Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
oh god
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
oh god
it could be the friends we made along the way
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
it could be the friends we made along the way
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Silly Patents!!!
I just posted Ipse Dixit #823, featuring @jcontreras.bsky.social of @sjquinney.bsky.social discussing his draft article "Silly Patents." If you want to learn how to exercise your cat, check it out! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
Jorge Contreras on Silly Patents | Ipse Dixit
shows.acast.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Silly Patents!!!
one weird trick....
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
one weird trick....
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A likely story.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A likely story.
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lol last night was a rerun
“NBC's Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage…”
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
lol last night was a rerun
sometimes the inexorable pull of zoomies overcomes your fear of the washing machine
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
sometimes the inexorable pull of zoomies overcomes your fear of the washing machine
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
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"Florida’s landmark stand-your-ground law...appears to give incentive for police and prosecutors to classify tough cases as justifiable homicides...'It became sort of a garbage dump for difficult-to-handle homicide cases.'"
Jacksonville ranks No. 1 in self-defense homicides among big U.S. cities. In one case, police concluded a 16-year-old was lawfully killed in self-defense—by a man who says he didn’t kill anyone.
The Self-Defense Cases That Made Jacksonville No. 1 in Legal Homicides
In one case, authorities concluded the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old was self-defense— with no one claiming they killed in self-defense.
on.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Florida’s landmark stand-your-ground law...appears to give incentive for police and prosecutors to classify tough cases as justifiable homicides...'It became sort of a garbage dump for difficult-to-handle homicide cases.'"
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Well, this is timely.
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Well, this is timely.
ffs, i don't have strong opinions at all about accommodations or what's appropriate but speaking as someone who is very comfortable giving 3 hour timed exams -
there are almost no actual real life legal scenarios where attorneys are required to complete their work in 3 hours
there are almost no actual real life legal scenarios where attorneys are required to complete their work in 3 hours
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ffs, i don't have strong opinions at all about accommodations or what's appropriate but speaking as someone who is very comfortable giving 3 hour timed exams -
there are almost no actual real life legal scenarios where attorneys are required to complete their work in 3 hours
there are almost no actual real life legal scenarios where attorneys are required to complete their work in 3 hours
i mean, in terms of historical legacies, i know whether i'd prefer to be on the side of the ones being choked with the pectoral cross or the ones doing the choking
"choked with my pectoral cross"
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
i mean, in terms of historical legacies, i know whether i'd prefer to be on the side of the ones being choked with the pectoral cross or the ones doing the choking
"choked with my pectoral cross"
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"choked with my pectoral cross"
honestly, given everything, i'm pretty comfortable with this
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
honestly, given everything, i'm pretty comfortable with this
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Also I note that the one case where she apparently couldn't find the dog's name is the case where the court didn't take the best interests of the dog into account, which tells you something about the sociopaths on that court
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Also I note that the one case where she apparently couldn't find the dog's name is the case where the court didn't take the best interests of the dog into account, which tells you something about the sociopaths on that court
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Democracy in action!
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Democracy in action!
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Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
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VC David went out of her way to identify the dogs' names when she could
Plus other good boys and girls cited! Mrs. Abigail Sparklepants!!!
![See, e.g., Roberts v. Duhaime, 2024 WL 2932511, at *3 (Conn. Super. Ct. June 4, 2024) (considering “what would be in the best interests of the dog” to award ownership of a
border collie named Bear); Ramirez v. Varin, 2020 WL 13823796, at *2 (Ariz. Super. Ct.
Nov. 25, 2020) (weighing the potential hardships to two dogs named Max and Minnie in determining ownership); Moore v. Knower, 214 So.3d 165, 171 (La. Ct. App. 2017)
(affirming trial court’s decision awarding ownership based on who was the “best person to determine the use and management of” a Boston terrier named Mrs. Abigail Sparklepants); but see Steadman v. Steadman, 332 So.2d 557, 558 (La. Ct. App. 1976) (affirming an order “to surrender [a] dog on the date of the auction” in a partition).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fqns6kmbnievry7kuaht7674/bafkreiay3st7h2cfbbm4bwka4vvm5i5b3hnmwbyqy7byo2e4eovcllijsy@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
VC David went out of her way to identify the dogs' names when she could
I really need to emphasize that it is actually not the SEC's job to determine the appropriate role of shareholders in corporate governance.
www.law360.com/articles/241...
www.law360.com/articles/241...
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I really need to emphasize that it is actually not the SEC's job to determine the appropriate role of shareholders in corporate governance.
www.law360.com/articles/241...
www.law360.com/articles/241...
"Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong has called for the creation of what he calls a 'Gattaca stack' to 'accelerate evolution', citing the 1990s film that featured engineered future humans."
torment nexus really getting a workout
torment nexus really getting a workout
The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics on.ft.com/4i4GLSL | opinion
The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics
Social Darwinism is making a comeback in the US — this time wrapped in the language of freedom
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong has called for the creation of what he calls a 'Gattaca stack' to 'accelerate evolution', citing the 1990s film that featured engineered future humans."
torment nexus really getting a workout
torment nexus really getting a workout
okay this is a bargain at twice the price
Starting up #FridayNightZillow
In Cuba, Missouri, we can get a 14BR, 14BA lodge on the river for just $850K. It has a heckuva back story: Originally built as a brothel for local fur trappers, it later was frequented by famous St. Louis mobsters. +Bald eagles!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
In Cuba, Missouri, we can get a 14BR, 14BA lodge on the river for just $850K. It has a heckuva back story: Originally built as a brothel for local fur trappers, it later was frequented by famous St. Louis mobsters. +Bald eagles!
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
okay this is a bargain at twice the price
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Another horrific story from these times, featuring the tireless and heroic work of my Cornell Law colleague Liz Brundige and her clinic students. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Another horrific story from these times, featuring the tireless and heroic work of my Cornell Law colleague Liz Brundige and her clinic students. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...