Dear Attorney General Letitia James (AGNY): Dear United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO): *xNY.io - Bank.org feels protecting the Moon from harm is fundamental to Space exploration.* - AGNY and SFO: SpaceX is now party to potential Twitter deal advisors that may exercise questionable intent risking the Moon. *On May 21, 2022 xNY.io - Bank.org wrote SpaceX's Board Directors stating the following (including 16 footnote references):* *"Today’s memo aims to notify the SpaceX Corporation of concern of potential market* *manipulation that could impact cross-border digital asset innovation, free speech in the* *United States of America, the global ESG economy and Moon exploration. We do not* *see this as a stereotypical democrat versus republican battle (as Mr. Musk alludes). ..."* "Some may argue a scheme to leverage the protection of “free speech” has led to Twitter deal advisors attempting a $44B LBO market manipulation exercise.2 Further cause for reasonable concern is warranted if similar intent is at play in the form of Tesla’s ESG scam claim.3 xNY.io - Bank.org indicators signal risk of possible intent to manipulate public and private markets prompting clarification of the SpaceX Corporation’s intent concerning Moon exploration and exploitation as a ESG digital asset vault.4 To be very clear, SpaceX directors should understand xNY.io - Bank.org’s work to protect cross-border digital asset innovation was born before Twitter's prospective LBO.5 Our concern specific to the intent of Twitter’s LBO deal makers is party to our work in New York to usurp Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase board directors who may be potentially engaged in similar market manipulation referenced here: ..." *xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC _ Memo #1 - Potential SpaceX Interlocking Directors’ Intent to Manipulate Markets.pdf:* - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DHl-KhSX0JVICu6pCnLUBtXKNoxWgjJE/view?usp=d... FTC Starts Process That May Nix Chevron, Exxon Deal Limits <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324616?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> By Bryan Koenig The Federal Trade Commission took the first steps Friday toward potentially lifting bans on the CEOs of Hess and Pioneer Natural Resources serving on the boards of Chevron and Exxon, respectively, under agreements assailed by the FTC's Republican leadership who want to permit the Chevron-Hess and Exxon-Pioneer mergers without those restrictions. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324616?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324616?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> DOGE, OMB Ordered To Ready 1,000s Of Pages In FOIA Suit <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/2324606?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d555fb6fb0&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=banking&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> By Rae Ann Varona A D.C. federal judge ordered the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Government Efficiency to start processing 1,000 pages of documents per month to potentially hand over to a watchdog group seeking insight into DOGE's "secretive operations," saying DOGE's actions were of "highest national concern." Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/2324606?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d555fb6fb0&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=banking&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/2324606?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d555fb6fb0&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=banking&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> OpenAI Says Co. Sought 'Open AI' TM After It Became Famous <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324396?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=16> By Ivan Moreno OpenAI has urged a California federal court to find that it holds senior, protectable trademark rights over a company called Open Artificial Intelligence, saying the entity "rushed" to register its name only after the ChatGPT developer began getting media attention about a decade ago. Motion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324396?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=16> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324396?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=16> Microsoft, OpenAI Want Out Of Musk's For-Profit Challenge <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324538?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> By Nadia Dreid OpenAI and Microsoft are ready to be done with a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk accusing them of swindling the billionaire by turning OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, into a private entity after he and others invested in the artificial intelligence venture. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324538?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324538?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> UK Probes $3.1B SES-Intelsat Satellites Biz Merger Plan <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324230?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> By Najiyya Budaly The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it is investigating SES SA's proposed $3.1 billion takeover of rival satellites operator Intelsat SA, as consolidation in the aerospace sector continues to take off to compete with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324230?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2324230?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights. Thank you, Gunnar Larson On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 3:54 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Dear Attorney General Letitia James (AGNY):
Dear United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO):
*"Watch CNBC's full interview with former Secretary of State Antony Blinken" on YouTube*
*Andrew Ross Sorkin sits down with former Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the Secretary's first interview since leaving office in earlier this year. Sec. Blinken discusses his concerns about the future of U.S. alliances and American soft power as the global trade war escalates. This extended, exclusive interview spans geopolitics between the U.S. and Ukraine, President Trump's plans for direct talks with Iran, the Israel-Hamas war, and whether Signal is a secure messenger for government officials. *
- https://youtu.be/xuy7DwUIT2s?si=89OnVU63GwNu1jme
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Gunnar Larson ✌️ -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson
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On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 6:14 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Dear Attorney General Letitia James (AGNY):
Dear United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO):
*Today, xNY.io - Bank.org celebrates the lives of the Spanish nationals and American national who were involved in the helicopter crash over the Hudson River this Thursday April 10, 2025.*
- AGNY: On Thusday, April 10, 2025, at 2:49 PM EST; xNY.io - Bank.org wrote the respectable New York State Attorney General Letitia James sharing 83 Highlights to UNITED NATIONS TREATIES AND PRINCIPLES ON OUTER SPACE. - SFO: On Thursday, April 10, 2025 , at 2:55 PM EST; xNY.io - Bank.org wrote SFO sharing 37 highlights to Nanjing Audit University's "Can D&O insurance improve corporate ESG performance?" for the respectable SFO. - AGNY: On Thusday, April 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM EST; xNY.io - Bank.org shared "A Better and Stronger New York City.mov", Eric Adams' recent campaign announcement video via Drop Box, the Mayor of New York City's preferred method for communication for his re-election hopes.
