Action Also Targets Corrupt Iraqi Millionaire for Bribery Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three leaders of Iran-backed militias in Iraq that opened fire on peaceful protests, killing dozens of innocent civilians. OFAC designated Qais al-Khazali, Laith al-Khazali, and Husayn Falih ‘Aziz al-Lami pursuant to […]
Monthly Archives: December 2019
FTC Issues Opinion and Order Against Cambridge Analytica For Deceiving Consumers About the Collection of Facebook Data, Compliance with EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission issued an Opinion finding that the data analytics and consulting company Cambridge Analytica, LLC engaged in deceptive practices to harvest personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users for voter profiling and targeting. The Opinion also found that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices relating to its participation in the […]
National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 5: Tax professionals need data protection plans; must guard against identity theft
IRS YouTube Videos: IR-2019-200, December 6, 2019 WASHINGTON — As National Tax Security Awareness week concludes, the IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry today reminded tax professionals that federal law requires them to create and follow a written information security plan to protect their clients’ data. The reminder came as the IRS and […]
OCC Releases CRA Evaluations for 22 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations
News Release 2019-144 | December 5, 2019 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of November 1, 2019 through November 30, 2019. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal […]
IRS Criminal Investigation releases Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report; celebrates 100 years
IR-2019-199, December 5, 2019 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today released the Criminal Investigation Division’s (CI) annual report (PDF), highlighting significant successes and criminal enforcement actions taken in fiscal year 2019. The report also commemorates CI’s 100th year anniversary as a law enforcement agency. “CI is critical to the overall enforcement efforts of the IRS […]
FTC to Hold Workshop on Non-Compete Clauses Used in Employment Contracts
On January 9, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop in Washington, DC to examine whether there is a sufficient legal basis and empirical economic support to promulgate a Commission Rule that would restrict the use of non-compete clauses in employer-employee employment contracts. This follows a labor market workshop hosted by the […]
FTC Stops Marketers from Making False Arthritis Treatment Claims
The marketers of a dietary supplement called Synovia agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges by halting the deceptive tactics they allegedly used to mislead consumers into thinking Synovia could treat arthritis and alleviate joint pain. The FTC’s proposed settlement with Colorado-based A.S. Research, LLC (ASR) and its two owners, Stephen J. Young and Michael […]
Court Halts Operations of VoIP Service Provider after the FTC and Ohio Alleged that it Helped Promote Credit Card Interest Reduction Scheme
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Ohio, a federal court has halted the operations of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider Globex Telecom Inc., which allegedly played a key role in robocalling consumers to promote a credit card interest reduction scheme that bilked consumers out of millions of […]
Why Shared Channels are So Cool
[This post was written by our CEO, Stewart Butterfield, as soon as he was allowed to, following the end of our Q3 quiet period] Shared channels are amazing. They bring all the benefits of moving from inbox-based to channel-based communication — the increase in transparency, in alignment, the shared history equally accessible to everyone regardless […]
Clips now features Memoji and Animoji, new stickers and more
About Clips With Clips, users can create personal video messages, slideshows, school projects and mini-movies with amazing features like Live Titles that automatically generates animated captions from a user’s voice, and 360-degree immersive Selfie Scenes on iPhone. Clips lets users add personality to their videos with dozens of filters, animated stickers and full-screen animated posters. […]