UK Press Making Optimistic Noises re Big Brexit Hurdle: Breakthrough or Headfake?
Today is the day of a big Brexit deadline. But don’t get your hopes up.
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Judge Slams Uber for Withholding, Possibly Destroying Evidence in Waymo Trial; May Undermine Uber in Other Litigation
Uber is in serious hot water in the Waymo trial. If Uber did try pulling a fast one on the court, the blowback could extend to other cases.
Read more...Theresa May Capitulates on Brexit Settlement, Agrees to Pay Full Liabilities; What Will Brexit Ultras Do?
The UK finally concedes to reality on one issue. But will it make enough progress on other matters to get EU approval to talk trade?
Read more...Be Thankful for the Internet as You Know It, Because It May Not Exist Much Longer
FCC Commissioner’s horrid plan to end “net neutrality” and make the Internet work like cable.
Read more...Philadelphia Fed Study Debunks Main Argument for Student Debt Slavery
Evidence that the justification for putting student loan borrowers on the rack was ideological garbage.
Read more...SEC Continues to Tout Performance of Underwhelming Whistleblower Program
The SEC tends to overstate the performance of its whistleblower program; meanwhile, Congress passes laughable whistleblower legislation.
Read more...“The Medical Cost Reduction Act of 2017”
A set of proposed laws targets some of the worst forms of medical price gouging.
Read more...Judge Requires Warrant for Use of StingRay Surveillance Device
New York state court judge joins nationwide trend in concluding that use of StingRay surveillance device requires warrant.
Read more...A New Supreme Court Case Could Cripple Public Employee Unions
A case before the California Supreme Court poses a fundamental threat to public employee unions’ funding.
Read more...John Helmer: Oleg Deripaska, Russian Oligarch Accused of Buying Influence via Paul Manafort, Tries Listing Aluminum Shares In London. Hijinx Ensue (But Not Buyers)
A London stock float reveals the Achilles heel of Russian oligarch, Putin ally, and former Manafort client Deripaska: dependence on US sales.
Read more...Uber and SoftBank Might Finally Have a Deal….But What Does It Mean?
It’s taken Uber four months to perhaps cinch a deal with SoftBank, while the spectacularly loss-making company is no closer to making money.
Read more...Matt Bruenig: Land as Soil and Land as Space
Looking at arguments used to justify original claims on land (meaning private ownership versus common ownership or use).
Read more...CalPERS Corruption Watch: Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos Takes Illegal Business Solicitations From Recent Employee
On the one hand, the latest public disclosure of misconduct by CalPERS executives and staff isn’t earthshaking. On the other, it was still significant enough to merit a Financial Times story. And it also illustrates a thumb-nosing attitude toward the law that has become a CalPERS trademark. In a Financial Times FundFire article, Ex-CalPERS Exec’s […]
Read more...How to Fight the Global Wall Street Landlords
Local activists are having some success in fighting Big Finance landlords who have become big, ruthless players in rental housing.
Read more...What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.
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