While you were busy worrying about coronavirus, the newspaper business took another body blow.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
SEC Issues Devastating Risk Alert on Private Equity Abuses; Effectively Admits Failure of Last 5+ Years of Enforcement
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations says private equity conduct is really really bad.
The Best Law Capital Can Buy
A review of the important new book “The Code of Capital: How the law creates wealth and inequality.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/25/2020
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Bayer Agrees to $10.9 Billion Glyphosate Settlement
Bayer agrees to $10.9 billion glyphosate settlement, resolving much pending US litigation. The company still faces European woes.
‘Downright Dangerous’: Trump Moves to End Federal Support for Testing Sites as US Sees Record Daily Spike in Covid-19 Infections
Trump administration moves to curtail COVID testing – on theory that if there’s no test showing the tree fell in the forest, it did not fall.
LA Times’ Michael Hiltzik Shellacks CalPERS for Trumped-Up Attacks on Board Member Margaret Brown, Toadying to Staff Instead of Providing Oversight
Mike Hiltzik gives the CalPERS board yet another well-warranted dressing down.
Minnesota, Ellison Announces Climate Lawsuit Against Exxon, Koch, and API
Minnesota launches a bold climate lawsuit. What are its odds of prevailing?
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/24/2020
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Some Basic Lessons for the Governor of the Bank of England, Who Seems to be in Dire Need of Them
The Governor of the Bank of England had a major “put foot in mouth and chew” episode.
Saharan Dust Storm Expected To Cause Dangerous Air Pollution in U.S. This Week
Jeff Masters tellls you everything you want to know about a dust strorm set to drift over the US
America Sits on Its Hands as Covid-19 Cases Rise
More signs of Covid-19 breakdown.
Massive Credit Losses to Hit European Banks in Q2 and into 2021, Particularly When Debt Moratoriums Are Lifted
Keeping tabs on the wobbly state of EU banks.
