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Democrats Plan to Spend Millions to Weaken Republican Supermajorities DNyuz – Nick Corasaniti (New York Times) | Published: 11/14/2023 Democrats are planning to spend millions of dollars next year on just a few state legislative elections in Kansas, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, states where they have little to no chance of winning control of a chamber. [read post]

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Have We Begun the Third Age of Climate Law?

16 Nov 2023, 7:40 am by Dan Farber

The US ratified that agreement, but there was little concrete action here through the end of the 20th Century. [read post]

Legal Planet - https://legal-planet.org/

The Problems with the Major Questions Doctrine

15 Nov 2023, 3:52 pm by Jared Williamson

This case determined the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. [read post]

Pace Environmental Law Review Blog - https://pelr.blogs.pace.edu/

[Eugene Volokh] Prof. John Goldberg (Harvard) on "Large Libel Models"

15 Nov 2023, 9:07 am by Eugene Volokh

John Goldberg (Harvard) on "Large Libel Models" appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

SEC Charges Middlesex Mortgage Group and Masanotti with Running $5.9 Million Ponzi Scheme The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has alleged that unregistered investment adviser John A. Masanotti, Jr. (“Masanotti” of Darien, Connecticut and his company, Middlesex Mortgage Group LLC (“MMG”), with fraud in connection with investments that MMC induced from outside investors, totaling least $5.9 million, beginning in 2016. Many of the MMG investors allegedly liquidated securities they held in retirement accounts to invest in the fund. The SEC Complaint is accessible here. According to the SEC. MMC and Masanotti allegedly used investor money to make Ponzi-like payments to investors and also used some investor funds for Masanotti’s “extravagant personal expenses,” According to the SEC, Masanotti told investors that MMC would invest their money in foreign currencies, securities and initial public offerings, but in fact MMC appears to have made no investments on their behalf. After receiving their initial payments, Masanotti continued to deceive investors to perpetuate the investment scheme, including via payments that purported to be returns on capital invested, the SEC said. Over the course of the scheme, Masanotti allegedly used more than $3 million of Middlesex’s assets for his and his family’s personal benefit, according to the suit. The SEC accuses Masanotti of violating the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. A Ponzi scheme is a purported investment vehicle in which early investors in the scheme are paid funds from later investors, thus creating the illusion of legitimacy and solvency. Ponzi schemes are often doomed to failure once the perpetrator of the scheme can no longer pay out investors through newly raised money. Some warning signs that every investor should remain mindful of when vetting a potential investment and conducting due diligence include the promise of high returns with guarantees of little or no risk; overly consistent returns with little or no volatility in the in

14 Nov 2023, 4:30 pm by InvestorLawyers

Over the course of the scheme, Masanotti allegedly used more than $3 million of Middlesex’s assets for his and his family’s personal benefit, according to the suit. [read post]

Investor Lawyers Blog - https://www.investorlawyers.net/blog/

November 14, 1860 – Speech Against Secession by Future Confederate VP Alexander H. Stephens

14 Nov 2023, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks

Stephens of Georgia, a little slim pale faced consumptive man, with a voice like Logan’s, has just concluded the very best speech, of an hour’s length, I ever heard. [read post]

Legal Legacy - https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/

Justices issue official code of conduct

13 Nov 2023, 1:19 pm by Amy Howe

But it still came as somewhat a surprise when, with little fanfare, the court released its ethics code on Monday afternoon. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

LA Appeals Court Hold that the Parish’s Decision to Deny a Re-Subdivision was Unreasonable, Arbitrary and Capricious

13 Nov 2023, 11:01 am by Patricia Salkin

This post was authored by John Speciale, Touro University Jacob D. [read post]

Law of the Land - https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/

Handling the Holidays for Children of Divorce: Memories of Matthew Perry

10 Nov 2023, 10:17 am by Camille Milner

In an article in People magazine, Matthew recalled that traumatizing experience: John and Suzanne (Matthew’s parents) were married for less than two years before separating ahead of their son’s first birthday. [read post]

Milner Law Blog - https://milner-law.com/category/blog/

News You Can Use Digest – November 10, 2023

10 Nov 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor

McCoy said Freeman’s clients could seek an exemption. [read post]

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Emotional Copyright: The Case of Eugene Smith‘s Tomoko and Mother in the Bath

9 Nov 2023, 2:37 am by centerforartlaw

The details of Tomoko’s body paint a visual— the little girl is suffering the symptoms of mercury poisoning, “crippled and deformed since birth. [read post]

Center for Art Law Blog - http://itsartlaw.com

Early Edition: November 8, 2023

8 Nov 2023, 4:52 am by Beatrice Yahia

John Geddie, Sakura Murakami, Satoshi Sugiyama, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chang-Ran Kim report for Reuters. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Biden 2.0: Can the President Avoid the “Second-Term Curse”?

8 Nov 2023, 4:23 am by jonathanturley

Second-term presidents tend to have little patience for negotiations as they watch their final years in politics ticking away. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

Justices appear wary of striking down domestic-violence gun restriction

7 Nov 2023, 2:47 pm by Amy Howe

“Responsibility,” Chief Justice John Roberts observed, is “a very broad concept. [read post]

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