Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP : Michael Drobac Quoted in Financial Times Article on Pressure Facing Tech Start-ups

Akin Gump senior policy advisor Michael Drobac was quoted in the Financial Times article 'Uber and Airbnb business models come under scrutiny,' which reports that the two companies have been at odds with courts and lawmakers in the past year, as they face increasing regulation.

The article notes, however, that start-ups like Uber and Airbnb have also tried to work more closely with regulators to formulate policy. Drobac, who advises many technology companies with their public policy objectives, said, 'Regulators and lawmakers and states and localities are acknowledging that they can't ignore them any more; they are too big, too powerful.'