Medicaid Officials Target Home Health Aides’ Union Dues
Another attack on union funding.
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Ninth Circuit Orders EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide
Ninth Circuit orders EPA to implement a long overdue ban of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to developmental delays in children and nervous system damage to people and animals exposed. Court previously had to order Obama EPA in 2015 to act on the issue; it’s unclear whether this decision will survive appeal.
Read more...Fracking Fracas: BLM to Open California Public Lands
The US Bureau of Land Management yesterday took first steps to opening 1.6 million acres public lands in California to fracking, ending a five-year moratorium on such practices.
Read more...Bill Black: Pre-Crisis “4506-T Studies” Showed Massive Fraud in Liar’s Loans; Fed Ignored Warning, DoJ Refused to Target Implicated Banksters
Yet another proof that the authorities were given evidence of widespread mortgage fraud before the crisis and chose to do nothing about it.
Read more...CalPERS Former CFO Charles Asubonten’s Appeal of Termination Confirms Due Diligence Failure by CalPERS; Will Board Hold CEO Marcie Frost and General Counsel Matt Jacobs Accountable?
The final chapter in CalPERS’ sorry Asubonten affair.
Read more...Emoluments Decision: No Way Back Machine
Recent district court decision allowing an emoluments clause case to proceed is not the way-back machine Resiters seek. The most serious legal consequences Trump faces are limited to his ownership interest in his DC signature hotel. The political consequences could be more serious– but hinge on whether Democrats capture the House in November.
Read more...Google Android: European ‘Techlash’ or Milestone in Antitrust Enforcement?
A discussion of the legal and economic issues at play in the EU Competition Commission’s antitrust ruling against Google for abuse of its dominant position with Android phones.
Read more...CalPERS Pays $3.4 Million to Dow Jones to Settle Massive Copyright Infringement That We Exposed
CalPERS has torched $4 million total in beneficiary funds so far by acting as if it were above the law and could steal from journalists and publishers.
Read more...(Mis)Adventures in Portland and a Visit to Occupy ICE
My visit last week to Portland was more exciting, in the good and bad sense, than I expected it to be.
Read more...Gun Control: Remington Rejects Navajo Nation Bid
Remington rejects bid by Navajo Nation investment trust that would have transformed its business model to reject production of assault weapons and embrace smart gun controls.
Read more...Trump Administration Succeeds at Securing Confirmation of US Attorneys
The Trump administration’s success in filling federal judgeships has been widely noted and will have long-term consequences. Filling US attorney positions allows for follow through on implementing Jeff Sessions’ DoJ agenda.
Read more...From Donald Trump to Theresa May: How a US-UK Network Pushes Climate Science Denial and Lobbies for a Hard Brexit — Mapped
As Trump barrels into the UK, this timely post traces interesting linkages between climate change denialists on both sides of the Atlantic– and extends to Brexiteers.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Which Would Be Harder to Ban, Single-Use Plastic or Money-Bought Government?
Texas Supreme Court strikes down city of Laredo’s plastic bag ban. Real problem is dominance of money-driven politics– which is a far more difficult problem to solve than curtailing the use of plastic.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How to Block the Trump Nomination: Shut Down the Senate
Will the Democrats have the guts to use Senate procedure their advantage?
Read more...SEC Knifes Its Whistleblower Program
Just when you think the SEC can’t possibly to more to demonstrate how toothless it is, it reinforces its sorry reputation in by gutting its Dodd-Frank mandated whistleblower, and worse, in a manner that Commission Kara Stein suggest is illegal.
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