Today, the United States Department of Justice is litigating against the largest tech companies, claiming they constitute illegal monopolies. This also is not just a Democratic-party aggressive liberal effort at control: in 2019 the Trump DOJ launched investigations of Google, … Continue reading
Category Archives: I’ve Been Thinking
After a summer spent on the law practice and some time on the Cape, it is time to pick up the cudgel of posting on the law and, as the name of this site suggests, also about anomalies. Which brings … Continue reading
That college athletes can be paid has become common knowledge and widely reported. What has escaped careful analysis is the May settlement by the NCAA of three antitrust law suits claiming damages for prior failure to compensate college athletes. First, … Continue reading
You may have noticed a paucity of recent posts of late, even though legal issues have dominated much of the news. The Supreme Court has a near-monopoly on legal developments, but of course there are the legal battles of Donald … Continue reading
Susan Collins, CEO of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, spoke yesterday about the prospects for the US economy, at a program sponsored by National Association of Corporate Directors – New England. After an erudite and informative presentation, the audience learned … Continue reading
Bose Corporation, a Boston area iconic company that has for decades manufactured top-of-the-line audio delivery systems, is a private entity whose stockholders do not seem to care about the value of their stock. That is because there is no market … Continue reading
Today the SEC adopted sweeping disclosure requirements by which public companies over the next few years will compel detailed recitation of two kinds of climate information: what the company emits directly and indirectly, and what risk it fears from climate … Continue reading
I was struck today by the flow of news that continually pours over my desk from myriad sources, including from the NYTimes, the legal press, several data services, the SEC, as well as thinking from my clients who are investors … Continue reading
Today the SEC issued its report on the definition of an “accredited investor” under the Securities Act of 1933. This report is not only a cautionary tale for the future of capital raises exempt from substantial SEC regulation, but also … Continue reading
Who is Hinton? The godfather of AI, winner of the Turing Prize, left Google earlier this year due to the potential “existential threat” that AI presents to the human species. Single most quoted expert on GAI in the world, period. … Continue reading