUNE 11, 2023

South Korean law enforcement have apprehended 77 individuals as part of an investigation of a suspected network of industrial espionage, per exclusive reporting from the Yonhap news agency. One particularly notable arrest involved an individual who had transitioned from working for a company in South Korea to joining a Chinese organization.

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APRIL 17, 2024

This week, the FTC ordered Cerebral to pay a $7 million fine, accusing the company of mishandling users’ sensitive health data and misleading consumers about cancellation policies. appeared first on MedCity News. The post What Does the FTC’s $7M Fine Against Cerebral Mean for the Industry?

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JANUARY 30, 2024

“Bayer’s Billions in Roundup Verdicts Increase Pressure for New Legal Strategy; Billion-dollar awards have taken toll on investor confidence; Experts say company may need new game plan for cancer suits”: Jef Feeley and Tim Loh of Bloomberg News have this report.

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MARCH 28, 2024

US federal prosecutors filed a complaint in a New York federal district court Wednesday seeking the forfeiture of two multimillion-dollar Manhattan apartments purchased by former Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold in connection to an alleged money laundering and corruption investigation.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

A coalition of cannabis companies in Massachusetts filed a suit Thursday challenging the federal prohibition on marijuana as it applies to individual states. The companies contend that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) , which prohibits the cultivation, manufacturing, sale and possession of intrastate marijuana, is an unconstitutional ban.

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OCTOBER 28, 2023

It aims to create protections for UK companies from bad actors who may commit acts of corporate crime such as fraud and money laundering. It is achieving this through several modes of reform, such as the role of the Companies House and the misuse of limited partnerships.

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APRIL 27, 2024

The ministry also said the social media company should be required to submit quarterly reports on which materials it has removed and forward them to the government. The US recently passed a bill stating TikTok would be banned unless ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, divested from the social media platform.

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APRIL 8, 2024

” The proposed American Privacy Rights Act limits consumer data companies from collecting, using, and storing. The act also allows individuals to prevent the sale of their personal data from one company to another. ” Tech companies already face strict privacy laws in other markets.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

The Council of the European Union (EU) announced new sanctions imposed on the company PJSC Alrosa and its CEO Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev on Wednesday. The EU Council contended that the company accounts for over 90 percent of all Russian diamond production and constitutes a substantial revenue to the Russian government.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 41, Genetic Information Privacy Act , into law on Wednesday, requiring direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to provide information and obtain consumers’ express consent regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data. “ and Ancestry.com Inc.,

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JUNE 10, 2023

Judge John Dorsey of the United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware rejected in part and ruled in favor in part of a motion Friday by bankrupt cryptocurrency trading company FTX’s debtors and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors requesting the company’s customer list stay private.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Authorities were looking at whether Salameh laundered money, gaining $300 million, from a company owned by his brother. In addition, it was uncovered last year that Salameh had many offshore companies. The company owned by Salameh’s brother loaned $18.8 The company owned by Salameh’s brother loaned $18.8

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

dollars) or 5 percent of a violating company’s annual revenue. The law contains opt-out rights for users who receive targeted advertising, requiring companies to allow users to opt out. Moreover, companies are required to receive consent from users before collecting personal information. million U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 6, 2023

Russia passed a new law on Friday allowing courts to strip foreign owners from hostile countries of stakes in key Russian entities, in a purported attempt to protect strategic companies from foreign influence. The post Russia passes law restricting foreign investment in Russian companies appeared first on JURIST - News.

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MARCH 13, 2024

The act, therefore, also requires social media to distinguish independent news outlets from non-independent sources. Further, social media companies are required to notify news agencies that the social media platform intends to delete or restrict their content and give them 24 hours to respond.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin directed Syngenta Seeds , a company under the umbrella of China’s state-owned chemical giant ChemChina, to divest its 160 acres of agricultural land within the state on Tuesday. This regulatory spotlight was intensified with ChemChina’s significant 2017 acquisition of Syngenta.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Sunday announced that his administration will introduce legislation to require social media companies to have “proper processes” to take down abusive or trolling content to dismantle the “shield of anonymity” that emboldens bigots online. Voller Nationwide News Pty Limited.

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