The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on Tuesday on virtual currencies and the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in overseeing the virtual currency industry. Witnesses included SEC Chairman Jay...
Fired Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is accusing Mayor Rahm Emanuel of being asleep at the wheel when it comes to stopping Chicago’s epidemic of carjackings and waking up only after the problem was out of control, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. McCarthy said the brazenness...
Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) publishes TECHREPORT—a collection of easy-to-read breakouts of the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, one of the leading surveys on how attorneys use technology. Practitioners, firms, and legal tech companies alike can use TECHREPORT to get...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance are at odds over prosecution of the city’s turnstile jumpers. De Blasio opposes Vance’s new policy of declining to prosecute most who are arrested for fare evasion, the New York Times reports....
An emergency town hall meeting after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy ended in chaos Wednesday night as the teen’s family and residents demanded answers from Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials, reports the Los Angeles Times. Deputies shot and killed Anthony Weber during a...
The opening ceremonies for the 2018 Olympic winter games take place Friday, February 9, but competition has already begun. In addition to competitions on the ice and slopes, there are competitions among brand owners. Official sponsors of the Olympic games pour lots of dollars into...