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An Ohio federal judge ruled that Kalshi’s sports prediction markets qualify as gambling and must follow state regulations, rejecting the company’s claim that its contracts are federally regulated financial swaps. The decision backed Ohio regulators seeking to block Kalshi from operating as an unlicensed sportsbook, while the company said it will appeal, setting up a broader fight over whether prediction markets fall under federal commodities law or state gambling rules.
What does it take to stare down the government—and win? 🔐⚖️ Cindy Cohn joins Remarkable People to unpack encryption, metadata, Section 230, and the constitutional battles shaping your digital life. We also talk about her powerful new memoir, Privacy’s Defender. @efforg
And Google generates 4x as much ad revenue as YouTube. And guess what? Google owns YouTube and provides most user data "signal" and discovery that has boosted it. And Google is a 'recidivist monopolist' according to DOJ + 4 federal...
wow, this is an incredibly disturbing research report by CNN and CCDH, it should chill both sides of Congress as Team Trump continues to try to pre-empt state AI laws. The analysis including receipts brings it home as to the...
Sánchez vows to cut online abuse in Spain with new social curbs https://t.co/ZZoMfWU25y via @basteiro https://t.co/FBvlRczNV8
About a month before the close of the 2026 tax filing season, there’s a big question in Washington: who is running the IRS? Senators warn that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s legal authority to serve as Acting IRS Commissioner appears to have...
I believe they will not be given such chance because this is a 2004 process, all sides have spoken/submitted their opinions and whatever the Judge decides next will be final for this part/stage. If every case was allowed to have...
The danger isn't AI giving clients bad law per se. It's lawyers who can't tell the difference between confident and correct.
Scoop: REI has told staff it plans to cut pay for future hires and reduce benefits for current staff. REI has also told its union, UFCW, that it plans to unilaterally impose terms from its final offer at recently-unionized stores. Union...
Today marks 16 years since the attempt to trademark 'SEO' was blocked. @Rhea spent two years and ~$17,000 fighting Jason Gambert, who essentially wanted control over who could sell SEO™ as a service. People fairly new to SEO might not know about...
JUST IN: Binance files complaint against The WSJ over article alleging $1B linked to sanctioned Iran entities, calling the report inaccurate and ignoring its compliance reforms. Source: Binance https://t.co/QUTk9AEQ9Q
Never recruited a wakili before eeeiii this " Advocate of the high court of Kenya'' thing is a serious thing yho. Poleni Loyas😂😂😂
Outstanding WSJ story on the explosion of ABA/autism therapy -fueled by lax Medicaid payment and often non-existent compliance policies, $20/hr RBTs credentialed after a 40-hour online course, and annual staff churn of 50–100%. Our “pay and chase” reimbursement system assumes...
BoE's Sarah Breeden currently doing a sterling job explaining to Lord Davies on the Financial Services Regulation Committee why money earned by the BoE on prospective stablecoin deposits wouldn't just disappear from the system. https://t.co/bdMoke431Y
A.I. Incites a New Wave of Grieving Parents Fighting for Online Safety Parents who lost children to chatbot interactions are joining social media safety campaigns. Megan Garcia sued Google and Character. AI in 2024 after her son Sewell died. Advocacy groups are pressing...
I’m such a metiche any time someone says their trademark registered and I’m remotely interested in the brand I go check to see if they worked with an attorney and if so, who.
What the institutional homebuying ban actually does, according to ResiClub’s reading of the bipartisan Senate housing bill Me + @MalasMeghan's latest ResiClub PRO report: https://t.co/GIci6e5eqY
The voting technology company Smartmatic accused federal prosecutors of weaponizing the Justice Department against it to promote President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and aid his allies facing massive defamation lawsuits. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-prosecuted-election-tech-firm-to-fuel-2020-election-lies/
My latest column is on “dark patterns.”Tremendous advocacy work in this area by @sachintaparia of @LocalCircles. For those who wish to read the column 👇, here’s a link: https://t.co/PtpgiuDtJ4
Adding a “_FINAL(Execution Copy)” to the name of the initial draft to bully another lawyer into clearing the deal
Noetic (@getnoetic) uses AI agents to automate end-to-end compliance workflows, so hardware products can get to markets 10x faster. Congrats on the launch, @togao0, @henrypzheng & @J4ckJ1Y! https://t.co/yDKh3UF6ks https://t.co/bMZ4rFcPBK
This class action antitrust case against Disney for raising cable prices was really interesting, it's too bad it's not going to trial. The allegation is that prices for streaming pay-tv packages like Sling and Hulu were cheap because they didn't...
The IRS has audited people for claiming their dog as a dependent. The dog did not win.
Please voice your opposition to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which as currently drafted punishes new Build-to-Rent housing construction. https://t.co/gYsrYfSiJu https://t.co/WLqgU46iDQ
Just unnecessary. Social media HAS EVERYTHING …. YouTube is social media & it has lots of educational content & entertainment content appropriate for kids. Google, which is not social media, gives access to a lot of bad stuff. So what...
