February 2025 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Munger Tolles Gets $10M Retainer To Rep LA In Fire Litigation
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Munger Tolles Gets $10M Retainer To Rep LA In Fire Litigation <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298584?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> By Rachel Scharf Munger Tolles & Olson LLP has signed a $10 million retainer agreement to represent the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in a series of lawsuits alleging it irresponsibly left a local reservoir empty ahead of last month's devastating Palisades Fire. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298584?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298584?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298010?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> Attorneys at Kirkland offer a deep dive into the application of the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements specifically to U.S.-domiciled co-issuers in typical collateralized loan obligation transactions, and consider whether such issuers may be able to assert an exemption from the CTA's reporting requirements. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298010?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298010?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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Off The Bench: Trans EO, Cards Arbitration, NASCAR Revs Up
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Off The Bench: Trans EO, Cards Arbitration, NASCAR Revs Up <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298343?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> By Alex Lawson In this week's Off The Bench, litigation begins over President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender individuals from competing in women's sports, a former Arizona Cardinals executive's defamation suit against the team is shuffled to arbitration, and NASCAR asks an appeals panel to reverse wins handed to two teams in their antitrust suit. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298343?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298343?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298077?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> By Katie Buehler President Donald Trump has his sights set on taking down a 90-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protects certain government officials from being fired, a U.S. Department of Justice letter confirms, and he plans to leverage his prior legal victories to deliver the precedent's death knell and expand presidential power. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298077?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298077?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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'Not For Sale': OpenAI Rebuffs Musk's $97.4B Takeover Bid
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

'Not For Sale': OpenAI Rebuffs Musk's $97.4B Takeover Bid <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298740?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> By Bonnie Eslinger The board of directors for OpenAI voted unanimously on Friday to reject a $97.4 billion offer from Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to buy the artificial intelligence platform, with the board chair saying in a statement, "OpenAI is not for sale." Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298740?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298740?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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Judge Upholds Pay-For-Delay Ban Law, But Only In Calif.
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Judge Upholds Pay-For-Delay Ban Law, But Only In Calif. <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298347?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> By Dorothy Atkins A California federal judge has upheld part of a new state law that the Association for Accessible Medicines alleged unlawfully restricted "reverse payment" settlements between makers of brand-name and generic drugs, finding that the law's attempt to regulate deals outside of California runs afoul of the Constitution, but is otherwise valid. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298347?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2298347?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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Shoosmiths Steers £16M Pension Deal For Manufacturing Co.
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Shoosmiths Steers £16M Pension Deal For Manufacturing Co. <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298878?nl_pk=9aaa8…> By Joel Poultney Insurer Just Group said on Monday that it has taken on £16 million ($20.2 million) of liabilities in a retirement scheme from a pension plan sponsored by industrial machinery manufacturer Deutz AG, in a deal guided by Shoosmiths. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298878?nl_pk=9aaa8…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298878?nl_pk=9aaa8…>

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Growth In UK Insurance Premiums Expected To Slow, EY Says
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Growth In UK Insurance Premiums Expected To Slow, EY Says <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298892?nl_pk=9aaa8…> By Martin Croucher Insurance premium growth in Britain is expected to stabilize this year amid falling costs, a consultancy said on Monday, as it warned of potential storm clouds on the horizon caused by "geopolitical" developments. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298892?nl_pk=9aaa8…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298892?nl_pk=9aaa8…>

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Pensions Watchdog To Go Further On Prudential Oversight
by Gunnar Larson 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Pensions Watchdog To Go Further On Prudential Oversight <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298928?nl_pk=9aaa8…> By Joel Poultney Britian's retirement savings watchdog said Monday it will go further this year on managing risks affecting the wider pensions market and financial ecosystem, after announcing last year it would take on a more "prudential" approach to supervising the sector. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298928?nl_pk=9aaa8…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2298928?nl_pk=9aaa8…>

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Re: Morning Spam
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

> partial nice idea! sad that only partial >>> >>> the idea starts with context: some of us have the experience of being >>> manipulated by something like AI without regard to our wellbeing or >>> capacity, with no indication of how to communicate with where-ever the >>> influence comes from. >>> >>> so, then the idea: let’s train an influence AI on agents that have >>> _limited capacity_ and function poorly and then break if things that work >>> some in the short term are continued for the long term or excessively :D >>> >>> the AI would follow the familiar pattern of discovering influences that >>> work, and then using them, but then because we are doing the training we >>> would get to train it on the breaking period, and show it that it needs to >>> care for the agents for them to succeed, and nurture them to recover if it >>> broke them, and not repeat breaking any. >>> >>> one idea is then we could ask everybody to use the model as a baseline >>> to train other models! other ideas exist. >>> >>> but the idea of building comprehension of capacity and protection of >>> safety and wellness seems nice. sorry if it’s partial or stated badly :s >>> >>> i imagine an agent that has like a secret capacity float that reduces >>> when it does stuff, you could model it to different degrees, and when too >>> many things are influenced of it the capacity float reaches zero and the >>> agent breaks and can’t do things any more :/ >>> >>> a more complex model could involve the agent recovering capacity in ways >>> that the model has difficulty learning >>> >> >> there are a few ideas, mostly involving simple models, but disagreement >> around them. >> some like modeling non-recovering capacity and showing how the AI then >> maximizes reward by killing all the agents :s >> > > but! maybe we could do non-recovering capacity and teach the AI to engage > the agents slowly so their capacity lasts longer, by e.g. having the > capacity reduction be a function of recent use?? the project would need to > gently develop in order to help us in the long term, we’d need to include > the concept that we can succeed so that we use it to succeed in some > manner. because it’s an influence AI it could influence us, if it is > something we actually all like doing that. > mistake :/ some of my parts are maybe harmful to me and should be separated from helpful goals, unknown for certain >

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