JACK RUSSO (www.ffcdr.com)

Query: Will CA and other states ever adopt the same “flexible” approach? #W2 #1099 BREAKING: DOL Unveils Independent Contractor Rule Replacement law360.com/employment/art…

High Court Crafts Escape Hatch In Review Of Climate Torts law360.com/appellate/arti… Query: is SCOTUS about to decide the massive climate change litigation in progress through our state courts? Even when POTUS just changed policy 180 degrees? Or because of that? We will know by 2027 (maybe). #scotus #potus #climate-change

BREAKING: Justices Strike Down Trump's Emergency Tariffs law360.com/aerospace/arti…. Query: Will Trump comply or will we see a new “license fee” label put on what are otherwise tariffs? #potus #scotus #hocus #pocus

Groq's CLO 'Horrified' By Some Firms' Ongoing AI Resistance law360.com/pulse/legal-te… Query: Will the Courts eventually do a 180 degree turn as well? (Ai e-discovery mistakes are accepted with “clawback” provisions in protective orders for years) #AI #AGI #effectivenexs #efficiency #economics

Query: As BigLaw (and all law) engage further and further with digital automation and hire fewer and fewer “inexperienced” associates, will law schools eventually become business schools on solo practice and self-development? #ai #agi #biglaw

Query: are we about to see similar approaches by China (against Taiwan leaders) and Russia (against Ukraine)? Read the Indictment Against Nicolás Maduro nytimes.com/interactive/20… via @NYTimes

Query: Will Trump take this to SCOTUS after NY High Court (of Appeal) affirms or will Trump first need to go to jail via contempt? #scotus #potus #Trump Trump Can't Overturn Gag Order In NY Criminal Trial law360.com/whitecollar/ar…

BREAKING: Trump Turns To Supreme Court In Criminal Case law360.com/trials/article… Query: Should stays ever be granted when urgent and important constitutional questions impacting a presidential election just 9 months away depend on accelerated SCOTUS review? #scotus

BREAKING: Judge Newman Again Denied Return To Federal Circuit law360.com/ip/articles/17… Query: Will same approach apply to aging SCOTUS justices? #scotus

riskiq.com/blog/external-…. Big congratulations to Elias Manousos and entire RQ team in bringing us and Microsoft a more secure Internet! Bravo! #microsoft #microsoftteams #cybersecurity #security #cloudsecurity

Fed economists take in-depth look at cybercrime sbne.ws/r/Hlxt Cybercrime is one of the most pressing concerns for firms. Hackers perpetrate frequent but isolated ransomware attacks mostly for financial gains, while state-actors use more sophisticated techniques.....

futurism.com/google-project… Query: Is VR about to become more open and more natural?

'Predator' Creators Sue Disney To Claw Back Copyrights law360.com/ip/articles/13… Query: will we see a volume of termination of transfer cases as the 1976Act (eff. 1/1/78) brings into play termination rights and as challenges to assignment agreements w/ independent contractors?

@BoredElonMusk Loved your mom; without her, ideas about EVs, Mars (and Doge) would not exist. Bravo! Happy Mother’s Day to her!

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8th grade students Anaika Walia & Raeva Parikh from Castilleja School in Palo Alto, California won 3rd Prize for their documentary, "Our Lives Matter More Than Gun Rights." Watch it here: studentcam.org/sc2021_files/3… @CASTILLEJANEWS @ComcastCA

Lawyer Challenges Federal Courts' Freeze on Jury Trials at.law.com/LNY2JW?cmp=sha… via @NJLJ

@BillKristol Can his soul be saved? What would the evangelical leaders say is required?

“Trump held a meeting at Trump Tower with prominent evangelical leaders, where they laid their hands on him in prayer. Afterward, Trump allegedly said: ‘Can you believe that bulls--t? Can you believe people believe that bulls--t?’” washingtonpost.com/politics/cohen…

SF Judge Grants Injunction Forcing Uber, Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees at.law.com/QAcfTv?cmp=sha… via @RecorderTweets #Query: is this net good or net bad for the drivers? For the State of California? For the USA?? (I’d bet a Nutritarian dinner that 100+ new PhDs will flow)

Appeals Court Rules Federal Judiciary Misused PACER Fees in Class Action Suit at.law.com/nNFM6p?cmp=sha… via @RecorderTweets. #Query: will Congress eventually allow full public access WITHOUT any fees whatsoever?

Rare Listerine Royalty Auction Tied To 1881 Contract Flub law360.com/ip/articles/12… Why trade secrets can be more valuable: potential perpetual rights! In a law exam come true, the winning bidder will get royalty dollars on Listerine forever! #dtsasecrets #tradesecrets #patents