The most disgusting combination of self-enrichment and failed management in the history of the entertainment business. deadline.com/2026/03/davi...
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The most disgusting combination of self-enrichment and failed management in the history of the entertainment business. deadline.com/2026/03/davi...
That’s just maddening. @matthewtbodie.bsky.social and I wrote a book critiquing the law-and-econ arguments for the core features of shareholder primacy, and did so taking the standard precepts of economics and social choice theory as given.
For a discipline marked by its commitment to logic, its proponents often enjoys throwing around bruising metaphors of dominance.
These are NOT meaningful redlines. For example it only prohibits autonomous weapons “ in any case where law, regulation, or Department policy requires human control.” But the relevant safeguard against autonomous weapons is a DOD directive that Hegseth can change at will! openai.com/index/our-ag...
In which a bleary-eyed @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and I stay up late recording an emergency @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode trying to figure out what's going on between the Pentagon and Anthropic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Well I guess it’s “Trump Buddies”
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Yes and I should have clarified “corporate” legal academy—Jacoby and others have been fairly well cited in labor and employment law.
Hey thanks. There’s a lot of B-school/management writing about corporate bureaucracy that is largely ignored by the legal academy; thinking especially of Sanford Jacoby’s work.
Jeffrey Epstein appears in a black-and-white portrait overlaying a red-tinted image of a Deutsche Bank sign.
FT exclusive: Tens of thousands of internal emails and documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files paint for the first time a vivid picture of how Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for the serial sexual abuser ft.trib.al/4obT91p
The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028.
He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.
he’d be very disappointed wouldn’t he
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When a lawsuit was filed challenging Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings, we got to work defending this pro-worker law. The Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit and today, the Supreme Court left that dismissal in place. This is a great day for Minnesota workers.
HIPPA violation
“.. The government told federal courts, in writing, across multiple cases and stipulations, that refunds would be available, automatic and assured. It made those representations to defeat petitions for emergency relief. Courts believed it.”
@wsj.com
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When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.
Man this quote is like a Rorschach test for progressives
I’m torn between expressing the justifiable outrage that *this* is what drives the WSJ to say “This is ugly even by Mr. Trump’s standards” and, on the other hand,
I wrote about how unregulated finance is now just, well, finance for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social
the center of gravity in finance has completely shifted & our mental models & policymaking approaches need to catch up
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/fin...
Just to keep it straight ...
It's Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security who's allegedly having a barely concealed affair with her married aide who tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot for not turning their luxury jet around mid-flight to go back and get her blankie ...
What are your thoughts on “Last Jedi”? I still feel conflicted about that one.
An eternal question for progressives
One can't defeat white supremacist politics without tackling wealth concentration.
They are flip sides of the same coin.
Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.
Maroon background, maroon block M, gold banner: “Presidential Control of the Civil Service”, University of Minnesota Law School, Prof. Nick Bednar ’16; SSRN logo
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social’s article, “Presidential Control of the Civil Service” challenges the view that federal civil service is beyond presidential control, highlighting the president’s authority over federal employees since before the Pendleton Act.
@ssrn.bsky.social: z.umn.edu/b2rm
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Congratulations to @sbagen.bsky.social on being awarded the President’s Award for Public Impact!
Learn more about this honor: https://myumi.ch/W6my1