Mon 9/11 - Executives go Mum on DEI, Eastman Tries More Tricks, Gas-to-crypto on the rise, Biden Admin's Social Media Muzzle Loosened and Meadows Fails to Remove to Federal Court

#DEI mentions by execs down after #SCOTUS decision gutting affirmative action, #Eastman tries more nonsense, the rise of gas-to-crypto, #Biden admin’s social media limitations lifted some and #Meadows fails to remove to fed court.

#lawfedi @law

https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/mon-911-executives-go-mum-on-dei

Does anyone have insight into how to set up a "feeder organization" - a business where all profits are donated to charity in the US? Or can recommend a good #tax person who might know?

#charity #advice #askfedi #lawfedi

Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: The Prequel #copyright #LawFedi https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/arts/patricia-caulfield-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: The Prequel #copyright #LawFedi https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/us/missouri-nun-habit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

This week in Insights I talk about the success of the WA capital gains tax, and what it might suggest for other states facing budget crunches. Read: Don't hike sales tax, opt for cap gain.

"In 2021, WA passed a 7% capital gains tax on the sale or exchange of stocks, bonds, or other assets in amounts greater than $250k. The tax was expected to bring in as much as $250m in its first full year. Actual receipts totaled nearly $850m.”

#lawfedi @law #tax #policy #economics

https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/week-in-insights-capital-gains-taxes-deserve-more-consideration

My kids' elementary school just started using a new app for various attendance and school pickup related matters. It seems fine. But, being a lawyer, I of course had to review the privacy policy, which expressly states that to ensure compliance with COPPA, the app is not directed at children under the age of 13 and that children under 13 are not permitted to use the app. Sigh.
#privacylaw #LawFedi

Fri 9/8 - Kavanaugh Optimistic About Self-Policing SCOTUS Ethics, Navarro Guilty, and ex-Big Law Partner vs. TikTok Influencer

We have Justice Kavanaugh (credibly accused of sexual assault) optimistic about self-policing #SCOTUS ethics standards, Trumpworld Peter #Navarro found guilty, and a lawsuit brought by an ex-#BigLaw partner against a #TikTok influencer.

#lawfedi @law

https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/fri-98-kavanaugh-optimistic-about

Is it me or is PACER super slow these days? You'd think a website charging 100s of times more than average would be able to keep its servers up to speed. #lawfedi #uspol

The excellent atty for plaintiffs concludes with two more args

On the right being limited to info: To interpret the right to privacy so narrowly would destabilize many other rights that have relied on it, like parental rights

On the concern about the unborn: If you overrule, you would be allowing the state to force someone to take on increased risk and harm for the sake of others, which is unprecedented.

#law #lawFedi #FediLaw #lawProf #abortion #Florida #healthCare #RightToPrivacy

Oh, I should mention that the state's attorney, bless him, was not as adept as she, and argued that the right to privacy in the Florida state constitution, a provision that again, reads : “Right of privacy: Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life.”
he argues that it covers only informational privacy

#law #lawfedi #fediLaw #abortion #Florida #HealthCare #SCOTUS

Atty has answers:

The voters had a chance to overrule abortion rights, and they didn't

There is no need to go beyond the plain meaning of the text

Roe was well known

Court cases, which also contribute to original public meaning, clearly recognized right to privacy as incl abortion

To overrule precedent, the precedent must be clearly erroneous

[There is more]

#law #lawFedi #Fedilaw #abortion #Florida #HealthCare

The justices of the Florida S. Ct. try to argue againt this reading of the right to privacy in the Florida const by pointing out there was not much discussion of abortion in the legislature or popular press at the time the Const was amended to include it, and surely there would have been had a constitutional right to #abortion been on the table.

I.e. if they reach the merits, they will argue there is no evidence that the original public meaning included a right to abortion

#law #lawFedi

Arguments have started!

Plaintiff for women tries to make her argument, but keeps getting interrupted with procedural questions.

is the Florida Supreme Court trying to reject the challenge without being obviously political?

#law #oralragument #lawfedi #lawprof #abortion #Florida #SCOTUS

Unfortunately, like the U.S. Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court has taken a sharp turn to the right

But unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court must contend with an explicit right to privacy in the state's constitution.

#law #lawfedi #lawProf #SCOTUS #Florida #RightToPrivacy #AbortionIsHealthCare #abortion

This morning, the Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether to overrule well established precedent that the Florida Constitution's explicit right to privacy protects a right to abortion

The right to privacy in #Florida's Constitution states: “Right of privacy: Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life.”

#law #lawfedi #lawProf #SCOTUS #Florida #RightToPrivacy #abortion

Ep24: "Supreme Court Barbeque" with @jacobschumer, @Jason and @andrew is arriving in your #podcast client of choice this morning.

We talk about #Musk and the #ADL and how your car is spying on you. Jake says "literally" 17 times, we all say "Nazi" a lot more than that and we banter about sports, as per usual.

E24🔗 : https://zencastr.com/z/-wB4w2CL

#Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/esquiring-minds/id1661317618

#overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1661317618/

#lawfedi #law

@jsrailton Is there any chance the DOJ is looking into these communications with a foreign power? Has he violated the FARA act with this? Or the sanctions in some way? #LawFedi #FediLaw

If the Florida Supreme Court uphelds the fifteen week ban, then a month later a six ban goes into effect, virtually eliminating the right to abortion in the State of Florida.

#Law #LawFedi #abortion #Florida #AbortionIsHealthCare

Abortion access on the line in Florida before DeSantis-heavy Supreme Court https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2023/09/07/florida-abortion-access-on-the-line-supreme-court-weighs-ban-privacy/70769194007/

Florida's Constitution contains an explicit right to privacy, and the Florida Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the Fl Const protects the right to abortion.

Unfortunately, Florida's Supreme Court has gotten very conservative, and tomorrow will hear arguments on Florida's 15 week ban.

The Fl S.Ct. is expected to uphold it, paving the way for a 6 week ban

#Law #LawFedi #abortion #Florida

Tell me #russia is not going full on for #trump as it is encourages #extremism and undermines the #ruleoflaw
#Georgia #putin #indictment #law #legal #lawfedi #dox
Russian Company Refuses to Remove #Doxxing Info of Trump Grand Jurors

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-company-refuses-to-remove-info-of-grand-jurors-in-trump-georgia-case