Brian JM Quinn
@bjmquinn.bsky.social
Professor @ Boston College Law School (Corporations, M&A, VC, and some corporate history)
Brutal.
on.ft.com/4rjsqps OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
on.ft.com/4rjsqps OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Brutal.
on.ft.com/4rjsqps OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
on.ft.com/4rjsqps OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
“In the absence of a clearly articulated strategy,” he said, the concern was that “this could just devolve to arbitrary deals that favor friends or disfavor foes.”
"The Trump administration’s habit of buying ownership shares in companies it likes now involves $10 billion in taxpayer funds. Remember, kids: Government ownership of the means of production turns out to be good, but socialism is still bad."
www.thebulwark.com/p/amateur-ho...
www.thebulwark.com/p/amateur-ho...
Amateur Hour At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The White House is in free fall. How long will it last?
www.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“In the absence of a clearly articulated strategy,” he said, the concern was that “this could just devolve to arbitrary deals that favor friends or disfavor foes.”
TikTok deal still not done? The Chinese haven’t agreed, yet? Huh. Weird.
Two months after Trump signed his TikTok executive order, there are still major questions about this supposed TikTok deal. I’m demanding full answers and transparency.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
TikTok deal still not done? The Chinese haven’t agreed, yet? Huh. Weird.
Caremark anyone?
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caremark anyone?
Seems like this isn’t much of an auction: with a thumb so heavily on the regulatory risk, it’s hard to imagine Warner ending up in anyone else’s hands. I mean, I think CNN stinks, but to see it become Fox will be too much.
nypost.com/2025/11/22/b...
nypost.com/2025/11/22/b...
Paramount Skydance is currently winning the war to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and its because of CNN
Paramount Skydance has the inside track to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to well-placed media executives — and it’s all about a cable network that has a troubled relationship with Donal…
nypost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seems like this isn’t much of an auction: with a thumb so heavily on the regulatory risk, it’s hard to imagine Warner ending up in anyone else’s hands. I mean, I think CNN stinks, but to see it become Fox will be too much.
nypost.com/2025/11/22/b...
nypost.com/2025/11/22/b...
The whole 🍊🤡 admin is a disgusting betrayal of our best ideals
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The whole 🍊🤡 admin is a disgusting betrayal of our best ideals
Absent a more progressive tax system that redistributes wealth from the billionaires and trillionaires to normal people, this is all BS. Maybe he doesn’t know that?
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qz.com/elon-musk-wo...
Elon Musk believes work will be "optional" by 2045
"It'll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that," the world's richest man said as he talked up value of robotics and AI
qz.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Absent a more progressive tax system that redistributes wealth from the billionaires and trillionaires to normal people, this is all BS. Maybe he doesn’t know that?
qz.com/elon-musk-wo...
qz.com/elon-musk-wo...
One should be very afraid of the way that the govt is inserting itself into the merger approval process; A bidder gets a leg up on the process by offering a friendly media voice to the incumbent.
State run media run by angry ancient men and flaccid propagandists www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One should be very afraid of the way that the govt is inserting itself into the merger approval process; A bidder gets a leg up on the process by offering a friendly media voice to the incumbent.
Totally cool that the US Govt continues to extract equity from private companies is deals with. Totally normal for a mafia state
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Totally cool that the US Govt continues to extract equity from private companies is deals with. Totally normal for a mafia state
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
Oof. This is gonna hurt.
From the people who brought you the financial crisis, Theranos, and Juicero: say hello to data center financial engineering!
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Oof. This is gonna hurt.
If your text messages include language like “the deal I made with the guy who gives me the tip is that I give him 50% of profit…so you can buy and help me subsidize my payment to him” then you should really reconsider your life choices
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/e...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/e...
Eight Members of Global Insider Trading Network Charged With Securities Fraud and Money Laundering Offenses
BOSTON – A superseding indictment was unsealed today bringing securities fraud and money laundering charges against eight foreign nationals who are alleged members of a global insider trading network,...
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If your text messages include language like “the deal I made with the guy who gives me the tip is that I give him 50% of profit…so you can buy and help me subsidize my payment to him” then you should really reconsider your life choices
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/e...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/e...
Corporate death avoided. Meta survives antitrust challenge related to its merger strategy and acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Meta wins US case that threatened split with WhatsApp and Instagram on.ft.com/3JVYbnW
Meta wins US case that threatened split with WhatsApp and Instagram
Social media group has beaten antitrust suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Corporate death avoided. Meta survives antitrust challenge related to its merger strategy and acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Has the TikTok deal been done yet? No? Okay.
