legal

Common legal phrase. Lawful action, such as an agreement consciously agreed to by two or more entities, establishing lawful accountability. For example, an apartment lease legally binds the lessor and the lessee.

Chinese Regulator Fines Luckin, 43 Other Companies In Fraud Case
Chinese Regulator Fines Luckin, 43 Other Companies In Fraud Case
September 22, 2020  |  International

China’s top regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation, has fined coffee chain Luckin Coffee and other firms that helped it inflate its sales and...

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Justice Department, State AGs To Meet On Antitrust Suit Against Google
Justice Department, State AGs To Meet On Antitrust Suit Against Google
September 22, 2020  |  Google

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is putting the finishing touches on its antitrust lawsuit against Google that could be filed as early as this...

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Americans Rush To Download WeChat App In Advance Of Ban
Americans Rush To Download WeChat App In Advance Of Ban
September 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

WeChat users in the U.S. are racing to download the Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app, Reuters reported. The surge comes as...

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s WeChat Ban
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s WeChat Ban
September 20, 2020  |  Legal

Score one for WeChat. A California federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting WeChat, the social media app owned by China’s...

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Bitcoin Daily: Australian Man Sentenced For Mining Crypto On Gov’t Supercomputers; Oil Fund Claims 600 BTC Among World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund
Bitcoin Daily: Australian Man Sentenced For Mining Crypto On Gov’t Supercomputers; Oil Fund Claims 600...
September 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

A former contractor for the Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service after pleading guilty...

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Oracle And Walmart Could Pay $12B For TikTok Stake Under Deal Trump Endorses
Oracle And Walmart Could Pay $12B For TikTok Stake Under Deal Trump Endorses
September 20, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants Oracle and Walmart to pay $12 billion for a combined 20 percent stake in its social media giant TikTok...

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TikTok Invites Facebook To Challenge TikTok Ban
TikTok Invites Facebook To Challenge TikTok Ban
September 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

In its battle against President Donald Trump’s intentions to block its app domestically, TikTok is requesting the help of rival Facebook Inc., Bloomberg reported. The...

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Federal Judge Turns Down Request To Stop Upcoming WeChat Ban
Federal Judge Turns Down Request To Stop Upcoming WeChat Ban
September 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Ahead of a ban on WeChat downloads that is set to take effect, a federal judge turned down a request to stop a Friday (Sept....

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Clock Ticks On TikTok, WeChat Bans – And eCommerce May Suffer
Clock Ticks On TikTok, WeChat Bans – And eCommerce May Suffer
September 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Sunday looms as a red-letter day for TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat – and tens of millions of users who use the apps to conduct commerce....

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