Saturday, October 5, 2024
Where Brexit Goes, the Law Shall Follow
Rather than a unified mass transition out of London to another singular hub, the financial industry is using Brexit as an opportunity to diversify. And lawyers are moving to Dublin.
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #2 in Miami (Second Night)
Open thread on the second Democrat Presidential debate.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/27/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Democrat debate, Castro, De Blasio, Inslee, Festival of Sanders, Trump, Warren, census and gerrymandering SCOTUS decisions, GDP, manufacturing, USSR collapse and carbon, white working class, feminism, dark patterns
Private Equity and “Institutional” Investor Owned U.K. Utility Engaged in Massive Fraud, Regulatory Evasions, Worker Coercion, Caused “Catastrophic” Environmental Damage
Abuses like raw sewage on beaches and faking regulatory filings make a U.K. water utility a new low in privatization scandals.
Robert Reich: Here’s Why We Need to Break Up Big Tech
Monopolies aren’t good for anyone except for the monopolists, especially when they can influence our elections and control how Americans receive information.
Brexit: Impacts and Prospects
While the apocalyptic predictions of the Remain campaign have failed to materialize, the economic damage has nevertheless been significant.
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #1 in Miami (First Night)
Open thread on the debates.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/26/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Partially open thread (more to come).
Cheat Sheet for Tonight and Tomorrow’s Democrat Presidential Debates
Debate terrain, the role of the press, candidate form in previous debates, and the role of the press
How Judges Kill: Sealing Corporate Records Showing Destructive Behavior Based on Dubious “Trade Secret” Claims
Judges who are unduly deferential to corporate secrecy demands are literally killing Americans.
Health Care Price Transparency: Fool’s Gold, or Real Money in Your Pocket?
A former insider explains why more transparnecy won’t solve bad health care pricing practices.
