Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
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interesting data that is sadly missing Nextdoor
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
interesting data that is sadly missing Nextdoor
Okay, I posted this post, then LexBlog ate it, and I had to repost it - I'm hoping it sticks.
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
Checking in on securities things
(I posted this post, and then LexBlog ate it, so I am posting again - hopefully it will not show up twice.) Misfit toys. Interesting opinion from CA9 in
www.businesslawprofessors.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Okay, I posted this post, then LexBlog ate it, and I had to repost it - I'm hoping it sticks.
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
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Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
Why I'm running for Congress
Congress today is deeply polarized, ignores the priorities of voters, and fails to check the other two branches of government. But neither party, Democrats nor Republicans, is meeting our moment of ne...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
Okay I see the problem here. He sucks at drafting ChatGPT prompts.
The Court’s eyebrows must be through the roof by now
![The Response was also noteworthy for its conspicuously florid prose. For
example, it featured an extended quote from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
and metaphors comparing legal advocacy to gardening and the leaving of
indelible "mark[s] upon the clay." (Response 3). And it included the following
passage:
Your Honor, in the ancient libraries of Ashurbanipal, scribes carried their stylus as both tool and sacred trust - understanding , that every mark upon clay
would endure long beyond their mortal span. As the role the mark (x) in Ezekiel Chapter 9, that marked the foreheads with a tav (x) of blood and ink, bear the same solemn recognition: that the written word carries power to preserve or condemn, to build or destroy, and leaves an indelible mark which cannot be erased but should be withdrawn, let it lead other to think these citations were correct.
I have failed in that sacred trust. The errors in my memorandum, however inadvertent, have diminished the integrity of the record and the dignity of these proceedings. Like the scribes of antiquity who bore their stylus as both privilege and burden, I understand that legal authorship demands more than mere competence — it requires absolute fidelity to truth and precision in every mark upon the page.
(Id. at 7-8). Needless to say, Mr. Feldman's overwrought metaphors and
historical references raised the Court's eyebrows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreigldm7iyao5jmzvvxdf46rvq2jgopct4fi36uipnfjwmq5klrzy7m@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Okay I see the problem here. He sucks at drafting ChatGPT prompts.
it's comforting that i can still be shocked
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project -- if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him (CNN)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
it's comforting that i can still be shocked
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Times article has an incredible illustration
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Times article has an incredible illustration
For my Business Associations class on Monday: Uber held liable for a driver's sexual assault on an "apparent agency" theory.
www.law360.com/corporate/ar...
www.law360.com/corporate/ar...
BREAKING: Uber Hit With $8.5M Verdict In 1st Fed. Sex Assault Bellwether - Law360
An Arizona federal jury on Thursday found that Uber wasn't negligent with respect to rider safety but was liable for the actions of a driver who allegedly sexually assaulted a passenger in 2023, award...
www.law360.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
For my Business Associations class on Monday: Uber held liable for a driver's sexual assault on an "apparent agency" theory.
www.law360.com/corporate/ar...
www.law360.com/corporate/ar...
Little known fact about how to get your money back when you own publicly traded stock ...
These several Democratic lawmakers have been outspoken against Trump’s immigration policies.
But they’ve also personally invested in Palantir, the tech company that scored a huge gov’t contract to work w/ ICE.
@bueninvierno.bsky.social of @notus.com reports: www.notus.org/congress/pal...
But they’ve also personally invested in Palantir, the tech company that scored a huge gov’t contract to work w/ ICE.
@bueninvierno.bsky.social of @notus.com reports: www.notus.org/congress/pal...
These Democrats Decry Trump’s Immigration Actions. They Also Invested in ICE Contractor Palantir.
“I wish I could get my money back,” one liberal lawmaker said.
www.notus.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Little known fact about how to get your money back when you own publicly traded stock ...
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Anyway, congrats to Will Lewis bumping the UK tabloid scandal to the second sentence of his obit.
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Anyway, congrats to Will Lewis bumping the UK tabloid scandal to the second sentence of his obit.
did something happen
"Fewer Europeans Are Heading To The U.S. This Summer—Here’s What That Could Mean For The World Cup"
@srkelleher.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@srkelleher.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Europeans May Not Be Flocking To The World Cup This Summer, New Data Suggests
Airline bookings to the U.S. in advance of the World Cup are soft, calling into question whether the high-profile tournament will deliver the boon U.S. tourism officials are expecting.
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
did something happen
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A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
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The comms rep just had no ability to comprehend that AI takes in the information that already exists in the world and repackages it. Our reporting had yet to be published and therefore wasn't out in the world hadn't been ingested by any chatbot.
And they just... believed the chatbot.
And they just... believed the chatbot.
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The comms rep just had no ability to comprehend that AI takes in the information that already exists in the world and repackages it. Our reporting had yet to be published and therefore wasn't out in the world hadn't been ingested by any chatbot.
