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View More NewsOn Thursday, I noted an interesting footnote in Senior Circuit Judge Ray Randolph’s dissent in Hospital Menonita de Guayama v. NLRB (an interesting decision in its own right), suggesting that the Supreme Court’s decision ending Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimando failed to account for the fact that Chevron had not been an APA case, but was rather governed by the judicial review provisions of the Clean Air Act. But is this so? An astute reader pointed me to another footnote–this one from a law review article by Professor John Duffy–suggesting that at the time Chevron v. NRDC was decided, the issue from the Court…
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Three thousand years ago, Homer gave us the face that launched a thousand ships. This weekend, Christopher Nolan gave us the film that launched a million grifts, and he buried them.His Odyssey opened to $124 million domestically and a whopping $264 million worldwide. The haul does not prove the film is good. It does prove that the seven-month social-media campaign against it face-planted the moment real people bought tickets.Their indictment ran on three charges. Nolan cast Lupita Nyong’o, a black actress, as Helen of Troy, the legendary beauty of the ancient world. Elliot Page, the transgender star, was said to…
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from the party-of-law-and-order dept Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Federal judges in the Western District of Washington had unanimously appointed Roger Rogoff…
Ripple, a blockchain-focused fintech company, has launched Ripple Mint, a platform that gives institutions new ways to access, mint, redeem and manage its US…
The Philippine bank is preparing a stablecoin settlement pilot intended to speed up and reduce the cost of overseas payments to Filipino remote workers.…
Samsung Electronics plans to add stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, expanding its mobile payments and rewards platform to include digital assets. Read the full…
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “critically important” that the CFTC keep “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, echoing CFTC Chair Michael Selig in…
Several Bitcoin mining stocks rallied Tuesday, reflecting a broader equity surge driven by optimism around artificial intelligence productivity gains as more miners pivot toward…
In brief Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev posted an unofficial world-record time in the men’s 50-meter freestyle. Non-enhanced athletes won both the 100-meter sprint finals…
An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to the latest edition of Rent Free. This week’s slightly abbreviated post-Memorial Day issue includes a breakdown of the latest version…
A growing number of people see the Clarity Act, which intends to establish clear and enforceable guardrails for the U.S. crypto industry, as a…
Near Protocol’s native token, NEAR, has the potential to grow 20x by 2027, according to Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.Key…
In brief Bitcoin addresses created in 2014 simultaneously transferred a combined 107 Bitcoin worth $8.2 million to a well-known burn address. Because funds sent…