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Vineyard Wind Project Thoroughly Vetted, Feds Tell 1st Circ.
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Vineyard Wind Project Thoroughly Vetted, Feds Tell 1st Circ. <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1824503?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> By Chris Villani The federal government on Thursday urged the First Circuit to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision tossing a fishing group's challenge to the Vineyard Wind project, saying it was approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior after extensive analysis. Brief attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1824503?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1824503?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…>

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FTC Pressures Global Partners, Gulf Oil Into Reducing Deal
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

FTC Pressures Global Partners, Gulf Oil Into Reducing Deal <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1823440?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…> By Bryan Koenig The Federal Trade Commission took credit Tuesday for raising antitrust concerns spurring the late-February reduction of Global Partners LP's purchase of Northeast U.S. gas terminals from Gulf Oil, cut from five terminals with a $273 million price tag to four terminals and a $212.3 million payment. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1823440?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1823440?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…>

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Pension Schemes Considering Alternatives For End Goal
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Pension Schemes Considering Alternatives For End Goal <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1822763?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Martin Croucher Pension plans need to carefully weigh a range of options for their end game strategies, a professional services firm said, as retirement savings scheme funding continues to hover around near record levels. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1822763?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1822763?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Terraform And Founder Do Kwon Held Liable For Crypto Fraud
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Terraform And Founder Do Kwon Held Liable For Crypto Fraud <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1822230?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> By Pete Brush A Manhattan federal jury quickly found bankrupt cryptocurrency startup Terraform Labs and its creator Do Kwon liable Friday for securities fraud, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claimed they lied to investors about the company's stability and business prospects. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1822230?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1822230?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…>

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UK Savers Urged To Delay Claiming Pensions Until Rules Change
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

UK Savers Urged To Delay Claiming Pensions Until Rules Change <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1822185?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Josh White The U.K. tax authority has warned people to delay claiming their pensions until after Saturday when the lifetime allowance is abolished, while the government clarifies technical changes to the legislation. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1822185?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1822185?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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RBC Fires CFO Ahn After Probe Into Personal Relationship
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-06/rbc-fires-cfo-nadine-ahn… Royal Bank of Canada fired its Chief Financial Officer Nadine Ahn after an internal review concluded that she was in an undisclosed close personal relationship with another employee that violated the bank’s code of conduct.

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Nationwide Injunctions Spike Politicizes Judiciary, Study Says
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

Nationwide Injunctions Spike Politicizes Judiciary, Study Says <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1824114?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Hailey Konnath Nationwide injunctions have dramatically increased in recent years, particularly during the Trump administration, a trend that has politicized the judiciary and risks further politicization without reforms, according to a study published in the Harvard Law Review on Wednesday. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1824114?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1824114?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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FTX's Original Sin Is a Warning to All of Crypto
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

FTX’s Original Sin Is a Warning to All of Crypto https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-03-27/sam-bankman-fried-prison… Sometime between FTX’s collapse and Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction a year later, a consensus formed about the onetime boy genius of cryptocurrency: His wild, curly hair and beanbag chair naps at the office were largely for show, but his company FTX, which had been used by millions of people to buy and sell digital currencies, was the real deal. The crypto faithful see FTX as an almost-success story—if only its owner hadn’t taken customer money to cover side gambles. As the author Michael Lewis put it on 60 Minutes, “They actually had a great, real business.”

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Fwd: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2024-097130-021987 - The Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <Joanne.Verdejo(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 1:05 PM Subject: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2024-097130-021987 To: <g(a)xny.io> Good afternoon, Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial Services, pertaining to your FOIL request. Thank you. Tracking Number:FOIL-2024-097130-021987 SENT VIA EMAIL g(a)xny.io April 8, 2024 Gunnar Larson Re: FOIL Tracking No. 2024-097130 Dear Gunnar Larson: I write with respect to your above-referenced FOIL request. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) requires additional time to respond to your request, assigned the tracking number 2024-097130, because we are still working on your request. DFS intends to provide its determination of your request by May 8, 2024. We appreciate your continued patience. Thank you. 2024-097130: 3/8/24: 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.

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Directorates Who Discredit Truthful Witnesses (W/80 Highlights)
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

“And the persons who ultimately are harmed by all of this, of course, is the average consumer, the average citizen, who has no knowledge, unless it paid attention to this hearing, of the extent of the manipulations that have been carried out by the largest financial institutions in America and, indeed, probably the world.” - Senator John McCain *Highlights and working notes on the ethical limits of discrediting the truthful witness, observing modern directorates and ethics rules that fail to prevent truth distortion by unethical means (Source research by Marquette Law Review).* History provides the epic example of Enron and a cunning Board of Directors of misleaders, a team of flimflam artists who used sly rhetorical skills to bamboozle the public, turning night into day. In this conception, directorates tell stories only in order to seduce and beguile regulators who fall prey to the advocate’s star-crossed tricks. Why do company Directors employ unethical, false story techniques to advance a false defense when ethical means are available? The exponential effects of this troublesome behavior requires that the firm’s every word, action and attitude be consistent with the conclusion that is dishonest. Board directors are the ultimate self policing body of an organization, responsible for setting the tone for ethical rules and standards. Not only are modern ethical rules unable to prevent directorates who use of false-story techniques, but little can be done in the way of reforming the rules themselves so that they can more effectively regulate the unethical means by which honesty is systematically discredited and made to look untruthful. - As witnessed in New York State recently, top leaders sometimes ignore ethical rules by rationalizing away conduct known to be unethical standards of professional behavior. - More abstract-oriented discussions concerning whether society’s best interests are advanced with attempts to distort outcomes by discrediting the truth has even impacted virtual currency innovation out of New York. These points simply seem invented as an outrageous scenario presented to the public by way of question, yet they are indeed true. - There is a pattern of routinely using an arsenal of tricks to subvert the truth. The culprit may argue that the version of events is untruthful, because of a motive to fabricate the truth. In actuality, incompetence is the only true motive to fabricate directorate supported dishonesty. Now more than ever, honest and ethical leaders know that each time a directorate uses talents and skills to pollute the marketplace with lies (either explicit or implicit) to manipulate profits is an act that initially diminishes the chances of a prosperous society. Such practice of engaging in conduct that involves dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation is impermissible and should not be tolerated. Without swift action, the public may lose confidence in both system wide innovation and maximizing the whole human potential of our species. - Alternatively, employing truthful answers to string together a series of inferences that collectively weaken the case of interlocking directorates. - Vigorously defending potentially problematic interlocking directorates can be systematically re-purposed with the goal of protecting the innocent. We share 80 highlights to Todd A. Berger’s (published by Marquette Law Review) “The Ethical Limits of Discrediting the Truthful Witness: How Modern Ethics Rules Fail to Prevent Truthful Witnesses from Being Discredited Through Unethical Means.” ---- Directorates Who Discredit Truthful Witnesses (W/80 Highlights): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XzfRqxxDD5OzQgkH1Ok2wdO25JZiqVev/view?usp=… -- *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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