Conn. Firm Says Thomson Reuters Unit Bungled Web Overhaul

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Conn. Firm Says Thomson Reuters Unit Bungled Web Overhaul


By Aaron Keller

A Thomson Reuters unit botched a portion of a $2,336-per-month contract to
overhaul a Middlebury, Connecticut, law firm's website, blend its online
presence into FindLaw and include its attorneys in "Super Lawyers"
listings, the firm says in a state court lawsuit made public on Thursday.

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Attys In Chiquita Case Say Victims Can't Proceed Together

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Attys In Chiquita Case Say Victims Can't Proceed Together


By Carolina Bolado

A long-standing rift among plaintiffs' attorneys for victims of violence
committed by paramilitary groups funded by Chiquita Brands International
Inc. has reached a fever pitch, as attorneys have now told the court they
cannot proceed together in a second bellwether trial of the multidistrict
litigation set to start next month.

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Colo.'s Opt-Out Interest Rate Law Halted In Trade Group Suit

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Colo.'s Opt-Out Interest Rate Law Halted In Trade Group Suit


By Thy Vo

A Colorado federal judge has temporarily barred the state from imposing
more restrictive interest rate caps on consumer loans made by banks located
outside of Colorado, siding with a coalition of lending groups seeking to
invalidate a 2023 law aimed at reining in high-cost online loans.

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Kraken Unlikely To Escape SEC's Crypto Exchange Case

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Kraken Unlikely To Escape SEC's Crypto Exchange Case


By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge said Thursday that he was not inclined to
dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming that
cryptocurrency exchange Kraken illegally operated as an unregistered
securities exchange, telling the company's lawyer, "You've got your work
cut out for you" to change his mind.

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Crypto Co. Says SEC Won't Bring Case Over Ethereum

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Crypto Co. Says SEC Won't Bring Case Over Ethereum


By Aislinn Keely

Ethereum-focused software firm Consensys won't face an action over its
dealings with the cryptocurrency ether, according to a notice from the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, but its preemptive lawsuit against the
regulator is set to continue as the agency doesn't appear to have dropped
concerns over Consensys products that deal in other assets.

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Finance Co. Asks Fed. Circ. To Read Its 1.4K Pages Of Evidence

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Finance Co. Asks Fed. Circ. To Read Its 1.4K Pages Of Evidence


By Andrew Karpan

A patent outfit connected to a man behind one of the world's first money
market funds says that a Texas court's decision to throw out a patent case
against online stockbroker TD Ameritrade went against the weight of some
"1,400 pages of credible evidence," and is something that the full Federal
Circuit should look into.

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Electronics Cos. Fight 'Drastic' $2B Price-Fixing Default


By Bonnie Eslinger

Irico Group and a subsidiary on Thursday opposed a special masters report
recommending the Chinese electronics companies should be on the hook for
over $2 billion in default judgment in litigation alleging they
participated in a cathode ray tube price-fixing conspiracy, telling a
California federal court the remedy is "drastic" and unwarranted.

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Mastercard Settles Retailers' Swipe Fees Group Litigation

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Mastercard Settles Retailers' Swipe Fees Group Litigation


By Ronan Barnard

Mastercard has settled a class action claim brought by more than 1,900
businesses in ongoing litigation over allegations it imposed excessively
high credit card fees on merchants, a person familiar with the case has
confirmed.

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Re: Morning Spam

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On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 12:34 Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim &
Survivor of Many  wrote:

> Multiple choice. What do you do with a powerful self-improving AGI?
>
> 1) wage a war
> 2) give it to my boss
> 3) take over the world
> 4) safely solve all world problems and stimulate a global peace and
> rennaissance
> 5) traffick people massively
> 6) spread widespread destruction and chaos
> 7) give it to my corrupt national leader
>
x) sell it
got replaced by one of the other options during harm mutation
correct answer 4) was also mutated, lost protection of free communication
about it

>

Re: Morning Spam

[Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many]

Multiple choice. What do you do with a powerful self-improving AGI?

