Ann M. Lipton
annmlipton.bsky.social
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.
Wordle 1,659 4/6*

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January 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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A consequence of our new illegal war: cancelled Caribbean flights, with spillover effects on domestic travel. Sitting in an airport now because there is no pilot for our plane. Pilot was coming in from San Juan. Airlines scrambling to staff domestic flights.

Make America Late Again.
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
fucking genius

"Flight attendants squeezed lime juice on Biscoff to create Key lime pie flavor"

www.wsj.com/business/the...
The Maker of Biscoff Cookies Bets on a Global Expansion
It’s a favorite for in-flight Delta snacks, but the maker of Biscoff is chasing customers in supermarkets.
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
i'm a little verklempt
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is worth a read (gift link):

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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A real dent in Susie Wiles credibility
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"

- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)
Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.
www.vanityfair.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
fuck. huntington's is absolutely brutal
OMG 😭

Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."

LIFE SAVING!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I get that the movie Wall Street is iconic, it captured a zeitgeist, etc etc, but ... my opinion stands: it really isn't very good.
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 AM
the strategy is merging paramount with warner
I have no idea who the target audience is for this CBS stuff - the strategy makes no sense unless it becomes Fox lite and Trump & co. start touting it.
this kind of signaling will do little to attract right-of-center viewers over from Fox or get low-engagement viewers with weak / ideologically unconstrained preferences to tune in, but it will actively cause them to lose left-of-center viewers to other outlets
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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I know, yeah, it's AI, but it just utterly wild to me, speaking as someone who grew up *in London in the time period being depicted here* that people are doing nostalgia for *London in the 90s*!
London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You do not in fact need to pay $1 to establish an attorney-client relationship.
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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Paul Graham has been having a several months long “Are we the baddies?” moment on X.

Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.
January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Indeed. I would love to pretend I have shifted over here because of my superior virtue, but it's because frankly I would be better off writing my pieces' HTML address on a piece of paper, putting the paper in a bottle, and throwing the bottle in the Thames and hoping it reaches an FT reader.
Lost amid the discussion of why the Government should get off X is its utter uselessness as an engagement tool and the fact departments are wasting vast sums making content for it. Take this:
January 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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WOW!!!!!!!
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
January 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Understandable, have a nice day
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Hmm.

"He also expressed confidence in continued co-operation with American companies to crack down on bad actors, despite US tech companies having aligned themselves closely with the Trump administration..."

www.ft.com/content/854f...
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Retired immigration judge to @radleybalko.bsky.social: "It always starts with the minorities. It always starts with the immigrants. If we don’t stop them, it will be American citizens. We need to be screaming that this isn’t America—that this isn’t who we are" newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
New blog post, in which I talk about the latest developments in a case of startup investment contracting disaster:

www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/01/firs...
First time tragedy, second time....
A couple of months ago, I posted about the case of Cannon v. Romeo Systems, where the CEO and sole director of a startup failed to notice an edit in a
www.businesslawprofessors.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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It's rare for a company to sign a contract with the US military AND get caught generating CSAM in the same two-week period. Grok is just built different
@caseynewton.bsky.social welp the people who said they wanted you to cover Grok on Hard Fork look like they’re gonna get their wish… it’s been an insane few days over there
January 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
So it turns out ... I am too young for Heated Rivalry.
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message 'Legacy Media Lies'."
January 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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January 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM