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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Virgin Galactic Gets Critical Infrastructure Exemption <#0079740> - Oxystrap Shifts To N95 Masks <#0079739> - Green Dot Names Former Visa Exec As New Board Director <#0079738> - Masimo Expands Rollout Of COVID-19 Remote Patient Management Product <#0079737> - Qualstar Plans Delisting <#0079736> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Resources For UK Companies and Investors Impacted By Coronavirus <#ad762> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#ad694> *Monday, April 13, 2020* *BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <http://www.bdo.com>* BDO USA, LLP is a professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to publicly traded and privately held companies through more than 60 offices domestically and 160 countries globally. Our Southern California technology industry team professionals have deep experience helping online, software, hardware, and cleantech businesses in the local ecosystem to navigate the many issues affecting their businesses and to help them meet their larger strategic goals. Our team provides a wide range of guidance in the key issues effecting technology companies including, M&A advisory, initial public offerings, tax planning and consulting, intellectual property agreements, financial reporting and regulatory compliance matters. For more information, please contact our LA Technology leaders Anthony Ferguson, Tim Clackett, and Kris Kaufmann at [email protected]. http://www.bdo.com *Virgin Galactic Gets Critical Infrastructure Exemption* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079740.html> Mojave-based Virgin Galactic, the commercial space tourism company which is backed by Sir Richard Branson, has received a a href=" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/11/bransons-virgin-galactic-secures-critical-infrastructure-exemption/";>critical infrastructure exemption, allowing the company to continue to operate during lockdown of most U.S. states. Virgin Galactic has been seeking to launch tourists into space as early as sometime this year. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079740.html>) *Oxystrap Shifts To N95 Masks* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079739.html> San Diego-based OxyStrap International, which normally manufactures fitness trackers, said this morning that it has shifted its manufacturing from its usual products, to manufacturing N95 equivalent protective masks. According to the company, it is hand making protective face masks made out of an "effective microbiological barrier material". (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079739.html>) *Green Dot Names Former Visa Exec As New Board Director* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079738.html> Pasadena-based Green Dot has named a former Visa executive to its board of directors, the company said late last week. Green Dot said that Ellen Richey, the former vice chairman and chief risk officer for Visa, was appointed, effective April 3rd. Richey also will serve on its Risk Committee. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079738.html>) *Masimo Expands Rollout Of COVID-19 Remote Patient Management Product* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079737.html> Irvine-based patient monitoring equipment developer Masimo has rolled out a new, remote patient management product specifically aimed at the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said its new product, Masimo SafetyNet, offers up remote pulse oximetry system which helps clinicians care for patients remotely in hospital settings and in non-traditional settings and circumstances. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079737.html>) *Qualstar Plans Delisting* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079736.html> Camarillo-based data storage and power supply manufacturer Qualstar says it plans to delist from the Nasdaq and deregister its common stock. According to Qualstar, the delisting comes as it now has fewer than 300 holders of record, and that the delisting will result in reduction of its operating expenses. 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