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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. Washington. In Spokane County, Washington, job applicants will no longer be asked to disclose criminal convictions from the past 10 years. The change is part of a final rule to take effect on Jan.

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In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud – ET Auto

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Prosecutors are far from deciding how to proceed, one of the sources said, in part because they are sifting through voluminous documents Tesla provided in response to subpoenas. Tesla videos demonstrating the technology that remain archived on its website say: “The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Emblematic of the hope, faith, perseverance, and drive to overcome systemic legal and social barriers the song encapsulates is the life of self-taught technical genius Lewis H. Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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Pedott test-marketed the Great American Turn-On at People’s Drug in Washington, D.C. In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology. However, there are pitfalls.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The report concluded that “ damage from climate change, perhaps immense damage, is likely to be part of the Australian reality of the 21 st century and beyond.” The Indian government has consistently asserted that it will not agree to legally binding emissions reductions under any circumstances.

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

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California’s original approach to heavy carbon oils resulted in a legal challenge that is still pending; the EU’s adoption of a similar approach has resulted in protracted discussion and negotiation with Canada that has yet to be resolved, either.). Treat all crude oils as part of the overall pool of transportation fuels.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. If batteries are not surviving the life of the vehicle, I personally find that an obscene position to be in as we drive forward with our environmentally-focused revolution. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington.