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• The State of NYC’s Digital Economy in Q2 2021: Broadband Access

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on July 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  INTRODUCTION As a brief overview, NYC’s recent broadband efforts aimed at closing the digital divide include the following: In 2019 Mayor de Blasio engaged in an effort to encourage the adoption of broadband in the outer boroughs The Internet Master Plan was… Read More ›

• The State of NYC’s Digital Economy in Q1 2021

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on April 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  INTRODUCTION In taking a look at the state of NYC’s digital economy covering the first quarter of 2021, the area that looms largest is not surprisingly the devastating effect the pandemic has had on the larger economy.  Positive news and… Read More ›

• Increased Government Scrutiny of Large Tech Companies Increases at Both Federal and State Levels and Internationally

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on March 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The anti-trust action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice during October of last year was not the first time  federal regulators considered taking action against Google.  Newly revealed documents from a 2011-2013 Federal Trade Investigation revealed by Politico also… Read More ›

• New Legislative Appointments Affecting Tech & NYC Small Business Relief in 1st Quarter 2021

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on March 10, 2021

  SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF  In what would be a major overhaul to the over 180 laws affecting NYC small businesses, the New York City Council announced a hearing held by the Small Business Committee on March 1, on two bills that would “provide… Read More ›

• The Pandemic Continues to Bring Digital Focus and Resources to NYC’s Small Businesses

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on January 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Amidst much discussion on the accelerated pace with which large corporations are adopting an increasingly digital focus, fortunately, a number of initiatives have also sought to assist small businesses cope with the pandemic by easing the shift to e-commerce, providing… Read More ›

• NYU Tandon Professor Contributes to Innovative Model of ‘Onboarding’ AI into the Workplace

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on December 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  In a report published in the July-August 2020 edition of the Harvard Business Review entitled, “A Better Way to Onboard AI,” NYU Tandon School of Engineering Associate Professor of Technology Management and Innovation, Anne-Laure Fayard sets forth an innovative model… Read More ›

• 7 Months into Pandemic, Over 100,000 NYC Students are Still without Internet Access

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on November 12, 2020

  On November 2, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a letter to Mayor de Blasio and the city’s Education Department Chancellor, setting forth proposals in light of the over 100,000 students without internet access and 77,000 still lacking Wi-Fi enabled devices,… Read More ›

• A New Model of Worker Classification Emerges from California’s Proposition 22 as the Direction of the Gig Economy is Fought Over Intensely

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on November 10, 2020

  On election day, ballot measure Proposition 22, backed by App-based driver and delivery companies Ubder, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates passed in California, creating an exemption from labor legislation passed last year that required them to classify drivers as employees… Read More ›

• Semiconductor News Roundup (Oct. 23, 2020)

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 23, 2020

  HUAWEI BEGINS TO FACE DIFFICULTIES DUE TO U.S. CHIP BAN Huawei released its business results today, for the first three quarters of the year reporting a 9.9% increase in revenue over the same period last year. However, it noted that its “global… Read More ›

• Google Calls DOJ Antitrust Action ‘Deeply Flawed’

  By J.D. Kim, Esq. on October 22, 2020

  In a blog post by SVP of Global Affairs Kent Walker, Google responded on Tuesday to the arguments found in the antitrust action brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice the same day, asserting that consumers are not forced to… Read More ›