Category Archives: Legal

48 States to Investigate Google: Anti-Trust or Politicking?

The messy politics of the 48 state Google anti-trust investigation.

Modi’s Kashmir Power Grab Was Decades in the Making

Repeated constitutional attacks paved the way for the government to finally strip Kashmir of its rights.

Under Bloomberg Pressure, CalPERS Coughs Up BCG Report on Private Equity, Confirming Criminal Abuse of Open Meeting Law; Board President Henry Jones Casually Leaks Confidential Information

A peek into how CalPERS abuses confidentiality when public agencies are supposed to be public.

CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic

Yet more on CalPERS election shenanigans.

CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic

More on CalPERS’ election meddling.

California Privacy Law Looms

Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.

Brexit: Ultra Fracas

Why the Brexit Ultras are down but not out.

CalPERS’ Blatant Election and Mail Fraud: See-Through Envelopes for Completed Ballots; Illegal Electioneering by Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor; Huge and Illegally Opaque Spending Against Challenger JJ Jelincic

CalPERS takes its election fixing to a new level.

North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering

RNN interview with Dan Vicuna, discussing how a North Carolina state court recently stopped a Republican gerrymandering plan.

While PG&E Played a ‘Cat and Mouse Game’ With California Regulators, Where Was Kamala?

The WSJ account of how PG&E played a “cat and mouse game” with regulators; alas, California’s utilities commission “is not a particularly adroit cat.”

Trump Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Waiver

Trump looks to rollback California’s 1970 waiver under the Clean Air Act, which allowed the state to set emissions standards.

Germany to Ban Use of Glyphosate By End 2023

Germany moves to reduce significantly the use of glyphosate – and ban it outright, starting in 2023.

‘Father Is Surgeon’: How Money Talked in USC Admissions Scandal

Defense attorney releases emails documenting just how seriously USC officials weighed family donations in making admissions decisions.

Alaska: Log, Mine, Drill, Despoil

While fires rage in the Amazon and Anchorage, Alaska, registers record high temperatures, the Trump administration makes plans to open the world’s largest intact temperate rain forest for exploitation.

Reminder: DNC Lawyers to Court, “We Do Not Owe Voters an ‘Impartial’ or ‘Evenhanded’ Primary Election”

The DNC is a club and if you are reading this post, you are probably not in it.