I guess the Chinese have a say.
I guess the Chinese have a say.
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Has the TikTok deal been done yet? No? Okay.
I guess the Chinese have a say.
I guess the Chinese have a say.
Reposted by Brian JM Quinn
Q: “.. You've said, ‘AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10% to 20% in the next one to five years.’”
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November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Q: “.. You've said, ‘AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10% to 20% in the next one to five years.’”
@60minutes.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/anthrop...
@60minutes.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/anthrop...
Wait. Ok, not surprising if it happens. But, is Elizabeth Holmes next up for a pardon?
Are corporate and securities fraud really crimes after all?
www.newsnationnow.com/crime/elizab...
Are corporate and securities fraud really crimes after all?
www.newsnationnow.com/crime/elizab...
www.newsnationnow.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wait. Ok, not surprising if it happens. But, is Elizabeth Holmes next up for a pardon?
Are corporate and securities fraud really crimes after all?
www.newsnationnow.com/crime/elizab...
Are corporate and securities fraud really crimes after all?
www.newsnationnow.com/crime/elizab...
TX judge declines to block Kenvue dividend after request from TX AG related to autism litigation. Merger proceeds…
seekingalpha.com/news/4522678...
seekingalpha.com/news/4522678...
Kenvue can pay $400M shareholder dividend, judge rules
Kenvue cleared to pay $398M dividend despite Texas lawsuit over Tylenol autism claims. Read more here.
seekingalpha.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
TX judge declines to block Kenvue dividend after request from TX AG related to autism litigation. Merger proceeds…
seekingalpha.com/news/4522678...
seekingalpha.com/news/4522678...
Look, if our future requires that AI destroy generations of jobs in order to create value for shareholders, unless there is an aggressive redistribution in favor of displaced workers, it won’t last long. I mean, that’s obvious, right?
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Look, if our future requires that AI destroy generations of jobs in order to create value for shareholders, unless there is an aggressive redistribution in favor of displaced workers, it won’t last long. I mean, that’s obvious, right?
If you’re a billionaire fraudster or an inside trader, you’ve got a friend in the White House…
President Donald Trump has pardoned Joe Lewis, the British billionaire who pleaded guilty to insider trading in New York last year, a source close to Lewis' family said on Thursday.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If you’re a billionaire fraudster or an inside trader, you’ve got a friend in the White House…
Notice, it’s only controlled corporations that are making this move. Why?
Coinbase moved its site of incorporation to Texas -- just like Musk and Tesla... timing is interesting.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/c...
Coinbase moves incorporation to Texas from Delaware, following Musk's lead
Coinbase's legal chief wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the crypto platform is moving its state of incorporation to Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Notice, it’s only controlled corporations that are making this move. Why?
PE turning its eyes to the sweet, sweet cash flows of Big Law…
on.ft.com/4oMZVyI US law firm McDermott Will & Schulte weighs sector’s first private equity tie-up
on.ft.com/4oMZVyI US law firm McDermott Will & Schulte weighs sector’s first private equity tie-up
US law firm McDermott Will & Schulte weighs sector’s first private equity tie-up
Novel restructuring by one of the country’s biggest legal practices could test ethics rules
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
PE turning its eyes to the sweet, sweet cash flows of Big Law…
on.ft.com/4oMZVyI US law firm McDermott Will & Schulte weighs sector’s first private equity tie-up
on.ft.com/4oMZVyI US law firm McDermott Will & Schulte weighs sector’s first private equity tie-up
And I thought Masa was sizing up the situation and pocketing his gains. But no! He’s pouring it into another bubble!
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83 billion
SoftBank is looking to capitalize on its "all in" bet on ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
www.cnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
And I thought Masa was sizing up the situation and pocketing his gains. But no! He’s pouring it into another bubble!
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...
📉👀
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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State sponsored capitalism is the new Republican Party ideology. Govt uses CHIPS Act to take more equity 🤯
www.nist.gov/news-events/...
www.nist.gov/news-events/...
Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS Incentives Letter of Intent with Vulcan Elements to Support Domestic Manufacturing of Critical Rare Earth Magnets
www.nist.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
State sponsored capitalism is the new Republican Party ideology. Govt uses CHIPS Act to take more equity 🤯
www.nist.gov/news-events/...
www.nist.gov/news-events/...
Grandpa could just ask the FTC. Lina Khan was all over this issue: www.ftc.gov/system/files...
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Grandpa could just ask the FTC. Lina Khan was all over this issue: www.ftc.gov/system/files...