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Supply The Why Founder Din Jenkins to Be Recognized as a 2021 Black Excellence Honoree by the Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Caucus, Political terminology

STOUGHTON, Mass., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Din Jenkins, CEO, founder, and chief facilitator of Supply The Why, will be recognized as a Black Excellence Honoree by the Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus during the Black Excellence on the Hill event on Friday, February 26.

Key Points: 
  • STOUGHTON, Mass., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Din Jenkins, CEO, founder, and chief facilitator of Supply The Why, will be recognized as a Black Excellence Honoree by the Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus during the Black Excellence on the Hill event on Friday, February 26.
  • According to Rep. Galvin, "I was proud to nominate Din to be an Honoree for the MBLLC's 2021 Black Excellence on the Hill celebration.
  • I truly appreciate the Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus recognizing and celebrating what we have been able to do."
  • The 2021 Black Excellence on the Hill event is an annual event hosted by the Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus to commemorate Black community leaders and trailblazers that are moving the needle forward in their respective communities.

Sphere 3D Receives Letter of Reprimand from NASDAQ

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Majority, Parliamentary procedure, Political terminology, Quorum, Connexions, Organizations, Articles

The Company's bylaws required a quorum of at least 25%, instead of the 33 1/3% threshold required for a domestic issuer by the Quorum Rule.

Key Points: 
  • The Company's bylaws required a quorum of at least 25%, instead of the 33 1/3% threshold required for a domestic issuer by the Quorum Rule.
  • This oversight and rule violation was caused by the fact that the Company no longer qualified as a foreign private issuer during 2018, 2019 and 2020.
  • Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) has a portfolio of brands, including HVE ConneXions, UCX ConneXions, and SnapServer dedicated to helping customers achieve their IT goals.
  • For more information on Sphere 3D please visit www.sphere3d.com .

CCAGW Leads a Coalition Urging Congress to Reject the Restoration of Earmarks

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Congressional News, Views, White House, Federal Government, Public policy, Government, State, Local, Public policy, Other Policy Issues, Public choice theory, Earmark, Fiscal policy, Political terminology, Articles, Politics, Government

CCAGW President Tom Schatz said in a statement:

Key Points: 
  • CCAGW President Tom Schatz said in a statement:
    Earmarks are one of the most corrupt, inequitable, and wasteful practices in the history of Congress.
  • Earmarks are a lazy, unfair, and corrupt way to circumvent the authorization and appropriations process.
  • Members of Congress must be fiscally responsible and oppose the resurrection of earmarks.
  • Thank you to the coalition members who on behalf of taxpayers across the country are joining CCAGW in the fight to permanently ban rather than restore earmarks.

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, a National Class Action Law Firm, Continues Investigation of Key Tronic Corporation (KTCC) on Behalf of Investors

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Legal, Professional services, Civil rights and liberties, Articles, Anti-corporate activism, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Labour law, Political terminology, Whistleblower, Securities Class Action, Financial markets, Jordan A. Thomas

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), a national investor rights law firm, continues its investigation on behalf of Key Tronic Corporation (Key Tronic or the Company) (NASDAQ: KTCC ) investors concerning the Company and its officers possible violations of the federal securities laws.

Key Points: 
  • Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), a national investor rights law firm, continues its investigation on behalf of Key Tronic Corporation (Key Tronic or the Company) (NASDAQ: KTCC ) investors concerning the Company and its officers possible violations of the federal securities laws.
  • Whistleblower Notice: Persons with non-public information regarding Key Tronic should consider their options to aid the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower Program.
  • Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP is a premier law firm representing investors and consumers in securities litigation and other complex class action litigation.
  • In 2018, GPM was ranked a top five law firm in number of securities class action settlements, and a top six law firm for total dollar size of settlements.

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, a Leading Securities Fraud Law Firm, Announces Investigation of Jianpu Technology, Inc. (JT) on Behalf of Investors

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Legal, Professional services, Anti-corporate activism, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Labour law, Political terminology, Whistleblower, Articles, Human rights, Social issues

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of Jianpu Technology, Inc. (Jianpu or the Company) (NYSE: JT ) investors concerning the Companys possible violations of the federal securities laws.

Key Points: 
  • Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (GPM), a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of Jianpu Technology, Inc. (Jianpu or the Company) (NYSE: JT ) investors concerning the Companys possible violations of the federal securities laws.
  • On February 16, 2021, Jianpu announced the results of its independent review into transactions carried out by the Credit Card Recommendation Business Unit with third-party business entities.
  • Whistleblower Notice: Persons with non-public information regarding Jianpu should consider their options to aid the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower Program.
  • Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP is a premier law firm representing investors and consumers in securities litigation and other complex class action litigation.

