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Tom Hals retweeted
29 Aug 2025
As I note in this piece by @tomhals @Reuters, docs released in litigation show that troop deployment in LA and other cities is highly risky: it puts the military “on a knife's edge” & “potentially damages the U.S. military's reputation and broad support across the U.S. population.” reuters.com/world/us/militar…
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In the next edition of "historic criminal trials," crack addiction and a Colt .38 revolver take center stage, replacing porn star hush-money payments reuters.com/legal/government…
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Tesla shareholder seeks to bar Musk from dodging from Delaware pay ruling reuters.com/business/autos-t…
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Trump to be deposed in dispute with media company co-founders reuters.com/legal/trump-be-d…
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Can the US ban TikTok? Not easily, if enforcement means infringing free speech of the company and its users reuters.com/legal/tiktok-bil…
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I covered bankruptcy courts for years and this is a new one -- a bankruptcy judge ordering the arrest of a hedge fund manager reuters.com/business/hedge-f…
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The legal team that voided Musk's $56 bln pay package from Tesla are now asking for their own huge payday that works out to $288,000 an hour -- but by some measures, that's a bargain. reuters.com/legal/could-6-bi…
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Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want a $6 bln fee reuters.com/legal/legal-team…
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Tom Hals retweeted
29 Feb 2024
A former executive of the blank-check acquisition vehicle that plans to take Donald Trump's social media company public sued to block the deal until he obtained a larger payout, according to a lawsuit docketed Feb. 29 in Delaware reut.rs/3OXnYer
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In Alabama a frozen embryo is a person in a wrongful death lawsuit. In Texas, a brand-new old PO Box is a "principal place of business" if a company wants a favored bankruptcy judge. reuters.com/legal/litigation…
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Tom Hals retweeted
17 Jan 2024
Hunter Biden not protected from gun charges by Second Amendment, DOJ argues @tomhals reut.rs/423sw8r
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Are corporate boards violating their duty to investors by adopting DEI policies? Some conservative groups think so, and some companies are modifying their diversity programs reuters.com/business/some-co…
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Tom Hals retweeted
11 Dec 2023
Hunter Biden urges judge to dismiss gun charges @tomhals reut.rs/47TL8da
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Catholic nuns sue Smith & Wesson to halt its assault-style weapons sales reuters.com/legal/catholic-n…
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