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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 11 that created a commission to perform a review of his questionable accusations of rampant voter fraud in the 2016 election, as well as accounts of voter suppression. He claims that voter fraud is the explanation for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s win of the…
Uber is facing two federal antitrust lawsuits that could mean trouble for the ride-hailing company. On one hand is Seattle’s push for driver unionization and on the other is a New York case that accuses Uber of engaging in price-fixing. Both lawsuits have the potential to significantly alter the way the gig economy functions by…
Since the appointment of former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), internet service providers (ISPs) have received a steady stream of good news from Washington. Last December, Pai indicated his desire to take a “weed whacker” to many FCC regulations. With full control off the government, Pai and congressional Republicans…
The Internal Revenue Service is using private debt collection companies to try to collect millions of dollars in overdue federal taxes. The IRS began turning over roughly 100 accounts per week to four private collection agencies (PCAs) in April, relinquishing a task the agency has handled internally for years. The plan, according to IRS commissioner…
Netflix, Hulu . . . the 9th Circuit? On February 7, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had its moment in the streaming media spotlight when it live-streamed audio of a contentious hearing on President Trump’s controversial travel ban. The tech-savvy, San Francisco-based court’s YouTube stream alone had over 136,000 listeners at its peak. The…
Update: The American Health Care Act passed the House on Thursday, May 4, with a slim 217-213 majority. The bill now moves to the Senate. Original story continues: The effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been fraught with problems since Republicans took control of both Congress and the presidency in…
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that sought to withhold funds from so-called sanctuary cities, jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Judge William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco cited the public comments of President Trump and the White House press secretary Sean…
Veterans, people facing eviction or foreclosure, and domestic-violence survivors would lose access to legal aid services under the federal budget proposed by President Trump. Trump released an outline of his 2018 budget proposal on March 16. To pay for significant funding increases for the military, homeland security and veterans, Trump moved for deep cuts to…
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