from the as-it-should dept Qualified immunity has been stretched to cover a wide variety of rights violations, law enforcement misconduct, and excessive force deployments. Every so often, a federal court will refuse to extend this courtesy to sued officers, but these decisions are relative rarities. Every so often, officers engage in such egregious violations that […]
A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed the Trump administration acted lawfully when it scrapped the U.S. government’s net neutrality rules in 2017, dealing a blow to tech giants and consumer advocates who argued that the repeal would create a stratified Internet of fast and slow lanes. In a nearly 200-page opinion, judges on the
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SEATTLE – A new “mobile optimized” car sales platform promises to appeal to the younger generation by bringing together the latest in digital technology to improve the overall car-buying experience and bring dealerships a more efficient and profitable business model. The platform is called 321 Ignition, and it says that it allows dealerships to bring a
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Earlier today Google filed an appeal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) record €4.3 billion (roughly $5 billion) antitrust fine. The fine was imposed in July because of Google Play app pre-install requirements. Claim is that Google tying apps to Android. The EC saw the practice of requiring handset makers to pre-install certain Google apps as “an
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Yelp recently filed a private antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission (EC). Now it’s trying to appeal to Google’s own employees to agitate for change from within. In some ways, it’s a naïve maneuver; in other ways, it’s quite shrewd. Watch the “Focus on the User” video below, which makes several points: Google
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As part of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights posted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), taxpayers, including small businesses, have the ability to appeal and resolve any disagreement you might have with the IRS. To simplify the appeals process, the agency just announced a new web-based virtual conference option you can use from anywhere. One
