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Saving Main Street: Fairfax County, VA Kicks Into Gear

PYMNTS

This is near an office environment and a vibrant community, and we see a chance to create an exciting and interesting destination.”. Small businesses make up 94 percent of our base and account for almost one-third of jobs in our community,” said Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey C. Department of Commerce. At the U.S.

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Building A More Compliant Cannabis Industry With The Blockchain

PYMNTS

Though marijuana has been decriminalized for medical or recreational purposes in 29 states (and the District of Columbia) and 64 percent of the polled voting population supports marijuana’s legalization, pot remains very much illegal on the federal level as a Schedule 1 narcotic.

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CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Clarifying that Sex Discrimination under ECOA and Regulation B Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

CFPB Monitor

Under the leadership of Acting CFPB Director Dave Uejio, the Bureau issued an interpretive rule on March 9, 2021 clarifying that the prohibition against sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) and Regulation B includes sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Read on for post-mortems on 10 of the latest startups to bite the dust. Around 4 p.m., Product: AudienceScience.

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Public Policy Predictions 2019: Regulatory Reforms Ahead

FICO

Court Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated key parts of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2015 TCPA Order , which had created much confusion and sparked increased litigation. I believe this will slip a few months but by June 2019 the proposed regulations will finally be available for public review and comment.