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Former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz, now the head of policy at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is calling on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to stop its barrage of lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies and instead work with legislators to establish clear regulatory guidelines for the industry.
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Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, said that AI Cloud provides an answer to the universal demand for AI integration within companies. He points out that companies are increasingly desiring to become involved in AI, and Salesforce's new product lets them do exactly that.
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The United States has asked the government of Mexico to investigate whether workers at a global manufacturer with a foundry in Mexico have been denied their right to unionize.
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A bill is currently under consideration in North Carolina that aims to provide protection to the University of North Carolina Health Care System against potential antitrust challenges.
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The United States and Taiwan have entered the first agreement under their Initiative on 21st Century Trade, designed to strengthen the economic and trade partnership between the two nations.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the filing of charges against Coinbase for operating without required registrations as a securities exchange, broker and cleaning agency.
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Binance on SEC request to freeze funds: 'No "emergency"… other than the one manufactured by the SEC'The SEC is seeking an emergency temporary restraining order (TRO) against Binance to freeze assets tied to Binance.US. In response, Binance has filed a memo with the Court challenging the SEC's "emergency" claim, calling it "manufactured" for the SEC's "purposes” of gaining a legal advantage unsupported by fact.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced Indivior agreed to pay $102.5 million in a settlement with 41 states and the District of Columbia.
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The Federal Trade Commission recently announced legal action against Amazon for violating children's privacy law by storing kids' Alexa voice recordings and disregarding parental deletion requests.
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently presented the 2023 Presidential Awards for Export Achievements.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative expressed support of an agreement between the U.S. and Taiwan to strengthen and deepen trade between the two countries.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed complaints against cryptocurrency companies Coinbase Inc. and Binance Holdings Ltd. for several alleged securities law violations.
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Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced a presidential proclamation extending the temporary suspension of 232 Tariffs on Ukraine steel.
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The United States is seeking a review of Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism because of suspected denial of workers’ rights at the Draxton facility in Irapuato, Guanajuato.
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The Biden-Harris administration announced a $2.6 billion framework through Investing in America Agenda to aid in the protection and restoration of coastal communities and marine resources.
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has underscored the Biden-Harris administration’s pledge to support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people during Pride Month.
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The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture earlier this week said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent lawsuits against crypto exchanges are "regulation by enforcement" and "not an appropriate away to govern a market."
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U.S. Reps. Patrick McHenry and Glenn Thompson, chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture, respectively, recently released a draft bill aiming to improve regulation of the digital asset industry.
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Following the announcement the US Securities and Exchange Commission had sued Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, prolific crypto legal commentator John Deaton criticized the SEC’s tactics of “regulation by enforcement” and “lawsuit by media” to address cryptocurrencies.
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Apple recently announced that it is entering a multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement with U.S. technology and advanced manufacturing company Broadcom.