Category Archives: Legal

Double Whammy: Implicit Subsidies and the Great Financial Crisis

Follow the subsidies, and you will understand why we had the crisis and why not enough has been done to prevent a recurrence.

Gaius Publius: Democrats Should Release All “Committee Confidential” Kavanaugh Documents Now

Urging the Democrats to act out of character and do the right thing on the Kavanaugh nomination.

State AGs to Step Up Enforcement Against Tech Companies?

The WSJ reported Monday that state AGs, who include many Republicans, are poised to step up enforcement against big tech. Interesting times may lie ahead.

Prisoners Strike Across America & Canada to End Penal Enslavement

Prison strike that began on August 21 is scheduled to end today, the forty-fifth anniversary of the Attica uprising and rebellion took place in the New York state prison, with prisoners protesting slave labor conditions and other injustices.

How Supreme Court Pick Brett Kavanaugh Could Return US Policy to the Era of Robber Barons

Understanding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s potential impact on corporate regulation and the climate means looking back all the way to 1890, to the era of Lochner v. New York and the robber barons.

Second Circuit Narrows Reach of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Second Circuit last week narrowed the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but will not redirect the DoJ to focus on enforcement of more significant violations that occur closer to home.

UN to Launch Talks on Treaty to Regulate High Seas

Talks kick off in New York on Tuesday to negotiate a UN treaty on the high seas by 2020; this would extend the existing law of the sea framework beyond each nation’s territorial waters.

Social Media vs the Constitution

ocial media players like Facebook and Twitter increasingly informational town squares yet still carry themselves as private companies.

Financial Times Publication Confirms Accuracy of Our Reporting on CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Resume Misrepresentations; Board Refuses to Investigate and Instead Attacks Us

CalPERS is making credulity-straining defenses of its CEO Marcie Frost, and even a normally friendly publication isn’t buying them.

A Stopped Clock Asks Two Good Questions — Will Trump Resign? Will Democrats Impeach Him?

Looking at presumed end-games for the pursuit of Trump.

White-Collar Criminals Got Off Scot-Free After the 2008 Financial Crisis — and That Helped Fuel President Trump’s Rise

Ten years later, Trump’s rise to power is a consequence of poor governance.

Cover-Up of CalPERS’ CEO Frost’s Misrepresentations of Her History: Document Destruction/Loss at CalPERS, Pressure on The Evergreen State College

While CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s cover-up of her resume misrepresentations is not worse than her crime, it looks awfully guilty.

A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance Culture

An insider’s take on surveillance.

Gaius Publius: Verizon Throttled Firefighters’ Data As Mendocino Wildfire Burned

Verizon shows that extortion is fundamental to its business model.

Landmark Kentucky Pension Case Against KKR, Blackstone, and PAAMCO to Move to Trial?

An update on an important pension fund fiduciary duty case.