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.
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.’
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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.
February 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
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Brian Kilmeade from Fox literally just said out loud that ICE pulled out of Maine to protect Susan Collins’ re‑election campaign. I can’t believe he would just admit that.
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Brian Kilmeade from Fox literally just said out loud that ICE pulled out of Maine to protect Susan Collins’ re‑election campaign. I can’t believe he would just admit that.
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Howdy! If you're attending the Law and Political Economy Conference in Richmond VA this week, drink with us at the reception and then:
‼️ 📣 join us for the bluesky of ALPE group dinner at 6:30pm on Friday, leaving from the reception to a nearby restaurant. All welcome 📣‼️
‼️ 📣 join us for the bluesky of ALPE group dinner at 6:30pm on Friday, leaving from the reception to a nearby restaurant. All welcome 📣‼️
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Howdy! If you're attending the Law and Political Economy Conference in Richmond VA this week, drink with us at the reception and then:
‼️ 📣 join us for the bluesky of ALPE group dinner at 6:30pm on Friday, leaving from the reception to a nearby restaurant. All welcome 📣‼️
‼️ 📣 join us for the bluesky of ALPE group dinner at 6:30pm on Friday, leaving from the reception to a nearby restaurant. All welcome 📣‼️
I like attending conferences but as the date approaches I start pre-missing my cats.
Anyway, see a lot of you at ALPE - though I gather we're all on opposite panels!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
Anyway, see a lot of you at ALPE - though I gather we're all on opposite panels!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
Conference - Association of Law & Political Economy
ALPE is delighted to hold the organization's inaugural conference in Richmond, VA on February 6-7, 2026. We will gather at the Richmond Marriott, 500 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219. While registration for the conference has now closed, you may still become an ALPE member here. You can also sign up for our mailing list
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I like attending conferences but as the date approaches I start pre-missing my cats.
Anyway, see a lot of you at ALPE - though I gather we're all on opposite panels!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
Anyway, see a lot of you at ALPE - though I gather we're all on opposite panels!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
okay but do we have a backstory on how ratner was chosen? like, is it just bc trump likes the rush hour movies, or was he the only name who had nothing else he could do?
That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
okay but do we have a backstory on how ratner was chosen? like, is it just bc trump likes the rush hour movies, or was he the only name who had nothing else he could do?
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FWIW, Wyden can just stand up on the Senate floor and tell us all exactly what this is about.
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
FWIW, Wyden can just stand up on the Senate floor and tell us all exactly what this is about.
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The Washpost's editor said today that, amid the layoffs, one of the Post's top priorities will be "national security, in DC and abroad."
And at the same time, the Post is laying off every journalist in the Middle East. And Ukraine.
And at the same time, the Post is laying off every journalist in the Middle East. And Ukraine.
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The Washpost's editor said today that, amid the layoffs, one of the Post's top priorities will be "national security, in DC and abroad."
And at the same time, the Post is laying off every journalist in the Middle East. And Ukraine.
And at the same time, the Post is laying off every journalist in the Middle East. And Ukraine.
the article is a doozy wow
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
the article is a doozy wow
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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