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As I note in this piece by @tomhals @Reuters, docs released in litigation show that troop deployment in LA and other cities is highly risky: it puts the military “on a knife's edge” & “potentially damages the U.S. military's reputation and broad support across the U.S. population.” reuters.com/world/us/militar…
In the next edition of "historic criminal trials," crack addiction and a Colt .38 revolver take center stage, replacing porn star hush-money payments reuters.com/legal/government…
Tesla shareholder seeks to bar Musk from dodging from Delaware pay ruling reuters.com/business/autos-t…
Trump to be deposed in dispute with media company co-founders reuters.com/legal/trump-be-d…
Can the US ban TikTok? Not easily, if enforcement means infringing free speech of the company and its users reuters.com/legal/tiktok-bil…
I covered bankruptcy courts for years and this is a new one -- a bankruptcy judge ordering the arrest of a hedge fund manager reuters.com/business/hedge-f…
The legal team that voided Musk's $56 bln pay package from Tesla are now asking for their own huge payday that works out to $288,000 an hour -- but by some measures, that's a bargain. reuters.com/legal/could-6-bi…
Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want a $6 bln fee reuters.com/legal/legal-team…
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A former executive of the blank-check acquisition vehicle that plans to take Donald Trump's social media company public sued to block the deal until he obtained a larger payout, according to a lawsuit docketed Feb. 29 in Delaware reut.rs/3OXnYer
In Alabama a frozen embryo is a person in a wrongful death lawsuit. In Texas, a brand-new old PO Box is a "principal place of business" if a company wants a favored bankruptcy judge. reuters.com/legal/litigation…
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Hunter Biden not protected from gun charges by Second Amendment, DOJ argues @tomhals reut.rs/423sw8r
Are corporate boards violating their duty to investors by adopting DEI policies? Some conservative groups think so, and some companies are modifying their diversity programs reuters.com/business/some-co…
Catholic nuns sue Smith & Wesson to halt its assault-style weapons sales reuters.com/legal/catholic-n…
Interesting ESG spat between former AG Bill Barr and Travis Laster, elder statesman on Delaware's Court of Chancery. Barr warns Corporate America will flee DE over the court's supposed love affair with ESG.
Barr warns companies might start to reincorporate their businesses outside Delaware. The same threat was made after the financial crisis, when the idea of a national charter briefly emerged, then faded.