California’s Plan to Disappear the Homeless
CARE courts to force treatment on those deemed mentally ill and could result in state conservatorship.
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Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks
States across the country are either moving to protect abortion rights or further restrict them.
Read more...SBF’s Substack Shows He Will Always Be in Our Face
Sadly, even prison is not likely to rid us of this turbulent financier, SBF.
Read more...Chasing Big European Corporate Miscreants Through New York Courts: An Update Via a Barclays Filing
A filing against Barclays presents quite the rap sheet, and also illustrates why it takes legal bloodymindeness to take on these miscreants.
Read more...How Wall Street Takeover of Rental Market Is Fueling the Homelessness Crisis
New lawsuits allege mega landlords are colluding to keep rents high and units vacant while also embracing surveillance tech to evict tenants.
Read more...Kentucky Retirement Systems Is Baack! The Latest Filing, re the Calcaterra Report Coverup
For those who like legal jousting and elegant drafting, the Kentucky Retirement Systems battle is back, now focused on Regina Calcaterra.
Read more...‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool to Preserve Our Natural Resources
Law professor Mary Wood breaks describes how the public trust can protect rights to clean air, water, and land.
Read more...An Entire Decade of Benefits Denial for Vets After Camp Lejune Toxic Chemical Exposure?
A recently-passed law is designed to help servicemembers who suffered toxic chemical exposure at Camp Lejune finally get compensation.
Read more...FTX’s Collapse Mirrors an Infamous 18th Century British Financial Scandal
Perilous little is novel in finance, particularly scams like FTX.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: Rosneft Refinery in Schwedt as a Microcosm of Europe’s Sanctions-Induced Energy Mess
A Rosneft refinery in Germany illustrates how difficult it is to get back to anything resembling status quo ante under sanctions.
Read more...FTX/Alameda’s Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang Sign Plea Deals for Seven Felonies in Hopes of Reduced Sentences; New SEC Filing Adds Charges Based on Deeming FTT a Security
More shoes drop in the FTX saga as Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang cooperate with officials and we get an idea of the tales they are telling.
Read more...Twitter and the State, Part 2
Highlights from the latest Twitter Files releases.
Read more...Monopoly Power vs Democracy – Matt Stoller
A wide-ranging discussion of some of the key mechanisms for exercising power in advaced economies, starting with monopolies.
Read more...Notes on SBF’s Indictment and SEC/CFTC Civil Suits, Incarceration, Meetup with Reality
SBF’s fortunes just took a big nosedive, or for the more jaundiced, got marked to market.
Read more...New York Times Strike: From Reporters to Rabble-Rousers
Workers at the New York Times stopped working to demand better pay and labor rights—but only for a day. What if they flexed their power?
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