A tale of the FTC non-compete ban in two cities. In Philly, it was the best of times for agencies; in Dallas it was the worst of times. Who is right depends on which constitution applies. That of 1935, or that of the Warren/Burger courts.
#law #contracts #regulation #litigation #non-delegation #MajorQuestionsDoctrine #noncompetes
Tuesday, I’ll flee D.C.’s 90-something temperatures for the 100-something temperatures of Las Vegas–but as I’ve realized over previous trips to that desert city for the Black Hat information-security conference, it really is a dry heat.
In addition to the posts below, my Patreon readers got a recap of a very long day of travel on Thursday of the previous week that saw me returning home about 21 hours after I’d stepped off of the front porch that morning.
7/30/2024: These Are the Services Seeing the Biggest Uptick in Passkey Adoption, PCMag
What I thought would be an easy writeup of an embargoed copy of a Dashlane study about passkey adoption among users of that password manager wound up enlightening me about Facebook’s support of that authentication standard. And once again, I found Facebook’s documentation out of date and incorrect.
7/31/2024: Here’s How Microsoft Wants to Shield You From Abusive AI–With Help From Congress, PCMag
I had ambitions of attending this downtown-D.C. event Tuesday afternoon featuring Microsoft’s vice chair and president Brad Smith, but my schedule ran away from me and I watched the proceedings online. And then I didn’t finish writing this piece until Wednesday morning, although that at least let me nod to news that day of the impending introduction of a new bill targeting AI impersonations of people.
8/2/2024: Circuit Court Throws a Stop Sign in Front of FCC’s Net-Neutrality Rules, PCMag
Reading this unanimous opinion from three judges–one named by Clinton, another a Biden appointee–that the Federal Communications Commission didn’t have the authority to put broadband providers into one of two possible regulatory buckets left me feeling like I’d been taking crazy pills over the last 20 years of the net-neutrality debate, during which the FCC has repeatedly done just that.
8/3/2024: Justice Department Sues TikTok, Alleging Massive Child-Privacy Violations, PCMag
I woke up Saturday thinking that somebody at PCMag was already covering the DOJ lawsuit against TikTok, but nobody had grabbed that story. So I set aside part of that morning to read the DOJ’s complaint, get a comment out of a TikTok publicist and write this post summarizing the department’s allegations.
#AI #AIHarm #BradSmith #childPrivacy #COPPA #Dashlane #deepfakes #FacebookPasskeySupport #FCC #majorQuestionsDoctrine #Microsoft #netNeutrality #passkey #passkeys #TikTok
If this case were a post on Facebook it would be deemed "inauthentic," given its largely synthetic origins.
A little bit of money gambled against decent odds-- and a titanic payoff.
Oral arguments today.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/a-little-fish-at-the-supreme-court-could-take-a-big-bite-out-of-regulatory-power/
Business and conservative interest groups hoping to limit the power of regulators believe they have a winner in the Atlantic herring and the boats that sweep the modest fish into their holds by the millions.
It's too bad that just as with the US Constitution's sloppy language, the clarity of purpose for products of the US Congress often even more resembles the scribblings of drunks commemorating their thoughts on napkins, minutes before last bell.
Here, SCOTUS reading that work, playing the role of another mostly intoxicated bunch.
Congressional reply? After slipping under the bar? Doubtful.
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In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner. Results have been mixed in the lower courts, which, given the MQD’s lack of […]
If you didn’t think #Coinbase was evil enough, they are arguing the SEC has no jurisdiction #SEC V Binance because of…the #MajorQuestionsDoctrine.
I guess it makes sense that a company founded on bullshit would use a fictional legal doctrine invented by #Federalist toadies in its defense.
Looks to me #Biden 's attempt to build #thewall by waiving 26 federal laws violates the #MajorQuestionsDoctrine
#Republican federal “judge” blocks executive order to require federal contractors to pay a $15/hour #minimumwage.
President #Biden’s administration will appeal.
The radical reactionary Republican “judge” used an extremist legal theory in his ruling called #majorquestionsdoctrine which basically eliminates the ability of government to make any significant rules.
#uspol #uspoli #uspolitics #politics #politicaleconomy #extremism #minwage #economics
The work of enforcers like DoJ antitrust boss #JonathanKanter, #FTC chair #LinaKhan, and #SEC chair #GaryGensler is at the heart of #Bidenomics: muscular, fearless deployment of existing regulatory authority to make life better for Americans.
Of course, "existing regulatory authority" isn't the last word. The judges filling stolen seats on the illegitimate #SupremeCourt invented the #MajorQuestionsDoctrine and have used it as a club to attack Biden's photocopier-kickers.
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How the Supreme Court put itself in charge of the executive branch
#SupremeCourt #ExecutiveBranch #MajorQuestionsDoctrine #Nebraska #Biden #StudentLoans #Politics #News
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