Nick Muscavage

Moody’s alert cites gap in data centre accounting for Big Tech companies Accounting limitations mean tens of billions in liabilities may be concealed for leasing costs

Moody’s alert cites gap in data center accounting for Big Tech companies www.ft.com/content/3ff9... via @financialtimes.com

The Silicon Valley billionaires spending big to write America’s AI rules [FREE TO READ] Midterm election contests poised to become battlegrounds over nascent technology

Today @georgehammond.bsky.social and I explore how AI dollars 💵💵💵 are likely to dominate key races in the upcoming midterms

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Trump tariffs live: US Supreme Court rules Trump’s sweeping tariffs are illegal Top court issues historic rebuke of US president’s use of emergency powers to impose duties on trading partners

US Supreme Court rules Trump’s sweeping tariffs are illegal www.ft.com/content/d00d... via @financialtimes.com

Great dispatch from my colleague Joe Miller from the heartland of America.

Donald Trump’s top antitrust enforcer Gail Slater to leave DoJ Departure comes after months of turmoil in Pam Bondi’s justice department

Donald Trump’s top antitrust enforcer Gail Slater to leave DOJ www.ft.com/content/19f8... via @financialtimes.com

Exclusive | Pentagon Warns Major Defense Contractors It Is Reviewing Their Performance The review stems from a presidential executive order calling for a ban on stock buybacks and limits to executive compensation.

The Pentagon has warned defense contractors to brace for sweeping performance reviews that will identify companies it says aren’t fulfilling their contracts www.wsj.com/politics/nat... via @wsj.com

This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.

This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
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Supreme Court justices express scepticism over Donald Trump’s attempt to sack Fed’s Lisa Cook www.ft.com/content/e1d8... via @financialtimes.com

Exclusive: Netflix, Paramount race to win regulators over on Warner deal Netflix is also weighing an all-cash bid to further squeeze out Paramount’s competing offer, according to several sources.

Netflix, Paramount race to win regulators over on Warner deal. The streaming giant is also considering an all-cash bid to further squeeze out Paramount's competing offer www.semafor.com/article/01/1... @semafor.com

Data Shows Far Fewer SEC Investigations Since Inauguration Day Project 2025 Has Landed Hard at the SEC

Data Shows Far Fewer SEC Investigations Since Inauguration Day
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US prison reform campaigns focus on solitary confinement Excessive use of isolation — whether to punish prisoners or for convenience — is in the spotlight

US prison reform campaigns focus on solitary confinement www.ft.com/content/59dc... via @financialtimes.com

Exclusive | White House Explores Rules That Would Upend Shareholder Voting Officials are discussing limits on influential proxy advisers including ISS and index-fund giants such as BlackRock.

The White House is exploring measures to curb the influence of proxy advisers and index-fund managers, wading into a debate raised by CEOs including Elon Musk and Jamie Dimon www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Judge Agrees to Dismiss Boeing Criminal Case Tied to 737 MAX Crashes The federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, agreed with the Justice Department’s request despite objections from some victims’ families who wanted the case to go to trial.

A federal judge granted the Justice Department’s request to drop criminal charges against Boeing over two fatal 737 MAX crashes, despite objections from some victims’ families www.wsj.com/business/air...

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...

The Hurdles Elon Musk Must Clear to Unlock $1 Trillion in Tesla Pay Tesla shareholders must consider a complex web of stock-price milestones and operational goals.

What Elon Musk needs to unlock a $1 trillion Tesla pay package www.wsj.com/business/aut...

How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies

How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto www.ft.com/content/2ea2... via @financialtimes.com

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal www.ft.com/content/678f... via @financialtimes.com

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

As the judges remark in their opinion, the use of generative AI by lawyers is now everywhere, and when it is used in ways that introduce fake citations or fake evidence, it is bogging down courts all over America (and the world), per @404media.co
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Why law firms want to recruit more data scientists AI is making new demands on lawyers but do they need to learn programming?

Why law firms want to recruit more data scientists www.ft.com/content/0b89...

Want your company’s merger approved? Pay a MAGA influencer. A former Trump appointee alleges the DOJ is letting firms buy exemptions from anti-monopoly laws.

Want your company’s merger approved? Pay a MAGA influencer.

A former Trump appointee alleges the DOJ is letting firms buy exemptions from anti-monopoly laws.

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The U.S. Is Discussing Taking a Stake in Intel The deal talks follow President Trump’s public call for the replacement of CEO Lip-Bu Tan over his ties to Chinese businesses.

Intel and the Trump administration are discussing the possibility of the U.S. government taking a financial stake in the chip maker www.wsj.com/tech/us-stak...

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...

NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.

Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.

“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.

U.S. Treasury Department is now accepting Venmo and PayPal payments from those who want to donate money to reduce the nation's $36.7 trillion debt — NYP

I Watched a Woman Nearly Die in a Cell Across From Mine. Texas Prisons Need Air Conditioning. More than two-thirds of Texas’ 100 prisons don’t have air conditioning — that can mean the difference between life and death.

Please read this first-person essay from Lanae Tipton, an incarcerated journalist in Texas with a desperate plea for air conditioning in prisons. She’s watched women seize on the floor from the heat. As one prison staffer said, “I vomited blood.”

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Meta trial becomes test of board culpability over corporate scandals Delaware court to hear testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, executives and directors in rare case that begins this week

Meta trial becomes test of board culpability over corporate scandals www.ft.com/content/19a5...

T-Mobile tells FCC it's scrapping DEI as it waits for deal approvals from the agency Other companies that have pulled back on DEI practices in recent months include Salesforce, Amazon, Google, and Target.

T-Mobile tells FCC it's scrapping DEI as it waits for deal approvals from the agency www.businessinsider.com/fcc-tmobile-...

Skills to future-proof a legal career Law students must learn how to oversee work done by generative AI

The need for lawyers to master the tech tools is well-established. Now, with generative AI, law firms and law schools alike are focusing more than ever on how the next generation of lawyers will broaden their skills. www.ft.com/content/5b00...

Law firm clients seek clarity on AI’s potential to cut costs Companies are yet to see savings from the new technology as bills for legal work continue to rise

Big law firms’ adoption of generative artificial intelligence is well under way across the globe, but their corporate clients say they are yet to see cost savings. In fact, the price for outside legal services continues to rise. www.ft.com/content/cba8...

Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency

Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...