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California Is the Land of Innovation – Now it’s Up to the Supreme Court to Keep It That Way

February 24, 2020 10:52 amFebruary 24, 2020 11:27 am

California is a land of innovation. We build, engineer and develop new technology constantly. By creating novel intellectual property, our businesses turn potential into reality. The Golden State files significantly more patents than any other state in the nation. But now, the protections that undergird...

2020 March Primary Preview: 13th State Senate District

February 5, 2020 6:14 am

The 13th State Senate District: The richest Senate district, the 13th stretches from the suburbs of San Francisco to the suburbs of San Jose, engulfing a fair chunk of Silicon Valley and the tech giants inside of it. Mountain View...

California Consumer Privacy Act Becomes Law

January 3, 2020 6:30 amJanuary 3, 2020 7:24 am

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the law that lets consumers in California know what data about them is being collected, where it would go, and if companies can receive permission from California consumers for it, is now live in...

As Housing Bills Collapse, Talk of Ballot Initiative Grows Louder

November 21, 2019 2:15 amNovember 21, 2019 1:48 pm

Governor Newsom has deemed California’s housing shortage to be a top priority. Last week, he convened the heads of more than a dozen top California-based companies to bring the private sector to the table in search of solutions to a...

Facebook Pledges $1 Billion In Affordable Housing Funds In California

October 25, 2019 8:32 am

Social media company Facebook pledged to put $1 billion into affordable housing Tuesday in an attempt to alleviate the California housing crisis, particularly in Northern California. The announcement came four months after Google outlined a similar program also amounting to...

Federal Privacy Legislation Needed Before a Patchwork of State Privacy Laws Inundate Businesses

June 4, 2019 2:15 amJune 3, 2019 5:06 pm

The issue of consumer privacy, or the lack thereof, is one of the hot-button issues of the day. Hardly a month goes by without mainstream media outlets reporting on the latest privacy related story. From the collection of consumer data...

McCarthy Calls Out Google Over Claims of Bias

September 13, 2018 7:00 amSeptember 13, 2018 9:14 pm

In a very sharply aimed tweet late yesterday evening U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy called out Google for giving a “silent donation” to a left-wing group to stop President Donald Trump, and for allegedly working with China and Russia...