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Judge Judy endorses Nikki Haley in 2024 presidential election
by Gunnar Larson 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/09/judge-jud… Famed television court personality "Judge" Judy Sheindlin endorsed 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley in the GOP primary Monday, calling the former South Carolina governor "whip smart." "She is principled, measured and has that illusive quality of real common sense," Sheindlin, who for 25 years helmed the popular reality court show, said of the former ambassador to the United Nations. "I truly think she can restore America and believe she is the future of this great nation."

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Innovative Finance for Children and Young People | UNICEF China
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Disclosure: xNY.io and E-CNY are not affiliated. ---- https://www.unicef.cn/en/stories/innovative-finance-children-and-young-peop… Innovative Finance for Children and Young People UNICEF and UNDP launch joint research on a Child Bond Standard Children playing in schoolyard, China UNICEF China Available in: 中文 English Innovation comes in many forms. To help finance the needs of children, UNICEF and UNDP are developing a Child Bond Standard, that will cover the areas of education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene. The standard will facilitate the issuance of child bonds, as well as serve as a way for financial markets and bond verifiers to measure a bond’s impact on children. More than 40 per cent of the world’s population is under the age of 25. Meeting their needs is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although many socially responsible corporations and financial institutions have started aligning their activities with the SDGs, children’s rights are often not integrated into business activities and there are large financing gaps. There is a need for financial instruments and commonly accepted methodologies that both mobilize financing for children and measure the impacts of such investments on children and young people. The Child Bond Standard will include a catalogue to identify and screen projects, measures to evaluate and rate them, metrics to assess their impacts, and principles to conduct information disclosure. The standard is intended to be global, and it will be tested in developing economies initially and rolled out worldwide. The standard will be used in project design to ensure a child-focused approach will be adopted, and after project implementation to measure whether there is a positive and lasting impact on children. UNICEF and UNDP are not going to issue or verify bonds; they are producing an industry standard for issuers and verifiers. The project will draw on experience from the development of the green bonds market in China in recent years and the SDG Bonds Standard project at UNDP. This collaboration combines the strengths of the two UN agencies: UNDP’s expertise on developmental policy and its platform for the SDG Bond Standard; UNICEF’s framework for integrating children’s rights into impact assessments and its unique technical expertise in education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). On 28 April 2020, UNICEF and UNDP brought together 40 experts from international standard setting agencies, research and financial institutions, and young people for an online meeting to kick start the Child Bond Standard project. Developing this standard will require collaboration between international standard setters, research institutions, financial institutions and UN agencies. Financing is an important driver for achieving the SDGs. This challenge is not just about mobilizing funds and closing financial gaps. There is also a need to fundamentally realign financial markets and systems to prioritize the SDGs. The Child Bond Standard is an important step in this direction, offering an ambitious initiative for moving towards defining SDG-enabling finance for children’s well-being, and assessing the impacts of projects on children’s development. The first draft of the standard is expected by mid of 2021, with the final standard ready by the end of 2021 after a wide range of industry consultations. It is expected that the first pilot child bond will be issued by financial institutions in 2021 based on the Child Bond Standard. Mr. Shouqing Zhu, Senior Adviser of UNICEF China and Mr. Devanand Ramiah, Deputy Representative of UNDP China will lead the technical committee. UNICEF and UNDP are calling upon financial institutions and other interested stakeholders to join the technical committee to develop the Standard and prepare projects for bond issuance.

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Insurance Broker Denies Fault In Harvard Admissions Case
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Insurance Broker Denies Fault In Harvard Admissions Case <https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1783223?nl_pk=59612751-8689-4b1e-…> By Brian Dowling Harvard University's insurance broker said the school was more than a year late in complaining that the broker was tardy in telling Zurich American Insurance Co. about the anti-affirmative action suit that eventually ended race-conscious admissions in higher education. Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1783223?nl_pk=59612751-8689-4b1e-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1783223?nl_pk=59612751-8689-4b1e-…>

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Atty Accused Of Filing Fake News Must Pay Chevron $250K
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Atty Accused Of Filing Fake News Must Pay Chevron $250K <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1783017?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Emily Sawicki An attorney representing Saudi oil heirs against Chevron Corp. must pay a quarter-million dollars in sanctions for manufacturing a news article in an attempt to sway the Ninth Circuit, a California federal judge determined, denying the lawyer's request for a hearing. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1783017?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1783017?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Cannabis Banking Bill Uncertainty May Actually Be A Blessing
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Cannabis Banking Bill Uncertainty May Actually Be A Blessing <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1783491?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> The passage of a cannabis banking law is alluring, but little will be lost if the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act — facing stiff competition from other congressional priorities — gets tabled because the bill ultimately does little to meaningfully propel the industry toward full legalization, says Michael Rosenblum at Thompson Coburn. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1783491?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1783491?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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Verizon Settles Claims It Aided Coinbase Scammer's Theft
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Verizon Settles Claims It Aided Coinbase Scammer's Theft <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1782987?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> By Ryan Harroff Verizon Wireless has reached an agreement with the New Jersey cryptocurrency user who accused it of allowing a scammer to drain more than $33,000 from his wallet on exchange platform Coinbase, according to a notice the parties filed dismissing the case. Notice attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1782987?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1782987?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…>

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8th Circ. Revives Iowa 'Ag-Gag' Trespass Laws
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

8th Circ. Revives Iowa 'Ag-Gag' Trespass Laws <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1783459?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> By Madeline Lyskawa The Eighth Circuit revived two Iowa 'ag-gag' laws on Monday that make it a crime to engage in video and audio recording on trespassed property and prohibit accessing an agricultural production facility on false pretenses, largely rejecting animal rights groups' argument that the laws violate the First Amendment's free speech clause. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1783459?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1783459?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…>

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Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Must Put Officers On Alert
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Must Put Officers On Alert <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782991?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> Recent government actions against FTX and other crypto companies have put a laser focus on corporate compliance failures, with added pressure on compliance officers — making the need for personal risk assessment particularly acute given today's novel anti-money laundering issues, say Poppy Alexander at Constantine Cannon and Caleb Hayes-Deats at MoloLamken. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782991?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782991?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…>

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Fed. Circ Challenges $1B Foreign Damages Claim In IBG Case
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Fed. Circ Challenges $1B Foreign Damages Claim In IBG Case <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1783380?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> By Jared Foretek Federal Circuit judges expressed skepticism at arguments that the former CEO of Trading Technologies International Inc. is entitled to nearly $1 billion damages because IBG LLC infringed the company's dynamic trading display patents, with one panelist going so far as to call the former CEO's arguments "Jedi mind tricks." Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1783380?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1783380?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…>

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Actor Gets 4 Years For Faking Emails In Sex Abuse Suit
by Gunnar Larson 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Actor Gets 4 Years For Faking Emails In Sex Abuse Suit <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1783690?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Henrik Nilsson A New York federal judge on Monday sentenced an aspiring reality television star and producer to four years in prison after he falsely accused two Hollywood executives in a $100 million lawsuit of sexually assaulting him, imposing a sentence twice what the government requested. 3 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1783690?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1783690?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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