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>when adjusted for population

Have you adjusted for crime rates?

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!

>If there is a place where government regulation can do some good, this might be it.

Isn't government regulation the cause of this problem? These trolls only exist because there's a government patent system.

>Make no mistake, Cloudflare is a strong supporter of the patent system.

Well this is pretty rich.

Do you work for a taxi association? See how that pointless allegation swings both ways?

If you knew anything about civil litigation, you'd know that what is alleged in lawsuit filings is utterly pointless drivel as far as trying to use it to substantiate a point in a debate. Lawsuit allegations don't have to be factually true, which is why I asked where the allegation has actually been proven.

Then let them build a case against Uber for its use of Greyball. Why is federal involvement under RICO statutes necessary to do that?

Because protectionist taxi regulations enacted and enforced by local officials are a local issue. Just because the DOJ can shoehorn a legal argument together to assert jurisdiction doesn't mean it isn't yet another overreach by the already bloated bureaucracy known as the United States government.

In what jurisdiction do I have to report transferring more than $10,000? That's an obligation of the bank, not individuals using banks.

(At least in the U.S. Do EU citizens have to report themselves for such transactions?)

No. Why it can be made a federal issue has been successfully outlined by others in this thread. Misleading investigators throughout multiple cities, however, isn't the reason.

Turkey isn't in the EU.

>such as his decision to steal Google's self-driving tech

When was this proven? So far, those are nothing but allegations in a civil suit.

Which local governments have tried mounting a substantive case and failed?

There are plenty of reasons that they shouldn't. You may not agree with the reasons but they exist.

What does this example scenario have to do with the federal government getting involved in taxi regulations?

>Not seeing the problem here...?

Nope. Let the cities enforce their own laws.

So what?

Sure. And that's why the feds should stay out of it.

The mafia-like, protectionist taxi regulations should be considered the true conspiracy, IMHO.

Point taken. I still think it's absurd to have a federal investigation over some city's taxi regulations being evaded, but at least I can follow the potential legal logic. Thanks for the info.

Yes, but for evading city taxi regulators?!?

>obstruction of justice

Fair point. Personally I still think this is overreach but I can follow the legal footing on that.

I looked at the enumerated crimes and I don't see "evading city taxi regulations" in there.

So let the local officials bring a case.

Sure, but what federal law was broken? I wasn't aware that the federal government enforces local city regulations just because money is moving between states.

True. But considering RICO's original intent, investigating a software company for evading draconian local taxi regulations seems out of scope.

Hmm. But local taxi regulations are not federal law, so what's the underlying federal crime being committed?

Assuming this is true, why does that make it a federal issue?

Evading local regulators is a federal matter?

>and I’m also worried about it being a disincentive for our investigators to do it at all

How "important" can the investigation possibly be if this serves as a "disincentive"?

He says he doesn't want a backdoor and then spends all his time asking for one.