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Regulation
19 articles in this thread.
Gig platforms after Prop 22: unions, robotaxis, and the earnings grind
Contractor labor still carries gig platforms. California bargaining, insurance changes, and autonomous supply each move a different cost.
Uber’s $4,000 EV grant has to work for the driver
Uber’s EV grant can reduce the cost of switching cars. The driver still has to make the charging, mileage, and loan math work.
Banks got a clearer crypto path. They still have to manage the risk.
U.S. regulators relaxed crypto-specific banking guidance in 2025. Custody, compliance, and customer protection still needed real operations.
California SB 371 cuts one rideshare insurance requirement
SB 371 lowered one California rideshare coverage limit. Primary liability stayed at $1 million, and cheaper fares still needed evidence.
California rideshare drivers can bargain as contractors under AB 1340
AB 1340 gave California rideshare drivers a bargaining path. A union won certification in September 2026; a contract remained the next test.
Grubhub's restaurant listings came with a $7.1 million settlement
A proposed 2025 settlement put a cost on Grubhub's unauthorized restaurant listings. Marketplace reach needs the merchant's consent.
Tesla’s Bay Area rides still had a driver at the wheel
Tesla offered paid Bay Area rides with a safety driver. That is a service launch, but it is not driverless operation.
Mercedes' turquoise lights signal a limited driving mode
Mercedes won California and Nevada approvals for turquoise automated-driving lights in 2023. A signal still needed people to understand its limits.
Adobe lost the Figma deal. It kept the competitive problem.
Adobe and Figma ended their $20 billion merger plan in December 2023. Figma's collaboration advantage survived the failed deal.
Epic's Google verdict put app-store distribution on trial
A December 2023 jury sided with Epic over Google Play's competitive practices. The remedy would decide what changed for developers.
A displayed price should be the price you can pay
The FTC proposed a junk-fee rule in 2023. Hidden mandatory charges punish shoppers and honest sellers alike.
Lyft's $10 million penalty was a disclosure bill
Lyft failed to disclose a director's financial interest in a $424 million pre-IPO share sale. Investors needed to see the conflict.
23andMe's breach reached beyond the accounts that lost passwords
23andMe's 2023 breach used stolen logins to reach DNA Relatives profiles. The privacy risk extended beyond compromised accounts.
Nadella's search testimony made distribution the problem
Nadella argued in 2023 that Google's default deals reinforced its search lead. Better software alone might not bring Bing more users.
The Cruise crash was also a disclosure failure
The October 2023 Cruise crash exposed a dangerous post-impact maneuver and a failure to report it fully. That is the operational lesson.
Kim Kardashian fined by SEC
The SEC's 2022 Kardashian settlement was about a hidden $250,000 promotion payment, not a verdict on every crypto token.
California's proposed car rebate used the wrong measure of need
California's March 2022 relief proposal offered a rebate per vehicle and help for transit. Owning a car was a poor measure of need.
The WHO's mRNA project needed manufacturing know-how
The WHO–Afrigen mRNA project showed why patent access alone could not build vaccine manufacturing capacity.
San Francisco's delivery cap moved the cost question
San Francisco's delivery-fee cap protected restaurant margins in 2021. The unresolved tradeoff was where platforms moved the cost.