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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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lawyers will be allowed to accept cryptocurrency as payment, according to an opinion by the District of Columbia Bar. The ethics decision came down because of the increasing prominence of digital currency, with the District of Columbia Bar finding it “cannot hold back the tides of change.” Washington D.C.

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Baker Technologies Raises $3.5M, Enables Cannabis Dispensaries

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Further, eight states and the District of Columbia have voted for full medical and recreational legalization. On the latter point, customer loyalty software startup Baker Technologies looks to enable the growing legal cannabis industry in the U.S. and Canada. To date, Baker has raised $5.1 states and two Canadian provinces.

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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CORO says its app is designed to fend off cyberattacks through the use of hashgraph distributed ledger technology (DLT). “Even if people know about the benefits of gold, they may not know how to actually use it as money – that’s why we’ve made it as easy as downloading an app.”.

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Southern Glazer’s Rolls Out Business-To-Customer Digital Team

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He has a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in addition to a master’s of business administration from Western Carolina University. states in addition to the District of Columbia and Canada. For its part, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, a multi-generational, family-owned firm, has operations in 44 U.S.

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Decision On TikTok Ban Coming Sunday

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District Court Judge Carl Nichols for the District of Columbia is expected to rule before Sunday (Sept. TikTok has said it agreed to make Oracle its “trusted cloud and technology provider, responsible for fully securing our users' data” in America. The China-based company has reached an agreement with Oracle Corp.

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Judge Assigns November Deadlines In DOJ Lawsuit Against Google

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District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that the search giant used its dominant position to stifle competition. The digital landscape has shifted things so dramatically, and we've always talked about the fact that technology runs way ahead of regulatory constraints,” McCarthy said. The suit, filed Oct.

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Congress Supports Facial Recognition Regulation

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Cummings and the Committee even discussed having a moratorium on the technology. “I Facial recognition technology is accessible to one in four law enforcement agencies across the country, according to a study by Georgetown University Law Center. “That just means that it’s more important that Congress acts,” said Rep. Thank God.”.