*AGNY and SFO: xNY.io - Bank.org today celebrates the lives of the Spanish nationals and American national who were involved in the helicopter crash over the Hudson River this Thursday April 10, 2025. *
Media Matters' Delay Irks Judge In X 'Libel Tourism' Case <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2323419?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6>
By Bonnie Eslinger
The California federal judge overseeing X Corp.'s lawsuit alleging Media Matters for America drove advertisers from its platform blasted the defendant on Wednesday for waiting over a year before seeking to enforce a forum selection clause in X's terms of service requiring disputes be litigated in San Francisco.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2323419?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2323419?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6>
Dropbox Can See Case Funding Details In IP Row, Court Says <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2323225?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5>
By Adam Lidgett
A patent owner has to hand over a copy of an agreement it has with a litigation funder as part of its infringement lawsuit against Dropbox over cloud-based file system patents, a federal magistrate judge in California has ruled.
Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2323225?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2323225?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07-bf77-776199569a34&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=technology&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5>
LA City Atty Cops To Altering Docs, Urges Sanctions Restraint <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323236?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=17>
By Grace Dixon
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office has admitted to destroying and modifying evidence tied to homeless residents' lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of encampment sweeps, while telling a California federal court the punitive sanctions those residents seek are too harsh a remedy.
Brief attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323236?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=17> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323236?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=17>
LA DA Demoted Prosecutors Over Menendez Work, Suits Say <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2323330?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=10>
By Rachel Scharf
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has been sued by two former top prosecutors who say they were demoted in retaliation for advocating to have Erik and Lyle Menendez released from prison after serving more than 35 years for murder.
2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2323330?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=10> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2323330?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=10>
NY Judge's Fundraising Conflicts Spur Censure And Retirement <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323410?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=7>
By Frank G. Runyeon
A New York state judge was censured and agreed to retire at the end of the year after an investigation found he had failed to recuse from cases where attorneys who served as his campaign officials and fundraisers appeared before him in court, a state ethics watchdog announced Wednesday.
1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323410?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=7> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323410?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=7>
Feds Seek Judge's Recusal In Migrant Kids Legal Services Row <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323296?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=13>
By Madeline Lyskawa
The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to recuse a California federal judge overseeing a challenge to its decision to cut funding for child migrant legal services programs, saying the judge previously worked as a managing attorney for the lead plaintiff and is therefore biased.
Motion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323296?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=13> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2323296?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=13>
CrowdStrike Says Outage 'Unfortunate,' Not Securities Fraud <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2322875?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1>
By Katryna Perera
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. has urged a Texas federal judge to toss a shareholder suit accusing it of mischaracterizing the measures it was taking to prevent a system crash, which caused its stock price to plummet after the platform experienced a massive outage last year, saying the outage was "unfortunate ... but it did not reveal any securities fraud."
Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2322875?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2322875?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1>
Ill. Senator Sought Bribe In 'Politics For Profit,' Feds Say <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2321984?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=11>
By Lauraann Wood
An Illinois state senator engaged in "politics for profit" as he solicited a bribe to limit a state study on automated traffic enforcement and then lied about his conduct to investigators, federal prosecutors told a jury Wednesday.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2321984?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=11> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2321984?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=11>
Dominion Wins Defamation Claim In Mixed Newsmax Ruling <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2323489?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8c94-4f68ac959c6f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=delaware&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0>
By Lauren Berg
A Delaware Superior Court judge on Wednesday agreed with Dominion Voting Systems that Newsmax made false and defamatory statements that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 election in favor of former President Joe Biden, but ruled a jury would have to determine whether those statements were made with malice.
2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2323489?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8c94-4f68ac959c6f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=delaware&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2323489?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8c94-4f68ac959c6f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=delaware&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0>
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2320125?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5>
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2320125?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/2320125?nl_pk=a981d81f-1a94-4659-8cdb-792f1fed9e12&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cannabis&utm_content=2025-04-10&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5>
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair nominee Lt. Gen. Dan Caine (ret.) on Signal group chat: "That was a partisan political chat, so the joint force should not have been represented in there...We should always preserve the element of surprise."