Meta is passing along the European digital tax to its customers, because monopolists have pricing power. https://t.co/R6sQVlf80y
Scoop: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement —Lawsuit is unique because it alleges not just that OpenAI stole its metadata, but that it also stole the proprietary sequence/structure that organizes that data & makes it useful @axios https://t.co/eeupqVybEE
more... v Google (search): 50 (victorious) v Google (app store): 37 (victorious) v Google (adtech): 33 (victorious) v Meta: 48 (lost but FTC also brought, appealing) ...and brought alleged Jedi Blue conspiracy btw: Google and Meta
Paramount’s Jeff Shell Accused in Lawsuit of Leaking UFC, WBD Info https://t.co/Rw9tcLGZOZ via @sportico @crupicrupicrupi
A big company sent over MSAs and red lines. Joel had no idea what he was reading. Instead of pretending, he partnered with people who'd scaled companies before. "Full ass the thing you're good at and get someone else for the rest."...
The Supreme Court ruled IEPPA tariffs illegal on Feb 20. That's less than 3 weeks ago, but feels like eons. That's Trump 2.0. Nothing's ever stable. You have to wonder if we'll even remember war with Iran 3 weeks from...
Bryce Campbell, former Lutsen Lodge owner accused of arson, appeared in court yesterday. They are going to delay the trial until more evidence comes in. https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/03/09/bryce-campbell-former-lutsen-lodge-owner-accused-arson-appears-court/
This doesn't seem like good news for Equatys either, even though NTIA action is limited to the US, because the handset design implications won't just be limited to the US...
Seems like DOJ, Live Nation, and Wall Street all expect the state enforcers to settle and give up. The judge is mad at the states for being totally unprepared.
New @axios: State AGs becoming bigger media antitrust cops: 🎸EVENTS: 27 states +DC still suing to break up Live Nation/Ticketmaster 📺LOCAL TV: State AGs considering lawsuit to block Nexstar-Tegna 📽️HOLLYWOOD: Cali state AG is vocal about concerns re: WBD/Paramount https://t.co/rXMsHy4JxJ
D.C. Memo: @DIRECTV Claims Nexstar Needs to Provide @FCC with Economic Data Supporting @TEGNA Deal; The satellite TV operator says Nexstar withheld from FCC certain economic studies it provided the Justice Department. Nexstar had no comment |$NXST $TGNA https://t.co/Z0PKwvWRqH
SCOOP: Exxon is planning to leave New Jersey to make Texas its legal home, the latest company to flock to the Lone Star state. I spoke to Exxon CEO Darren Woods about the decision; he said Exxon wants to guard...
Ambulance chaser getting angry because I called them out for being what they are: leaches to society
Zimbabwean journalists always misleading people…. The $33k IS NOT for the defamation case… The defamation case is still ongoing… This is for an application BROUGHT BY @advocatemahere to the court in a bid to shut the Minister from the court… that...
You can’t make a court of law a PLAYGROUND and then complain when ordered to pay costs….
Wow, the first wrongful death suicide lawsuit against Gemini (Compared to 9 already for ChatGPT) Not a good sign. h/t @natejhake & Jamie Alberico 🤯 https://t.co/IEFIMObcTO
Archer Aviation, a company that designs electric flying taxis, sued Joby Aviation, alleging that its rival spent years deceiving federal regulators and investors by concealing extensive ties to Chinese suppliers. @chriskuo17 https://t.co/0LdjLi42Wz https://t.co/0LdjLi42Wz
W, W and a W - “OpenAl is ordered to produce the reservoirs of 78 million and 10 million logs” - “I find that OpenAl designee Vinnie Monaco was not sufficiently or properly prepared for his deposition” - “Plaintiffs' motion to compel Brockman's journal...
Judge Friedman asked both NYT and DOD to submit proposed orders for a summary judgment ruling. The gov't declined, saying the press policy is "constitutional and not arbitrary and capricious." The NYT submitted a proposed order to strike parts of...
Another example of how RFK Jrs version of MAHA is totally incoherent. --> he wants to end 'GRAS' chemicals in food (generally regarded as safe) --> his FDA opens door to flavored e-cigs (which use GRAS chemicals - NEVER TESTED FOR INHALATION...
JPMorgan Chase employees may sue CVS Caremark over high PBM drug costs and premiums, judge rules https://t.co/FuzsnUNSLY
The freight brokers have money, which will make trucking litigation more lucrative. This will create more lawyers and everyone will be worse off
If you’ve ever been in a lawsuit, it’s not what you did or didn’t do that matters, it’s what a lawyer can convince a jury that you should have done. The problem for brokers - it will be incredibly easy to...
If you aren’t familiar with how insane nuclear lawsuits are - listen to Matt break it down for you. This is why the SCOTUS broker liability case is a much watch for anyone in trucking.
"On the other hand, repealing the Jones Act, which would allow non-U.S. tankers to transport oil between U.S. ports, would immediately have salutary effects" 🔥 https://t.co/mIuRPyAKFY https://t.co/Rcxft259fv
