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28 Jun 2022, 7:13 am
The Bradford Hill Predicate: Ruling Out Random and Systematic Error In two recent posts, I spent some time discussing a recent law review, which had some important things to say about specific causation.[1] One of several points from which I dissented was the article’s argument that Sir Austin Bradford Hill had not made explicit that ruling out random and systematic error was required before assessing his nine “viewpoints” on whether an association was causal. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 4:05 am
To SEC Chairperson Mary Schapiro: In August 2009, I wrote my first Open Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing how Overstock.com deliberately violated Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in recognizing income for recoveries from underbilled fulfillment partners by improperly claiming that a “gain contingency” existed under accounting rules. [read post]
18 Jun 2008, 5:58 pm
Stealing from a recent blog, these are the claims I began making publicly in 2005: a) The SEC had grown inappropriately close to Wall Street (which SEC Senior Investigator Gary Aguirre and a Senate Judiciary Committee report have since confirmed); b) The New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was a corrupt finger-puppet (subsequent events have confirmed the corruption, and I am waiting for anyone in the press to see the "finger-puppet" implication of Spitzer's favorite… [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 10:11 pm
According to best-selling author and TheStreet.com columnist Gary Weiss: Bagley created "Larry Bergman" and an unknown number of phony Facebook accounts to con people into "friending" him. [read post]
21 Sep 2016, 7:28 am
Lavinbuk, Gary A. [read post]
24 Nov 2012, 12:38 pm
Gary Taubes, “Epidemiology Faces Its Limits,” 269 Science 164 (July 14, 1995) [cited as Taubes]. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 12:14 am
Rather than comply with GAAP and SEC disclosure rules, the company stubbornly continued to violate such rules and engaged in a campaign of harassment, intimidation, smears, threats, and pretexting directed at me and other critics (Details from my blog here and here and from investigative journalist and blogger Gary Weiss here). [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Biden Transition Elevates Former Facebook Exec as Ethics Arbiter Politico – Alex Thompson and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 10/1/2020 Joe Biden’s transition team named Jessica Hertz, until recently a Facebook executive focused on government regulations, as its general counsel and charged her with navigating conflicts-of-interest and other ethical issues for the Biden administration-in-waiting, a move that drew immediate fire from the left. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal A Year Out, Political Groups Prepare for What Could Be the Most Expensive Midterms Ever MSN – Kate Ackley (Roll Call) | Published: 11/2/2021 Next year’s midterm elections, which will determine control of the House and Senate for the second half of President Biden’s first term, are on pace to shatter previous records, thanks largely to big money outside groups. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 4:52 am
Updated: At 3:48 AM ET 04/20/2010 on bottom The Kiss of Death In filing its lawsuit against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) on a Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission sent what I call the "kiss of death" message to the embattled company. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 2:14 pm
Miller, editor ; with Louis Aucoin.Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2010.Constitutional LawKF4930 .O75 2010The origins of the necessary and proper clause / Gary Lawson ... [read post]
26 Nov 2009, 7:15 pm
Updated for two additional notes to the SEC at bottom of post To the Securities and Exchange Commission: Recently, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick M. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 5:03 am
Source: LexisNexis, August 6, 2009. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
Corporations Agree to Transparency on Climate Lobbying MSN – Laura Weiss (Roll Call) | Published: 4/14/2021 The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of socially responsible investors, announced its members made deals with the five companies to report publicly about their influence on climate policy and alignment with the Paris Agreement, which led to the withdrawal of shareholder proposals. [read post]
15 Mar 2024, 4:00 am
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, now a partner at the Paul Weiss law firm, wrote a letter to a Defense Department official on behalf of SZ DJI Technology, asking that her client be removed from a list of Chinese military companies. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 4:01 am
Welcome to Blawg Review #181, celebrating International Conflict Resolution Day. [read post]
18 Aug 2008, 3:31 am
It is perfectly legitimate for companies to donate monies to politicians to help further their political interests. [read post]
23 Nov 2008, 4:54 am
This blog was first in exposing how Overstock.com used a non-compliant EBITDA measure to overstate its financial performance from Q2 2007 to Q2 2008.Other bloggers, such as forensic accountant Tracy Coenen, NY Times columnist Floyd Norris, and investigative reporter Gary Weiss also reported about Overstock.com's non-compliant EBITDA measures, too. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 4:14 pm
To the Securities and Exchange Commission: On November 18, 2009, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) held conference call where CEO Patrick M. [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 5:36 pm
Rather than answer each of my questions, CEO Patrick Byrne went on a ranting diatribe as described by investigative journalist Gary Weiss in his blog (Details here).The reason for avoiding any meaningful discussion of Overstock.com's questionable financial disclosures is clear. [read post]
