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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. Effective January 1, 2018, California will become the tenth state to pass the “ban-the-box” law which removes the conviction history question on job applications for private employers with five or more employees.

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Tesla exec Tom Zhu triggers promotion speculation after China names new legal rep

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Tesla global vice president and CEO of the Greater China region Tom Zhu has triggered speculations of a potential promotion after the electric vehicle maker’s operating entity in China changed its legal representative. The legal entity of Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Wang Hao, the general manager of Tesla China, now fills the position.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Identifying cars as legal for travel in high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Update 14 Oct. That’s so last year.

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Tesla shareholders are taking a stand against law firm’s $6B TSLA stock request

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Is the law firm behind the legal complaint that ultimately rescinded Elon Musk’s 2018 pay package looking to get overpaid? Elon Musk’s 2018 pay package was rescinded by Judge McCormick in late January. A growing number of Tesla shareholders say so. Some have even sent letters from abroad.

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Tesla bull weighs in on Delaware Court decision against Musk’s TSLA comp plan

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Tesla ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) bull and Wedbush Securities Senior Equity Research Analyst Dan Ives has weighed in on the Delaware Court decision that rescinds Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation plan, which was approved by about 80% of TSLA shareholders at the time.

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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. Riversimple Movement Ltd. Earlier post.) Supported by a £2-million (US$2.9-million) Riversimple plans to offer the car to motorists through a “sale-of-service” model.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk seeks TX venue in class action lawsuit over Bay Area juror concerns

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Musk’s legal team has argued that the CEO believes there is a lack of unbiased jurors in the Bay Area. Elon Musk and other Tesla board members are facing a lawsuit that alleged that the CEO manipulated the company’s stock in 2018. A federal judge is currently considering the motion from Musk’s legal team. .

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