Ann Monster Lipton

Ann Monster Lipton

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Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/ Papers at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170 "Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.”

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"The President once again complimented Jon Husted's ass and also complimented Nikki Minaj's ass. Minaj stood up and waved to the cheering audience." - Excerpt from White House traveling radio pool report by Jon Decker in Michigan

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Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

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This is My Cousin Vinny "I shot the clerk" bad...

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Vivek Ramaswamy's wife: Apparently, Vivek does not support women. Apparently, he is pro-child abuse. Apparently, he doesn't respect doctors.

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thinking fondly again of the college girl at the donut place, who made a little muslim boy bounce giddily out the door after she told him his donut was free, and who waved me away and said "you're good" when it was my turn to pay and then, when asked if there was a deal that day said "i hate my job"

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there's a Maine Coon kitten named Erebus Anomaly. he's in Wisconsin. he recently received recognition for having more toes than any other documented living cat. 29 toes. that's an awful lot of toes. like, wtf. i'm over here expected to make do with 10 toes, like some kind of schmuck.

nothing cash strapped consumers appreciate more than being told the problem is their own profligacy

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RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."

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- if independent parties do not do the negotiating, there is a risk of lawsuits for breach of fiduciary duty, and shareholder rejection of the deal. Except Texas has erected enormous barriers to shareholder litigation for breach of fiduciary duty (I mean, someone may take a run at it, but.)

And Musk controls the votes at SpaceX, and has anywhere from 20-30% of the vote at Tesla. There is no chance of SH rejection at SpaceX, so at best, he has to make things look good for (some) Tesla shareholders.

I really need to emphasize. Literally nothing - absolutely nothing - in corporate law, securities law, or afaik any other law prevents conflict transactions like this one, or requires that nominally independent parties do the negotiating. What they do require is truthful disclosure, and -

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

What we learned is that former petrochemical lobbyists now inside the EPA are meeting with former clients and then moving to force career staff at the EPA to rollback public health protections. We found the actual documents detailing these moves. Smoking guns. (Redlines striking protections)

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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.