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• The Pandemic Continues to Bring Digital Focus and Resources to NYC’s Small Businesses

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on January 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Amidst much discussion on the accelerated pace with which large corporations are adopting an increasingly digital focus, fortunately, a number of initiatives have also sought to assist small businesses cope with the pandemic by easing the shift to e-commerce, providing… Read More ›

• NYU Tandon Professor Contributes to Innovative Model of ‘Onboarding’ AI into the Workplace

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on December 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  In a report published in the July-August 2020 edition of the Harvard Business Review entitled, “A Better Way to Onboard AI,” NYU Tandon School of Engineering Associate Professor of Technology Management and Innovation, Anne-Laure Fayard sets forth an innovative model… Read More ›

• 7 Months into Pandemic, Over 100,000 NYC Students are Still without Internet Access

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on November 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  On November 2, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a letter to Mayor de Blasio and the city’s Education Department Chancellor, setting forth proposals in light of the over 100,000 students without internet access and 77,000 still lacking Wi-Fi enabled devices, commenting in… Read More ›

• A New Model of Worker Classification Emerges from California’s Proposition 22 as the Direction of the Gig Economy is Fought Over Intensely

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on November 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  On election day, ballot measure Proposition 22, backed by App-based driver and delivery companies Ubder, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates passed in California, creating an exemption from labor legislation passed last year that required them to classify drivers as employees… Read More ›

• Semiconductor News Roundup (Oct. 23, 2020)

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 23, 2020

  HUAWEI BEGINS TO FACE DIFFICULTIES DUE TO U.S. CHIP BAN Huawei released its business results today, for the first three quarters of the year reporting a 9.9% increase in revenue over the same period last year. However, it noted that… Read More ›

• Google Calls DOJ Antitrust Action ‘Deeply Flawed’

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 22, 2020

  In a blog post by SVP of Global Affairs Kent Walker, Google responded on Tuesday to the arguments found in the antitrust action brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice the same day, asserting that consumers are not… Read More ›

• Calling Google the ‘Monopoly Gatekeeper of the Internet,’ U.S. Justice Department Files Antitrust Action

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 21, 2020 • ( 1 )

  On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice along with eleven states that include Florida, Texas and Arkansas filed a civil action against Google in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the company unlawfully maintained “a… Read More ›

• The Partnership for New York City Releases Health Plan that Heavily Utilizes Data-Driven Approach

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 20, 2020

  

  Yesterday, the Partnership for New York City, the entity typically seen as the leading voice of the city’s business community released a health care plan entitled, “Towards a Resilient System of Health,” that seeks a coordinated and multi-sector approach that… Read More ›

• Following Nation’s First Cybersecurity Regulation, NYS Releases Recommendations to Regulate Social Media Platforms

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  On Wednesday New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) released the results of its investigation into the July 15 hacking of the Twitter accounts of cryptocurrency firms and public figures such as Presidential candidate Joe Biden, using the opportunity… Read More ›

• NYC Comptroller Seeks to Increase Access to Digital Economy amidst Tech Companies’ Increasing Presence

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Noting the loss of 479,000 jobs in the city’s private sector and 253,000 jobs in the restaurant, retail, accomodations, building and personal services industries, today NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer announced a comprehensive Workforce Development Plan, which aims to “dramatically expand… Read More ›