Ten things I’d like to see happen in 2021 (2020 in review)
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Dave Lefort2020-12-09T14:20:00
Many of the things I’d like to see in 2021 are directly related to regulatory changes we anticipate are coming under a Biden administration, but they’re mixed with a few lessons from the pandemic we hope carry into a post-COVID world.
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