Category Archives: Legal

Mayberry v. KKR: Pitched Battle as Attorney General and Defendants Try to Block “Tier 3 Plaintiffs” Pursuing Claims Aggressively

The mudslinging! The disingenuous arguments! The clever retorts! The crafty lawyering! Welcome to Mayberry v. KKR, the Tier 3 chapter.

Sports Desk: DoJ Files Amicus Brief in Support of College Athletes, While Congress Mulls Giving Them Rights to Their Names, Images, and Likenesses

Both the DoJ and Congress apparently side with college athletes over the NCAA in on antitrust and property issues.

Former Board Member JJ Jelincic Sues CalPERS Over Illegal Secret Board Discussion After CIO Ben Meng’s Abrupt Departure and Hiding of Records Related to $583 Million Overstatement of Real Estate Assets

Former CalPERS board member JJ Jelincic is pursuing the thankless task of getting the agency to shape up. He may have found a leverage point.

Waste Watch: Europeans Get Right to Repair for Some Consumer Electrical Goods, While John Deere Reneges on Promise to U.S. Farmers to Make Diagnostic Software Freely Available

On March 1, the EU implemented a right to repair for some consumer electrical goods; which U.S. state will wake up and do the same?

Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?

Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.

GOP Voting Rights Act Position Falls Apart in SCOTUS Arguments

The GOP scored an own goal in its Supreme Court arguments on a closely-watched Arizona voting rights case.

Department of Pre-Crime: Left-Wing Protester Arrested by FBI for Being on a “Path to Radicalization”

In the real world, the one we’re in now, the Department of Pre-Crime will not be this much fun. Nor will the good guys win.

Elder Care Company “Home Instead” Transfers Reported Thief to Another Client; Endangers Client Welfare and Violates Own Contract

How the agency Home Instead has mistreated my 93 year old mother and will be reported to the State of Alabama for elder abuse.

Recent Judge Rakoff Decision May Curb Private Equity Leverage Abuses By Pinning Liability on Directors of Selling Company

Some of the worst private equity practices, like buyers pulling out more cash at closing than they put in, were targeted by a recent ruling.

The Oil Industry Is Ready To Fight President Biden In Court

The oil industry is ready to brawl to keep the Biden Administration from halting new Federal energy and mineral leases.

Eviction Moratorium Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Texas

The Trump and Biden stimulus on the cheap, of having landlords support income-starved renters in lieu of subsidies, is now in trouble.

This Obscure Energy Treaty Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet You’ve Never Heard Of

The Energy Charter Treaty lets fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It must be stopped.

FAIR Act: Will Congress Finally Complete the Project the CFPB Fumbled and Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?

With the reported support of Biden, will Congress ban mandatory arbitration clauses in common consumer and employment contracts?

Google’s Dominance of Online Ads is a Big Deal. Here’s How to Fix It.

Legal scholar Dina Srinivasan talks to INET’s Lynn Parramore about reining in Google and restoring fairness to a regulatory Wild West.

Hoist on His Own Petard? Kentucky Attorney General’s Apparent Plan to Settle Landmark Pension Case Mayberry v. KKR Likely to be Undermined by Discovery

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron may have outfoxed himself by joining a landmark case against grifting private equity moneybags.