Ozzie D, NP-hard  May 7, 2025

I'd never heard the term "rabbi trust" before. Now I know not to trust one.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/01/steward-health-care-deferred-compensation-massachusetts

[Retired former CMO Dr Alan] Hackford's funds, along with those of other participating employees, will likely be used to help pay off some of the more than 100,000 creditors Steward listed in court documents when it filed for bankruptcy last May.

"It was sort of like a big loan to Steward," Hackford said. "And now they're kind of saying, 'Well, we're taking it back, even though you earned it.' "

#RetirementPlanning #Investment #USHealthcareSystem #LegalScam #Massachusetts

Judge allows bankrupt Steward to keep employee retirement funds

Some former Steward employees participated in deferred compensation plans, investing tens of millions from their salaries. A bankruptcy court has ordered the funds go to pay off some of the company's thousands of creditors.

Andii אַנדִֽיFeb 23, 2025
''...this has allowed HP to monotonically raise – and raise – and raise – the price of printer ink to the point where it is now the most expensive fluid a civilian can purchase without a permit. Printer ink now runs over $10,000/gallon, meaning that you print out your grocery lists with colored water that costs more than the semen of a Kentucky Derby winner"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/22/ink-spattered-pitchforks/#racehorse-semen
#enshittification #disenshittification #LegalScam
Pluralistic: We bullied HP into a minor act of disenshittification (22 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

PatApr 24, 2023

#Cdnpoli #Nspoli #LegalScam #Rent

N.S. company requires deposit of half-month's rent before it will review applications.

But the answer to whether landlords and management companies can request such a deposit isn't absolute.

Lawyers generally aren't stupid, know there is no profit in clarity for them or the wealthy businesses they & Govt serve endlessly

A loophole is a planned profit window .

No money before signing is not hard to say but profit goes away .

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-company-requires-deposit-of-half-month-s-rent-before-it-will-review-applications-1.6819903

N.S. company requires deposit of half-month's rent before it will review applications | CBC News

A Halifax man searching for a place to live is frustrated after discovering Paramount Management, a Halifax rental company, will only consider new rental applications if prospective tenants are willing to pay a holding deposit of half a month’s rent. 

CBC