Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.18.22

* After a six-year legal tussle, Prince's estate has an agreed-upon value. Maybe they should have just listened to the intro of "Let's Go Crazy," the one where it says "electric word life, it means forever and it’s worth about $156.4M.” [ Al.com] * "Some of us are more equal than others": Texas voting bill meant to exclude non-citizens caught a few citizens in its net. [Depaulia Online] * Working on those application? See what U.S. News thinks you ought be paying attention to. [U.S. News] * A congressman is pushing for a four-day work week. If this becomes a thing, will everyone hate Tuesdays? [Business Insider] * Fines for breaching GDPR are looking scary high. In-house, you better crack down on storing your customer's identifying information! [CNBC]

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* After a six-year legal tussle, Prince’s estate has an agreed-upon value. Maybe they should have just listened to the intro of “Let’s Go Crazy,” the one where it says “electric word life, it means forever and it’s worth about $156.4M.” [ Al.com]

* “Some of us are more equal than others”: Texas voting bill meant to exclude non-citizens caught a few citizens in its net. [Depaulia Online]

* Working on those application? See what U.S. News thinks you ought be paying attention to. [U.S. News]

* A congressman is pushing for a four-day work week. If this becomes a thing, will everyone hate Tuesdays? [Business Insider]

* Fines for breaching GDPR are looking scary high. In-house, you better crack down on storing your customer’s identifying information! [CNBC]


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