On a Monday in August 2020, Camryn Kuehl and her family embarked on a snorkeling trip in Jupiter, Florida, on a boat operated by a company that specializes in shark encounters. During the trip, the boat’s crew, John R. Moore Jr. and Tanner Mansell, spotted what they described to the Kuehls as an “illegal longline […]
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) was unable to reach a consensus on Japan’s Nippon Steel’s $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. The very committee that is responsible for safeguarding the U.S. from compromising foreign investments doesn’t recommend blocking the merger, and neither should President Joe Biden. CFIUS is an interagency […]
Banks are Fed up: In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a major law regulating large financial institutions. The goal of the law was to prevent another financial crisis. Among the law’s many provisions was a requirement that the Federal Reserve perform “stress tests” to determine how big banks […]
Some excerpts from Freeman v. Giuliani, decided Monday by Judge Lewis Liman (S.D.N.Y.) (read the whole opinion for more details): [Earlier,] the Court permitted the filing under seal of certain paragraphs of the declarations of Kenneth A. Caruso and David Labkowski (collectively, “Prior Counsel”) to withdraw as counsel for Defendant Rudolph W. Giuliani (“Defendant”) in […]
From Monday’s decision in Harborne v. Dow Jones & Co., by Judge Kathleen Miller (Del. Super. Ct.); the opinion is over 9000 words long, so here are just a few excerpts: Christopher Harborne (“Harborne”) is an international businessman, owning and investing in several successful businesses. He was an early investor in cryptocurrency, and became an […]
12/26/1907: Lonzo Bailey entered into written labor contract with the Riverside Corporation. This contract gave rise to Bailey v. Alabama (1911). The White Court (1911) Â The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 26, 1907 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for […]
It’s well-known that the government heavily censors documents before declassifying them—something humorously captured by The Onion in 2005 with the headline, “CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years.” But from a glass-half-full perspective, it’s incredible that the U.S. government shares information with the public at all. The original Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Benza III faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law for beating a man who gave him the finger. According to court documents, Benza abandoned a domestic disturbance call when he saw Emmett Brock flip him […]
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Few figures have literally and figuratively electrified American culture the way Bob Dylan has. He released his first album in 1962, won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, and continues to perform about 100 concerts a year at the ripe age of 83. His life is chronicled in the new movie A Complete Unknown, starring […]