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Cat Zakrzewski, The Washington Post Published 6:43 am PDT, Thursday, March 28, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO - Executives from top tech companies and California's attorney general aren't waiting for Washington to take action on pressing tech policy issues. At the first Technology 202 Live event here in San Francisco, they described how companies themselves are making changes to their own platforms to address public pressure on privacy and curbing disinformation on their platforms - and how states are seeking to rein in the tech giants with new legislation. "When it comes to the federal government, they move a lot slower," said California state attorney general Xavier Becerra. Here are some highlights: 1. The next time a public official - perhaps even a president - tweets something that violates Twitter's standards, the message could be accompanied by a label that provides more context, Twitter's Vajaya Gadde told my colleague Elizabeth Dwoskin. Twitter is exploring how to annotate … [Read more...] about The Technology 202: Silicon Valley isn’t waiting for Washington to address privacy, disinformation

Move over Avvo, JD Oasis, Legal OnRamp and WireLawyer, there’s a new kid in town: Foxwordy.This spring, Palo Alto, Calif.-based lawyer and entrepreneur Monica Zent debuted Foxwordy, her entry into the array of legal social networks.Zent acknowledges she’s entered a crowded field—and one that has not exactly yielded a track record of success—but believes the features of her legal social network will differentiate it from the rest. “It’s the first private social network,” Zent says. “Privacy is key.”Users must apply to the network and meet certain membership criteria before being accepted. Zent says the vetting process ensures that members are part of the legal community and not advertisers or vendors.The network combines offerings that are prevalent on other social networks, including discussion boards, private messaging, profiles, connections, document libraries and ratings. Members can use some of these features privately or … [Read more...] about Silicon Valley lawyer creates another social network for lawyers

Employers in Silicon Valley now face another local hike in the minimum wage. On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved a multi-year increase in the City’s minimum wage, which will reach $15.00 per hour on January 1, 2019 after increasing in annual $1.50 increments. San Jose joins the Silicon Valley cities of Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and Cupertino to adopt a $15.00 minimum wage in effect in either 2018 or 2019. The municipalities of Campbell, Milpitas, Santa Clara, and Saratoga are also considering similar increases.The Silicon Valley increases come on the heels of the upcoming increase in California’s state-wide minimum wage that takes effect on January 1, 2017 and will ultimately reach $15 per hour in January 2022. (See Polsinelli’s update on the California minimum wage legislation here). San Jose's minimum wage increase will come in four phases: a hike to $10.50 in January 2017, $12.00 per hour in July 2017, to … [Read more...] about San Jose is Latest Silicon Valley City to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour

In January, the National Law Review had pleasure of attending the Annual Marketing Partner Forum in beautiful Rancho Palos Altos, California. Programing was provided by the Legal Executives Institute at Thomson Reuters and featured over 15 hours of dynamic workshops. Hundreds of  marketing partners, managing partners, in-house counsel and senior-level marketing and business development professionals were in attendance.The “New Competition” program featured emerging legal technologies within Silicon Valley. Catherine Hammack of Jurispect, Monica Zent of Foxwordy, and Daniel Lewis of Ravel Law each showcased their innovative technologies and shared their thoughts as to where innovation is taking the legal industry in 2015. “ Jurispect will help fundamentally transform how companies operate by providing organizations with a real-time analytical view of both exposure and opportunities to take proactive steps to manage legal and regulatory risk. ”  - … [Read more...] about The New Competition – Emerging Legal Technologies Out of Silicon Valley

Never underestimate the power of visible trailblazers. They were sorely lacking when Anirma Gupta began as a patent attorney in 1993.“The firm I worked at had no intellectual property partners in the electrical/mechanical field,” says the deputy general counsel for litigation and IP at Intuit in Mountain View, Calif. “I had no female role models.”Ditto for Michelle Lee, Google’s deputy general counsel for patents, also in Mountain View. “When I was going through the ranks, there wasn’t a plethora of women.”Does that matter? It did to Mallun Yen, who only became confident she could step into the demanding role of being head of IP at Cisco Systems after seeing another female lawyer successfully manage her intense career and personal life.“I told the general counsel, ‘I can’t fly to China on two hours’ notice; I need some balance in my life,’ ” recalls Yen, now executive vice president at RPX Corp., a … [Read more...] about She-roes: Women Strive to Promote Their Own in Silicon Valley IP Law