ExxonMobil today asked a federal court to invalidate a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, calling investigations by New York and Massachusetts biased attempts to further a political agenda for financial gain. ...
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Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) is considering divesting its stake in American tuna brand Chicken of the Sea, a move that could clear the way for its planned $1.5bn acquisition of Bumble Bee Foods. TUF CEO Thiraphong Chansiri was quoted ...
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We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives. Toothbrushes tell your mirror to ...
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It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers. It's also a sleek, attractive device that fits in your pocket and can impress friends and colleagues, according to its makers. The ...
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating a report that Dell computers have been sold to the Syrian regime via a Dubai-based distributor, despite the trade embargo in place. The investigation was prompted by a New York Times ...
On the surface, Bitcoin seems to be a great way to hide cash. Actually, it's a terrible way to launder money. That's the conclusion of a?new academic study?that analyzed Bitcoin's blockchain, or the public ledger that records bitcoin ...
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Technology legal news website Groklaw is shutting down due to concerns over the continued availability of secure email in the wake of revelations about U.S. government surveillance.? "The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will launch an investigation of the business practices of so-called patent trolls in an effort to understand whether those companies are harming competition and consumers, the agency's chairwoman said. As ...
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The attorneys general of several states are turning up the heat on Google, concerned that the search engine giant makes it easier for criminals to sell illegal drugs online, engage in human trafficking and peddle pirated intellectual ...
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Texas is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to require law enforcement officers to get a search warrant based on probable cause before they access any electronic communications and customer data stored by a third-party service ...
Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized eyeglasses, Google Glass. In the letter, the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus ...
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Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference ...
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ProSight Specialty Insurance has introduced a new Construction Managers insurance program for CMAA Leadership Forum attendees in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Offered nationally by Quaker Special Risk (QSR), the integrated general liability ...
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Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the government to establish an ad hoc committee in a bid to control the mislabeling of meat products in South Africa. DA MP Annette Steyn said it will request that the ad hoc committee institute a ...
CSO - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken the position it does not need a search warrant to gather email in criminal investigations, despite opposition from lawmakers and privacy advocates and a ruling by a federal appellate court. ...
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