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Lina Khan’s FTC

Lina Khan’s FTC

By Robert Portillo, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) mission is “protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education.”[1] However, the way that mission is carried out varies over time as […]

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Crypto’s Golden Boy Gets His Day in Court

Crypto’s Golden Boy Gets His Day in Court

By Robert Portillo, Staff Writer Photo Courtesy of Pixabay The time has finally come for federal prosecutors to make their case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the eccentric former billionaire CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. A man once touted as crypto’s “golden boy” has procured some new less flattering nicknames in the […]

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5th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Injunction Limiting Communications Between the Government and Social Media Platforms

5th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Injunction Limiting Communications Between the Government and Social Media Platforms

Courtesy of Unsplash By Robert Portillo, Staff Writer On the 8th of September 2023, the New-Orleans based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a District Court ordered injunction limiting the communications between the government and social media companies.[1] In its decision, the court indicated it was […]

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