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NYC Can't Force Retirees To Switch Benefits, Judge Rules
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

NYC Can't Force Retirees To Switch Benefits, Judge Rules By Abby Wargo A New York state judge preliminarily enjoined New York City on Friday from forcing over 250,000 retirees to switch to a privatized Medicare Advantage plan from traditional Medicare and supplemental insurance, ruling the court will likely find the actions unlawful under city code. Order attached https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1697307?nl_pk=b5b47d70-3fa3-428e-b95…

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CashBet Coin Offering Resulted In Fraud Award, Suit Shows
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

CashBet Coin Offering Resulted In Fraud Award, Suit Shows By Caroline Simson A Puerto Rico man's lawsuit seeking to enforce an arbitral award finding that he had been defrauded in connection with a cryptocurrency offering has exposed a nasty feud with a director of an online gaming platform called CashBet, who was caught up in the arbitration. Brief attached https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1696571?nl_pk=99a2a594-20ad-4b2f-a2…

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Feds Back Ex-UBS Worker In High Court Whistleblower Case
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Feds Back Ex-UBS Worker In High Court Whistleblower Case By Sarah Jarvis A former UBS employee's whistleblower suit, which was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court, has garnered formal support from the U.S. government and various advocacy groups, which have filed amicus briefs to help the ex-employee to reverse a Second Circuit decision voiding a nearly $1 million retaliation award. 4 documents attached https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1696918?nl_pk=e8718aa1-2adc-4c2d…

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Ski Operator Says NY Enforcers Only Got Docs From 1 Rival
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Ski Operator Says NY Enforcers Only Got Docs From 1 Rival By Matthew Perlman A ski operator accused of creating a monopoly over resorts in the Syracuse, New York, area told a state court that it needs more time for discovery in the case because enforcers obtained documents from only one other operator during their two-year investigation. Letter attached https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1697142?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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NYC Woman Wants Time Served In CEO Stalker Case
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

NYC Woman Wants Time Served In CEO Stalker Case By Ali Sullivan A woman who pled guilty in March to harassing an unnamed chief executive officer with texts threatening the release of sexually explicit material is asking a New York federal judge to impose a sentence of time served. Memorandum attached https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1696525?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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Ex-Vitol Trader Can't Suppress Emails In Bribery Case
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Ex-Vitol Trader Can't Suppress Emails In Bribery Case By Ivan Moreno A former Vitol Group oil trader accused of funneling bribes to officials of state-backed Petroecuador to secure a $300 million fuel contract has lost his bid to suppress tens of thousands of emails seized by the federal government after a Brooklyn federal judge concluded investigators acted reasonably in executing the search warrant. Order attached https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1697248?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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NYC Mayor's Supporters Ran Straw Donor Scam, DA Says
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

NYC Mayor's Supporters Ran Straw Donor Scam, DA Says By Rachel Scharf Six people, including construction company managers and an accountant, were charged in Manhattan state court Friday with using straw donors to inflate public funding of Mayor Eric Adams' 2021 campaign in the hopes of obtaining city contracts once Adams took office. Indictment attached https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1697062?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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Reed Smith Hires Ex-SFO Bribery Chief Patrick Rappo
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Reed Smith Hires Ex-SFO Bribery Chief Patrick Rappo By Richard Crump Reed Smith LLP said on Monday it has hired Patrick Rappo, a former joint head of the Serious Fraud Office's bribery and corruption team, as a partner in its global regulatory investigation and enforcement practice in London. Read full article » https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1697240?nl_pk=4fb41…

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Credit Union Can't Stop Ex-Director's Whistleblowing Claim
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Credit Union Can't Stop Ex-Director's Whistleblowing Claim By William Janes A tribunal has rejected a bid by a Scottish credit union to toss out a claim by a former director that it sacked him after he went to the financial watchdog to blow the whistle on alleged rule-breaking and mismanagement by its board. Read full article » https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1696479?nl_pk=4fb41…

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[spam][crazy][spam] imaginary code resembling trained dissociation
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 09 Jul '23

09 Jul '23

sometimes when i’m trying really hard to use part of my brain i write little smidges of code similar to my brain issue. it’s honestly nice to just use my faculties in any way at all at those times. this often looks like two object classes with method names that talk about or simplistically roleplay one attacking or stopping the other. i was thinking recently of q viewpoint around that near learning and skill, and the idea that systems that adapt or pursue goals have “sweet spots” of adaptation. i could see myself as avoiding these areas of effective behavior and learning, instead engaging the ineffective ones. other parts too …. i don’t remember well … anyway i experience these things for years, and one of the things going on is my brain is always modeling optimal skill improvement by focusing on the areas that avoid this most strongly.

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