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Yes, It’s Legal. A Brief Overview of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-Related Issues In recent years, our firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigations practice group has handled a number of matters involving Bitcoin. When I mention this growing area of practice to others, the first question I usually get is, “What is Bitcoin?” The next…
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Starbucks recently was sued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in a class action alleging, among other things, that the coffee mogul is shortchanging customers by providing less coffee than advertised. Specifically, the case was filed on behalf of purchasers of Starbucks Lattes, who allege: Starbucks Lattes are uniformly…
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The “sharing economy” (also known as the “peer economy” or “gig economy”) in which individuals earn money from allowing strangers to use their underused assets, has received much attention in recent years. Uber is a well-known example of a sharing economy company, which allows travelers to use a smartphone app to locate drivers, who use…
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