January 2024 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Feds Plan To Drop 2nd Trial Against Bankman-Fried
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Feds Plan To Drop 2nd Trial Against Bankman-Fried <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1780858?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> By Aislinn Keely Federal prosecutors have asked a Manhattan federal judge to consider evidence related to additional charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as part of his March sentencing rather than litigate them at a second trial. Letter attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1780858?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1780858?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…>

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Juana Doe v. IFC violence case settled in Honduras
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Juana Doe v. IFC violence case settled in Honduras JAN. 3, 2024 BY HELEN MURPHY The International Financial Corporation settled with a group of farmers who alleged that the World Bank’s financial arm backed an investment in a company that “tortured, harassed, and killed” people from a community in Honduras. Also in today’s edition: We look at artificial intelligence in education, highlight this year’s development calendar, and explain the naval blockade that means a holdup for aid to Gaza. IFC takes a hit in Honduras It’s unfortunately all too common in Latin America: companies that use intimidation and even murder to profit from natural resources in areas populated by poor rural communities. That the World Bank allegedly found itself caught up in such a case is not a good look. But a group of farmers late last year reached a settlement with IFC, the World Bank’s private sector arm, in a class action lawsuit that alleges that a company it backed for investment tortured, harassed, and killed members of the Bajo Aguán community in Honduras. The suit Juana Doe et al v. International Finance Corporation filed by a group of unidentified farmers in northeastern Honduras focuses on IFC and its Asset Management Company, or AMC, “knowingly profiting from financing murder, violence, and dispossession,” the group alleges in court documents. IFC in 2009 approved a $30 million loan to Corporación Dinant to help expand its palm oil plantations and operations and build a biogas plant. Later that year it paid out $15 million of the loan. But Dinant used “all kinds of unsavory and brutal and violent methods to obtain land from the campesinos,” Marissa Vahlsing, one of the lawyers at EarthRights International representing the farmers, tells Devex Senior Reporter Adva Saldinger. The violence was “openly talked about” in Honduras, and IFC could easily have accessed that information and should have known what was happening, she says. Dinant denies all of the allegations, including charges of murder, which it called “completely meritless,” and said it is committed to respecting human rights. “We categorically deny the allegations made in the lawsuit,” it said in a letter to Devex. An IFC spokesperson tells Adva that neither IFC nor AMC “has admitted to any wrongdoing or agreed to any remedial action as part of the settlement agreement.” Read: Honduran farmers, IFC settle suit alleging violence linked to investment Related: Civil society groups lambaste IFC over response to sex abuse allegations https://t.devex.com/v/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGQbi_h51jKoemJbyXXIsq43HYOA0VLDx0SG…

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NY Gov. Hochul Again Vetoes Wrongful Death Damages Bill
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

NY Gov. Hochul Again Vetoes Wrongful Death Damages Bill <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1781120?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> By Y. Peter Kang For the second consecutive legislative session, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have allowed families of wrongful death victims to seek emotional distress damages, saying the legislation had the potential to increase healthcare costs and drive up insurance premiums. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1781120?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1781120?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…>

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Doctors in England to hold longest NHS strike ever
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

https://www.samaa.tv/208737281-doctors-in-england-to-hold-longest-nhs-strik… Hospital doctors in England on Wednesday begin their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- will walk out for six days in a major escalation of their long-running pay dispute with the UK government. The industrial action comes at one of the busiest times of the year for the state-funded NHS, when it faces increased pressure from winter respiratory illnesses. It also quickly follows a three-day strike held by doctors just before Christmas.

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Palantir Closes In on Controversial UK Health Data Contract
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Palantir Closes In on Controversial UK Health Data Contract https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/palantir-closing-in-on-a… Palantir Technologies Inc., the data analysis firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel and contracted by government intelligence agencies and military forces around the world, has emerged as the top pick for a contract to overhaul the UK’s National Health Service.

