SEC With Investment Managers: “Like the FBI Sitting Down With the Mafia”
A law firm partner discusses SEC capture as if it were perfectly normal….which sadly, it is.
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Trump’s China Trade Deal Handwave
There’s not much to like in the Trump “Phase 1” China trade deal because there’s not much to it.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Senate Passes Save Our Seas Act 2.0
Senate pauses Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, which fails to address the issue of overproduction of plastics.
Read more...Brexit: The End of the Beginning?
Brexit jockeying is underway.
Read more...Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Portion Of Obamacare
An appeals court nixed the Obamacare individual mandate and put the rest of the law in play. What might happen next?
Read more...Impeachment Semi-Open Thread
The historic House vote means impeachment is on. Or is it?
Read more...What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?
The ACA is back in play.
Read more...Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Ruling that George Mason University Foundation Is Not Subject to State FOIA Statute, Leaving Koch Funding Details Undisclosed
Virginia Supreme Court allows Koch influence to remain undisclosed; the decision has yet to attract much media attention.
Read more...California Governor Newsom Nixes PG&E Bankruptcy Plan
California governor Newsom’s rejection of PG&E bankruptcy plan forces the company to present an alternative before Tuesday.
Read more...Evil is Baked into Big Tech’s Business Plan. Now What?
In her new book, Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar explores how companies like Google and their tech brethren stampede over all of us.
Read more...As NLRB Delivers ‘Victory’ to McDonald’s, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant’s Dirty Anti-Union Tactics
McDonald’s does not play nice.
Read more...Impeachment, the House as Prosecutor, and Justice
If we consider the House as a prosecutor, is the House acting as an ethical prosecutor should?
Read more...BBVA Compass Fails to Dispute, Much the Less Remedy, Retaliatory Swatting, Disclosure of Confidential Information, and Reckless Treatment of Elderly Customer
BBVA has not denied that an officer swatted an elderly woman on fabricated grounds as retaliation for documenting his reckless advice.
Read more...‘Dark Waters’ Tells the Origin Story of a Public Health Nightmare. We’re Still Living It.
On a docu-drama that recounts the first major suit against toxic “forever chemicals” and what’s being done about them now.
Read more...Federal Prosecutors Initiate Criminal Probe of Six Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have initiated an investigation that could lead to criminal charges against at least six opiods companies.
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