Category Archives: Legal

CalPERS Let New Fox in the Private Equity Henhouse: Silicon Valley Fixer Wilson Sonsini

Why Wilson Sonsini’s not-obvious role at CalPERS is another red flag for CalPERS’ private equity outsourcing scheme.

Shareholder Proposals Target Climate Change Risk

Shareholders step up demands for companies disclose more information about the impact of climate change; these calls extend beyond energy companies.

UK Asks the Rest of the World to Be Super Duper Nice and Act as Its Old Deals Are Still Valid Post Brexit

Yet another Brexit train wreck.

The EU as Britain’s Constitutional Stabiliser?

More than it thinks, Britain may need EU membership to preserve its national integrity and ancient constitutional settlement.

Patient Dumping: A “New” Cost Savings Strategy for Hospitals

Some hospitals have put indigent patients out on the street, clad only in hospital gowns, something that was previously unthinkable.

Dutch Police Plan to Take Clothes and Watches from People They Deem to be Dressed Too Well

The Dutch police, claiming to be targeting gangs, has a nasty new asset seizure strategy that sound like it is based on racial profiling.

UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit

When you think the UK has made as much of a mess of Brexit as it possibly can, it manages to do even more.

New Dept of Justice Guidelines Will Stymie Whistleblowers

DoJ policy will give staff attorneys discretion to thwart legit claims by whistleblowers, thus allowing corporate wrongdoers to skate.

Rail Workers Acquitted in Trial on Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster

A jury acquitted front line workers in the horrific Lac-Mégantic “bomb train,” but the higher-ups have not been held to account.

Fiduciary Counsel Ashley Dunning Encourages CalPERS to Muscle Actuary to Change His Forecasts of Funding Needs

How CalPERS’ fiduciary counsel encouraged its board to pressure its actuary to produce more politically-convenient results.

CalPERS’ Fiduciary Counsel, Ashley Dunning, Lies to Board to Defend Private Equity Secrecy and Perpetuate Inadequate Supervision of Staff

Yet another example of the culture of casual lying at CalPERS and the deep-seated effort to neuter its board.

Is the Most Massive, Illegal Paywall in the World About to Come Down?

PACER’s days of massively overcharging and impeding legal research may be about to end.

The CIA Bull in Glenn Simpson’s Russia Shop

Russia case was a black job assigned by Republican candidates for president, then the Democratic National Committee, to discredit Trump in favor of Hillary Clinton.

Trump Sets Records for Seating Federal Judges

The Trump administration has been disciplined and efficient in seating federal judges, at the Supreme, appeals, and district court levels.

Oil and Gas Company Sues Environmental Activist for Libel over Facebook Comments

War on dissent: oil and gas company plays legal hardball, suing environmental activist for libel for his Facebook comments.