Scoop: Mercedes has settled NLRB case over alleged union-busting in the lead-up to 2024 vote in Alabama. Mercedes will make promises including not threatening to move to Mexico. NLRB general counsel office approved settlement despite objections of the UAW https://t.co/UsuAcusVzW
US admin denies refunds on Trump’s illegal tariffs. While interest on refunds grows at $23mil/day. Add legal cost to fight against refunds. Cost to taxpayers could become significant. Importers fighting for their legally entitled refunds.

A SPAC CEO was caught with her hand in the cookie jar, taking money from the working capital account that she was not authorized to. When the board requested she repay the funds, she refused. While the stolen funds are a fraction...
Did you know Google is paying Epic Games' legal fees in this antitrust settlement? https://t.co/Qwy0yMFPj1
Summary judgment arguments still going…but going very well so far. Court clear on this: “reporters have to be able to ask questions…that’s what they’ve done…since the beginning of time.” Dept of Defense can’t do an end around to suppress viewpoints...
A new bill in Congress would punish schools for letting students read about gender identity — and “lascivious dancing.” Book bans aren’t fading. They’re evolving. Today’s newsletter: https://roncharles.substack.com/p/now-congress-is-coming-for-the-books

It was easy for CBP to collect the illegal taxes, but it's apparently impossible for them to return the illegal taxes (with interest). Sure, Jan. https://t.co/t3ZvGLtijs
Listening into NYT v Pentagon over new press credentialing Judge lays into US Justice Dept atty defending policy agst allowing reporters who ask for info not authorized for release - or even legal to release. "I am not persuaded," the judge says,...
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So I actually read the bill. It would attach liability to the chatbot answer ONLY IF there would similarly be liability if a person said the same thing. It’s a challenging question, sure, but I don’t think the public will be okay...
Law firm recruiters: AI in hiring should open doors, not quietly close them. If a model learns from your firm’s history, it will reproduce your firm’s history. Humans still need to own the decision. #LegalRecruiting #LegalTech #AI https://t.co/GNkRwGexTH

Who’s Accountable when AI Agents Act “Agency isn’t a feature—it’s a transfer of decision rights,” says McKinsey Partner Rich Isenberg. “The question shifts from ‘Is the model accurate?’ to ‘Who’s accountable when the system acts?’” https://t.co/Lgqcxr3zq4 @McKinsey #AIGovernance

That is not the scale of homeowners in America for 15 years now. The QM laws of 2010 and the 2005 BK reform law changed a lot for American economics https://t.co/SfPRuod5EC
There is a caveat to the Russia oil waiver for India — “loaded on vessels as of March 5”. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Russia-related General License 133, "Authorizing the Delivery and Sale...

Trump’s Renewables Permitting Thaw Is Also a Legal Strategy #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/k898YBqsSa https://t.co/vc4PSNU4wn
Our 2020 challenge to Apple and Google brought one immediate gain: both dropped fees from 30% to 15% for small developers: the makers of the 98% of apps that earn 5% of the revenue. The settlement drops Google’s comparable long-term...
"Twenty-Four States Led by Oregon File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 122 Tariffs" https://t.co/SqGRbF04Xc "This may be the first time a lawsuit filed by blue state governments quoted Milton Friedman" 🔥
I am very pleased to confirm that the SEC has moved to dismiss all claims against me, Tron Foundation, and BitTorrent Foundation. Today’s resolution brings closure, but I never stopped building. I will continue to focus on accelerating innovation in the...
371 security/ privacy academics, including a Turing Award winner, just issued a letter saying age verification laws are building global surveillance infrastructure. Every search, message, and article read would require ID verification. Democrats are working w/ Republicans to push these laws...

Who wants some mid-day Receipts snack? Here are three high profile examples of government employees who funneled no-bid contracts in obvious violations of many laws related to government contracts fraud who were ultimately investigated, indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced. Tick Tock: Kristi,...
Excited to welcome Linda Jeng as Chief Legal & Policy Officer at Aave Labs. A DeFi voice since DeFi summer, Linda brings deep policy experience from the Federal Reserve Board, Financial Stability Board, U.S. Treasury, and SEC as we take...