Louisiana Achievement Charter Academies Notice of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Training, Consumer, Preschool, Other Education, State, Local, Continuing, Public policy, University, Primary, Secondary, Education, Parenting, Children, Public policy, Government, Educational institutions, Majority, Parliamentary procedure, Political terminology, Quorum, Academy, Teleconference, Education in the United Kingdom, Articles

Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Directors of Louisiana Achievement Charter Academies at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 22, 2021 by video/teleconference.

Key Points: 
  • Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Directors of Louisiana Achievement Charter Academies at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 22, 2021 by video/teleconference.
  • 302 of the 2020 Legislative Session, Louisiana Achievement Charter Academies, certifies that it must conduct the meeting scheduled for February 22, 2021 via video conference/conference call or the Board will otherwise be unable to operate due to quorum requirements.
  • Matters that if they are delayed will cause curtailment of vital public services or severe economic dislocation and hardship.
  • Board meetings shall be held in this manner during the pendency of this emergency.

DataRobot Announces Feature Discovery Integration with Snowflake

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Networks, Internet, Data management, Technology, Software, Precipitation, Articles, Alt-right, Political culture, Political terminology, Snowflake, Nature, Snow, Cloud computing

Building off of DataRobots expanded partnership and existing integration with Snowflake, the new Feature Discovery pushdown integration dramatically improves the speed and accuracy of developing models, unlocking new use cases, and accelerating time to value for joint customers.

Key Points: 
  • Building off of DataRobots expanded partnership and existing integration with Snowflake, the new Feature Discovery pushdown integration dramatically improves the speed and accuracy of developing models, unlocking new use cases, and accelerating time to value for joint customers.
  • The new Feature Discovery integration with Snowflake delivers this innovative capability to Snowflake users, pushing down data preparation operations into Snowflake to minimize data movement resulting in faster performance and lower operating costs.
  • This allows users to obtain more accurate DataRobot models by accessing more data from Snowflake and leveraging the power of Snowflakes Data Cloud.
  • Were thrilled to be delivering on our expanded partnership with Snowflake by bringing the power of automation to the Feature Discovery process directly into the Snowflake environment.

Us Against Alzheimer's advocacy group must reveal financial conflict of interest to FDA, says Dr. Leslie Norins of Alzheimer's Germ Quest

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Articles, Activism, Advocacy group, Political terminology, Public choice theory, Conflict of interest, Credibility

The "premier" designation was ranked even higher than "platinum," but its cost was not given.

Key Points: 
  • The "premier" designation was ranked even higher than "platinum," but its cost was not given.
  • These hidden financial conflicts of interest taint the value of the advocacy groups' support for approval, says Dr. Norins in his February 16 letter to the FDA .
  • He concludes that the credibility of the two advocacy groups is jeopardized by their failure to reveal these financial conflicts of interest.
  • Alzheimer's Germ Quest is an independent group not affiliated with or endorsed by any other organization.

New Sedition Caucus PAC Targets Vulnerable Republicans

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Politics of the United States, Crime, 117th United States Congress, Pejoratives, Sedition Caucus, Storming of the United States Capitol, Political terminology, Sedition

Each episode/ad will follow congressional seditionists as they vote and take positions against constituent priorities from now until November 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Each episode/ad will follow congressional seditionists as they vote and take positions against constituent priorities from now until November 2022.
  • Joe Jacobson, the founder of the Sedition Caucus PAC and its affiliate the Progress Action Fund, said, "Our priority is to ensure voters fire members of the sedition caucus at the polls in 2022.
  • Garcia is the Sedition Caucus PAC's first target.
  • The Sedition Caucus PAC is a project of the Progress Action Fund (PAF), which holds Republicans accountable in swing districts across the country.

First Whistleblower Case Connected to "Operation Brace Yourself" Settles for $20.3 Million

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Friday, February 5, 2021
Whistleblowing, Civil rights and liberties, Articles, Anti-corporate activism, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Labour law, Political terminology, Whistleblower, False Claims Act, Qui tam

The United States will recover $20,332,516.00 in forfeited assets in this case .

Key Points: 
  • The United States will recover $20,332,516.00 in forfeited assets in this case .
  • The False Claims Act provides whistleblowers with a share of the government's recovery.
  • Here, the whistleblower is expected to receive $4,676,478.00.
  • Ms. Albright's case played a crucial part in the success of Operation Brace Yourself.