A federal judge last month blocked a New York City law eliminating the ability of rideshare companies to kick drivers off of their platforms unless they demonstrate “just cause.” That injunction is temporary. But NYC should cut its losses anyway. Under NYC’s “just cause” law, Uber and Lyft would have been barred from deactivating any drivers on their platform without providing 14 days’ notice and establishing “just cause” or “bona fide economic reasons.” What did “bona fide economic reasons” actually entail? The statute left that frustratingly ambiguous, since it was merely defined as a “proportionate reduction in volume of sales or…

In brief A meme coin called BONER cornered 53% of the tokenized Hims & Hers Health shares on Robinhood Chain over the August 30 weekend. The move briefly sent the wrapped stock to $132.64 against a real Friday HIMS close of $28.84. The real HIMS stock barely moved, trading near $29 on Monday, but the pattern has spread across Robinhood Chain, where meme coin-stock pairs generated $217 million in trading volume on September 2. A meme coin called BONER locked up more than half the tokenized shares of Hims & Hers Health on Robinhood’s blockchain over the weekend of August…

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