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Ex-Alameda CEO, Caroline Ellison, Picks Ex-SEC Official for Defense
News // December 11, 2022

The former head of Alameda Research has reportedly tapped an ex-SEC official to represent her. Caroline Ellison, who was Alameda’s CEO at the time sister cryptocurrency company FTX began to implode, has hired Stephanie Avakian, former enforcement division chief at the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Apple App Appeal
Apple // June 18, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday (June 18) to hear Apple‘s appeal of a lower court ruling that accused the company of running afoul of antitrust laws by being a monopoly player in the market for iPhone software apps. According to a report in Reuters,...

Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
Regulation // September 19, 2017

Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction, reported Reuters. Citing four people familiar with the matter, Reuters stated that in a proposal submitted to the European Commission in late August,...

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Ex-Alameda CEO, Caroline Ellison, Picks Ex-SEC Official for Defense

December 11, 2022
The former head of Alameda Research has reportedly tapped an ex-SEC official to represent her. Caroline Ellison, who was Alameda’s CEO at the time sister cryptocurrency company FTX began to implode, has hired Stephanie Avakian, former enforcement division chief at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Dec. 10), citing unnamed sources. […]

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Apple App Appeal

June 18, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday (June 18) to hear Apple‘s appeal of a lower court ruling that accused the company of running afoul of antitrust laws by being...

Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU

September 19, 2017
Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction, reported Reuters. Citing four people familiar with the...