My piece on the grave dangers of the KIDS Act that congress is trying to ram through this week is one of the top stories on The Intercept. Read it here: https://t.co/Ikr00eJA7K https://t.co/eoWgDmgCkG
My biggest estate planning tip when it comes to trusts? Fund the trust. So someone can pay thousands of dollars to draft a beautiful trust document and still end up with a full probate estate. Creating a trust is only half...
From phishing emails to bogus tax credits, the IRS warns that scammers keep changing tactics. Here’s what you should know about the most common tax scams now. https://t.co/0ciX8gUJKy
Most paid preparers aren’t subject to any licensing or competency standards. A new bipartisan bill would tighten enforcement against bad preparers, but it stops short of regulating the industry. https://t.co/J8Bz2tVSPF
Macro: credit litigation; GLAS sues Annington for £1.56bn over 2032–2051 bonds. Key: issuer rejects acceleration. Risk: repayment shock, guarantor strain. Trading insight: avoid Annington bonds. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov

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Clients don't pay for legal knowledge necessarily. They pay for the judgment to know what to do with it.

Still thinking about @AlexH_Johnson & my pod convo about @CashApp's plan to sell its internal credit scores to third parties That the company seems to be able to manage *credit risk* reasonably effectively makes its financial crime control failures look even...

Not just @defis_eu Space Act: @FCC wants industry input on discriminatory policies at @esa, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Gulf Cooperation Council. @spacegovuk @BrendanCarrFCC #MWC26. https://t.co/WNE0RDXEPN https://t.co/l6A5Fqkgw1
I said before that force majeure could be the result of the war. Here we go. Singapore petrochemical firm declares it. More to come. Add shipping contracts. And other areas.
Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users — MakerWorld design repository in hot water over IP theft by its users https://t.co/j5PlQ5wuG6 @stlDenise3D

Revolut, which struggled but eventually obtained its U.K. bank charter, has applied for one in the U.S., the company announced this morning: https://t.co/rNHcC6IgWC
In this week's Biotech Scorecard newsletter: The extremism of the FDA’s Peter Marks and Vinay Prasad has come with costs Two regulators, two extreme regulatory philosophies, one replacing the other. The rare disease community is suffering whiplash. Drugmakers ( $QURE...

When nine justices can redirect global supply chains overnight, it’s fair to ask whether the Court’s structure still fits the modern economy. #SupplyChain #GlobalTrade https://t.co/N2tgQ7sgEX https://t.co/kCnjdrx0CX
Nah. It was cut-and-dried law. He signed the deal and chose not to do the due diligence.
It is amazing how many companies I talk to STILL have AI effectively blocked by IT & legal departments for out-of-date reasons when many companies in highly regulated industries have figured out ways to deploy enterprise ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini...
“Show, don’t tell” is, in my view, a foundational principle of persuasive legal and judicial writing.
day 21 of me asking the @americanbarassociation to issue literally ANY sort of statement on Pam Bondi’s complete lack of regard for our profession. maybe now that the oversight committee has voted to SUBPOENA her in regards to her role in...
There were quite a few changes to the Senate Commerce NASA Auth bill compared to the draft that was circulating last week, plus the amendments adopted today. https://t.co/Ad2s6yclcs
"We had high confidence" of getting through regulatory, says Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann on pursuit of Warner's studios and streaming operations.
Poland’s right wing president Karol Nawrocki is hatching a plan to use the NBP (Polish central bank) to help finance Polish rearmament. Except as Bloomberg notes, legally, the cbank isn’t allowed to finance the govt. Why do they want this?...

🚨IEEPA REFUND UPDATE🚨 "Senior Judge Richard Eaton gave government counsel until Friday to prepare initial ideas on how customs could refund the tariffs to importers, without them having to file a lawsuit." More, please.

Americans get frustrated when they call a U.S. business and end up speaking with someone at a call center located in a foreign country. Language & communications barriers only make it harder for callers to get the results they want. So the...
Sad to see the layoffs happen again, but there's more to this story. Build A Rocket Boy's CEO alleges criminal actions and espionage against the company are being litigated. https://t.co/oF7JqdMa2c

Here's CBP in a new filing admitting: 1) They're not voluntarily refunding IEEPA tariffs illegally collected last year 2) They're in no rush 3) They'll pay interest on "validated" refunds but will review everything for "violations" (that might allow them to deny refunds?)...

"US to Pay Interest If Ordered to Pay Importers Tariff Refunds" https://t.co/An3drmGJ4F It is the law, after all. Question is: how many refunds actually get issued after a lengthy court/administrative battle. The answer should be: all, now. But... https://t.co/xGmrydPr1P
Appalling. I want people to understand how much worse it will get if these lawmakers are able to ram through bills like KOSA or chip away at Section 230.
Where this hole exists is the first time I have seen the city use eminent domain to obtain a property https://t.co/Zfy8HrAEcZ

The Very Model Of A Modern Attorney General: Matt Platkin Former New Jersey AG @MattPlatkin has returned to private practice, with the launch of @PlatkinLLP—but he remains committed to advancing important public interests. LINK: https://t.co/pkREXJKXpw https://t.co/g9riNwrr1K