And they just... believed the chatbot.
And they just... believed the chatbot.
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
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30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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February 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
CFTC is going to rulemake to treat these contracts as something other than state-regulated gambling, but I assume this issue is existential for Nevada:
www.law360.com/securities/a...
www.law360.com/securities/a...
Coinbase Sues Nev. To Block 'Unlicensed Wagering' Action - Law360
Coinbase on Wednesday sued Nevada's casino regulator, seeking to block the Silver State's bid to halt the crypto exchange's alleged offering of "unlicensed wagering" to state residents through event c...
www.law360.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM
CFTC is going to rulemake to treat these contracts as something other than state-regulated gambling, but I assume this issue is existential for Nevada:
www.law360.com/securities/a...
www.law360.com/securities/a...
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NEW: Trapped Tesla Driver’s 911 Call: ‘It’s on fire. Help please’
Samuel Tremblett died in Easton, MA after his Model Y crashed into a tree and caught on fire. He managed to talk to a dispatcher. His remains were found in the backseat.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Samuel Tremblett died in Easton, MA after his Model Y crashed into a tree and caught on fire. He managed to talk to a dispatcher. His remains were found in the backseat.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Sued Over Crash That Trapped, Killed Massachusetts Driver
Samuel Tremblett pleaded with a 911 operator to be rescued from his burning Tesla Inc. Model Y SUV after a crash in October: “I can’t get out, please help me.”
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
NEW: Trapped Tesla Driver’s 911 Call: ‘It’s on fire. Help please’
Samuel Tremblett died in Easton, MA after his Model Y crashed into a tree and caught on fire. He managed to talk to a dispatcher. His remains were found in the backseat.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Samuel Tremblett died in Easton, MA after his Model Y crashed into a tree and caught on fire. He managed to talk to a dispatcher. His remains were found in the backseat.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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so Heated Rivalry-pilled, I had to find the local angle about it 🏒🌈
New York’s queer hockey club is seeing a LOT more interest these days! (and so are leagues like it around the country.) new story from me:
New York’s queer hockey club is seeing a LOT more interest these days! (and so are leagues like it around the country.) new story from me:
Join the Club: ‘Heated Rivalry’ is Making Queer Hockey New York’s Hottest Sport
The Pride Hockey Alliance has been bringing “hot queer friends” together for years before the buzziest show on ice.
www.thecity.nyc
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
so Heated Rivalry-pilled, I had to find the local angle about it 🏒🌈
New York’s queer hockey club is seeing a LOT more interest these days! (and so are leagues like it around the country.) new story from me:
New York’s queer hockey club is seeing a LOT more interest these days! (and so are leagues like it around the country.) new story from me:
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The point for SpaceX is once it's in mainstream indexes, index investors functionally are forced to buy. They cannot sell. And since Musk will control voting, they will have no rights at all. Functionally forced to supply capital.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Exclusive | SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO
Advisers to company CEO Elon Musk have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The point for SpaceX is once it's in mainstream indexes, index investors functionally are forced to buy. They cannot sell. And since Musk will control voting, they will have no rights at all. Functionally forced to supply capital.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
UNITED ARTISTS BUT FOR JOURNALISTS.
I'm not kidding; I realize it's hard to organize but there should be a nonprofit, pays a reasonable salary and funds investigations, online only, financed by ads, subscriptions, and donations
I'm not kidding; I realize it's hard to organize but there should be a nonprofit, pays a reasonable salary and funds investigations, online only, financed by ads, subscriptions, and donations
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
UNITED ARTISTS BUT FOR JOURNALISTS.
I'm not kidding; I realize it's hard to organize but there should be a nonprofit, pays a reasonable salary and funds investigations, online only, financed by ads, subscriptions, and donations
I'm not kidding; I realize it's hard to organize but there should be a nonprofit, pays a reasonable salary and funds investigations, online only, financed by ads, subscriptions, and donations
The admin is creating incentives to not hire POC unless they clearly, explicitly have objectively superior CVs. Otherwise, you have to create an extensive record justifying the hire.
Meanwhile, if you reject POC, you are confident the administration won't pursue a lawsuit.
Meanwhile, if you reject POC, you are confident the administration won't pursue a lawsuit.
It sounds like the EEOC is trying to bring back the pattern or practice enforcement action.
Nike, Accused of Bias Against White Workers, Is Under Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Nike, Accused of Bias Against White Workers, Is Under Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Nike, Accused of Bias Against White Workers, Is Under Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The admin is creating incentives to not hire POC unless they clearly, explicitly have objectively superior CVs. Otherwise, you have to create an extensive record justifying the hire.
Meanwhile, if you reject POC, you are confident the administration won't pursue a lawsuit.
Meanwhile, if you reject POC, you are confident the administration won't pursue a lawsuit.