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.
This is Frank. Frank won't put PE into his employees' 401k plan. Frank says "this as a move [by private-fund managers] to get their fingers on trillions of dollars in 401(k) assets and put them into investments that are totally inappropriate."
Be like Frank.
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Be like Frank.
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Why This CEO Won’t Let Private Funds Near His Company’s 401(k)
Untangling his father’s estate caused an executive to rethink the benefits of alternative investments.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This is Frank. Frank won't put PE into his employees' 401k plan. Frank says "this as a move [by private-fund managers] to get their fingers on trillions of dollars in 401(k) assets and put them into investments that are totally inappropriate."
Be like Frank.
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Be like Frank.
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
well this is interesting. NVIDIA SHs are seeking books and records pertaining to NVIDIA's agreement to pay revenues to US in exchange for receiving export licenses.
Claim is that govt had no authority to make those demands.
www.law360.com/securities/a...
Claim is that govt had no authority to make those demands.
www.law360.com/securities/a...
Nvidia Sued In Del. For US 'Tax' On Chip Deal With China - Law360
Alleging possible company conflicts of interest and unlawful agreements involving the White House and Commerce Department, two NVIDIA Corp. stockholders sued the company late Wednesday for records inv...
www.law360.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
well this is interesting. NVIDIA SHs are seeking books and records pertaining to NVIDIA's agreement to pay revenues to US in exchange for receiving export licenses.
Claim is that govt had no authority to make those demands.
www.law360.com/securities/a...
Claim is that govt had no authority to make those demands.
www.law360.com/securities/a...
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"It is telling that the head of the world's most important chipmaker had to talk to his "customers' customers" to make sure demand for artificial intelligence is, in fact, real." www.reuters.com/commentary/b... @robynmak.bsky.social
Breakingviews - AI bull case gets its biggest booster
TSMC CEO CC Wei says he's confirmed semiconductor demand with his customers' customers – cloud giants like Google. Now he's raising the $1.4 trln chipmaker's capex by up to 37%, to $56 bln. The splurg...
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
"It is telling that the head of the world's most important chipmaker had to talk to his "customers' customers" to make sure demand for artificial intelligence is, in fact, real." www.reuters.com/commentary/b... @robynmak.bsky.social
Love, Actually
Name a horror film
January 16, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Love, Actually
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
this is fantastic
📺 OMG—who made this?! Noah Wyle has a message for all you—vaccine skeptics…
Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
this is fantastic
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This is straight out of Succession:
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
This is straight out of Succession:
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
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Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
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Every year in Civil Procedure, I talk about the tort of alienation of affection, and how North Carolina is one of the only states that still recognizes it.
Welp...
Welp...
I was fed up with Krysten Sinema's Senate career by the end but her pivot to taking ibogaine and breaking up marriages has me thinking more highly of her www.law360.com/articles/243...
Sinema Sued Under Rare Law By Her Former Guard's Ex-Wife - Law360
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney in Washington, D.C., destroyed a 14-year marriage by sustaining an affair with a former member of her security detail and U.S. Senate staf...
www.law360.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Every year in Civil Procedure, I talk about the tort of alienation of affection, and how North Carolina is one of the only states that still recognizes it.
Welp...
Welp...
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Fun to see maritime scholarship travel so well: my Tulane Law colleague Martin Davies’s work on interpreting industry-wide standard form contracts just got cited by the UK Supreme Court in a major construction law case. A reminder that great theory can cross doctrinal borders!
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Fun to see maritime scholarship travel so well: my Tulane Law colleague Martin Davies’s work on interpreting industry-wide standard form contracts just got cited by the UK Supreme Court in a major construction law case. A reminder that great theory can cross doctrinal borders!
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Heh
January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Heh
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Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ policies to fuel shift from US, Pimco says ft.trib.al/OhlhrU5
Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ policies to fuel shift from US, Pimco says
Cautious stance comes amid Wall St concerns over president’s attack on the Federal Reserve
ft.trib.al
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Trump’s ‘unpredictable’ policies to fuel shift from US, Pimco says ft.trib.al/OhlhrU5
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it's the big day
January 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
it's the big day
honestly sort of bemused by the sudden stancil discourse but to be fair i never understood the hostility or even really saw the hostility first hand - mostly i've only seen analysis of the hostility.
it's like watching a liberal fight from inside plato's cave
it's like watching a liberal fight from inside plato's cave
January 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
honestly sort of bemused by the sudden stancil discourse but to be fair i never understood the hostility or even really saw the hostility first hand - mostly i've only seen analysis of the hostility.
it's like watching a liberal fight from inside plato's cave
it's like watching a liberal fight from inside plato's cave
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X updated its terms of service to declare that any lawsuit against it, even ones which are ongoing (as Musk’s suit against Media Matters is), must be heard by Reed O’Connor in Texas. Basically.
January 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
X updated its terms of service to declare that any lawsuit against it, even ones which are ongoing (as Musk’s suit against Media Matters is), must be heard by Reed O’Connor in Texas. Basically.
as i continue to divest from my US stock market index funds, i am for the first time learning the process of charitable transfers (which count for tax purposes as a deduction of the value of the transfer, but do not require me to acknowledge any capital gain)
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
as i continue to divest from my US stock market index funds, i am for the first time learning the process of charitable transfers (which count for tax purposes as a deduction of the value of the transfer, but do not require me to acknowledge any capital gain)
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Oh now you want tortillas
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Oh now you want tortillas
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Maybe they're just really hungry at the Pentagon?
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Maybe they're just really hungry at the Pentagon?
this headline is a journey
Timeline cleanse www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
World’s fattest parrots set for mating bonanza after bumper berry crop
After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding. Fewer than 300 of the parrots exist.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
this headline is a journey
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I love this ad - for a pyramid scheme* – for how high it aims. You won't just be your own boss – you'll *train other people* to be the boss.
*In this case: a $15k course that will allow you sell courses and "small business counseling services" to other would-be small business franchise owners
*In this case: a $15k course that will allow you sell courses and "small business counseling services" to other would-be small business franchise owners
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I love this ad - for a pyramid scheme* – for how high it aims. You won't just be your own boss – you'll *train other people* to be the boss.
*In this case: a $15k course that will allow you sell courses and "small business counseling services" to other would-be small business franchise owners
*In this case: a $15k course that will allow you sell courses and "small business counseling services" to other would-be small business franchise owners
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Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social:
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social:
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...