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Re: xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC | Memo #1 - The Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc.
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Hello: We would like to revisit this FOIL request. Can you please update update us if DFS has any records concerning BREX and the The Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 Dear Mr. Ritchey: > > Please find the attached FOIL request > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LzlxPj23eYlF1I_y-BlCOh7Y-SYRLe-E_wiG1Ii…> > for your esteemed receipt. > > Sending you the very best regards. > > Thank you, > > Gunnar Larson > -- > *Gunnar Larson * > *xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> - Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* > > MSc > <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - > Digital Currency > MBA > <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship > and Innovation (ip) > > G(a)xNY.io > +1-917-580-8053 > New York, New York 10001 >

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Eric Blinderman, Former Therium Capital Management CEO Launches Legal Fee Advancement Lawsuit
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Check out one of my recent litigation finance blurbs: https://www.law360.com/amp/articles/1731377 Eric Blinderman, Former Therium Capital Management CEO Launches Legal Fee Advancement Lawsuit Therium Capital Management's past CEO Eric Blinermam is suing his former employer for advanced arbitration fees and indemnification in Delaware's Chancery Court. Globally, Therium has invested more than $74B in legal disputes. Mr. Blinderman established Therium’s United States business operations in 2016. Law 360 <https://www.law360.com/amp/articles/1731377> broke news of Mr. Blinderman's civil action claim for advanced arbitration fees against Therium. Delaware's docket report lists "ERIC BLINDERMAN v THERIUM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT <https://courtconnect.courts.delaware.gov/cc/cconnect/ck_public_qry_doct.cp_…>" as active. Prior to being the US CEO of Therium, Blinderman was international litigation counsel at Proskauer. Blinderman also served as associate general counsel of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Additionally, Blinderman worked as chief legal counsel and associate deputy to the Regime Crimes Liaison’s Office. Lexology's June 29, 2022 <https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6122e778-3f12-4dde-b27b-0c73…> "Third Party Funding Thought Leaders" feature of Mr. Blinderman mentions his nuanced approach to litigation tactics and strategy. While CEO at Therium, Blinderman says he managed the business by striving to provide stakeholders with value spanning the litigation investment life cycle.

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Best way to predict the future is help create it
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Forever changes, but the righteous man sometimes see's further from higher ground. My broadbrush stroke predictions follow. 2024 - megaboom makes cryptoanarchist political economy the future of rock&roll. 2025 - gamification of the initial matrix 2026 - reaction, retracement, reflection on errors. OODA looping. Fine tuning and patches. Time will crawl. 2027 - Cypherpunk 2027. Nuff said. 2028 - I asked Madam Blavratsky to read my lifeline past this and she just said, " everything goes poof! " 2029 - Singularity takes over the news cycle. Beyond is anything.

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As I was saying to Jimbo a decade or so ago . . ..
by professor rat 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Games like GTA-4 and 5 hold out great promise for crypto-trading in general and APster markets in particular. But don't just listen to fusty old moi. " . . . Another major catalyst we might see — in 2025 — is an introduction to a functioning digital economy. Rumors indicate there is a good possibility that Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) — possibly the most anticipated game in years — will have an economy based on cryptocurrency. . . ." I know, I know.. When all is said and done a lot more is said than done. A large part of CYPHERPUNK 2027 may still have to be spent weeding out vaporware sales and clickbait. APster the legacy-turds like canonical car-thieves, I say. In the cryptoanarchist justice system there are two main groups. Infovore hunters and gatherers that dox anti-social-criminals and APster assassins that take out this trash. These are their stories ( Dum Dum ) https://cointelegraph.com/news/fortnite-gta6-functional-metaverse-before-cr… Reposts not yet more Gunnar garbage from legacy corpse-media.

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BREAKING: New Allegations Explain 'Gold Bars' In Menendez Bribery Case
by Gunnar Larson 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

BREAKING: New Allegations Explain 'Gold Bars' In Menendez Bribery Case <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1780894?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Carla Baranauckas and George Woolston The gold bars found when agents raided U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez home as they pursued a second set of bribery charges against the embattled politician were given to him in exchange for using his power and influence to benefit the government of Qatar, according to a superseding indictment filed on Tuesday. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1780894?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1780894?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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