1) wage a war
2) give it to my boss
3) take over the world
4) safely solve all world problems and stimulate a global peace and
rennaissance
5) traffick people massively
6) spread widespread destruction and chaos
7) give it to my corrupt national leader

Re: Morning Spam

[Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many]

TVDA has been trying to start recovering but is triggered etc and visits
Trffick Boss in hyperprison.

TVDA (visiting hyperprison): “Boss, teach me how to make decisions on my
own.”

Traffick Boss and Wealthy Investor’s Assistant look at TVDA.

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this? Wouldn’t it be better to ask Disguised Experimentee?”

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Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence

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Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence


As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of
wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense
counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a
lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

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Madonna Mulls Sanctions Bid After Fans Drop 'Frivolous' Suit

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Madonna Mulls Sanctions Bid After Fans Drop 'Frivolous' Suit


By Lauren Berg

Attorneys defending Madonna, Live Nation and the Barclays Center against
allegations that fans were "lulled" into buying tickets for a tardy show
slammed the plaintiffs' unannounced dismissal of the "frivolous" case,
telling a New York federal judge Wednesday they don't agree to bear their
own costs and might seek sanctions.

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House Dems Ask Chief Justice To Say How He'll Review Ethics

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House Dems Ask Chief Justice To Say How He'll Review Ethics


By Courtney Bublé

Two top Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee asked
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday how he's working to address the
"glaring episodes" of ethical improprieties on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Trump Calls For Engoron's Recusal In Civil Fraud Case

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Trump Calls For Engoron's Recusal In Civil Fraud Case


By Dorothy Atkins

Former President Donald Trump and other defendants fighting a $465 million
civil fraud judgment called on New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur
Engoron to recuse himself Thursday in light of a once-suspended real estate
attorney's recent judicial misconduct claims, which have since sparked a
judicial investigation.

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How Associates Can Build A Professional Image

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How Associates Can Build A Professional Image


As hybrid work arrangements become the norm in the legal industry,
early-career attorneys must be proactive in building and maintaining a
professional presence in both physical and digital settings, ensuring that
their image aligns with their long-term career goals, say Lana Manganiello
at Equinox Strategy Partners and Estelle Winsett at Estelle Winsett
Professional Image Consulting.

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Competition Raids Don't Need Warrant For Emails, ECJ Told

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Competition Raids Don't Need Warrant For Emails, ECJ Told


By Bryan Koenig

European Union law doesn't bar member states from permitting competition
authorities to search emails without a warrant amid a so-called dawn raid,
according to an advisory opinion submitted to the bloc's top appeals court
Thursday.

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TikTok Says Alternatives To 'Dangerous' Ban Were Ignored

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TikTok Says Alternatives To 'Dangerous' Ban Were Ignored


By Hailey Konnath

TikTok said Thursday that federal lawmakers likely didn't even consider its
"exhaustive, multi-year efforts" to address national security concerns
before deciding to ban the social media platform, slamming the law as
"unprecedented" and warning that it sets "a dangerous precedent."

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BREAKING: Justices Say No Feds, No Dice In Texas-NM Water Deal

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BREAKING: Justices Say No Feds, No Dice In Texas-NM Water Deal


By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas, New Mexico and Colorado
improperly excluded the federal government from an agreement that resolved
a Rio Grande water sharing dispute, rejecting the states' argument that the
conflict was theirs alone to settle.

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Fla. Judge Admits To Ethics Charges In Mishandling DQ Bid

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Fla. Judge Admits To Ethics Charges In Mishandling DQ Bid


By David Minsky

A Miami-Dade County state court judge has admitted to violating the Florida
Code of Judicial Conduct while overseeing proceedings, saying that he made
improper commentary in orders of recusal that he granted in two separate
criminal cases, Florida Supreme Court records show.

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Embattled Colo. DA Defends Handling Of Murder Case

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Embattled Colo. DA Defends Handling Of Murder Case


By Daniel Ducassi

An elected Colorado prosecutor facing disciplinary charges related to her
handling of a high profile murder case testified before a disciplinary
panel on Tuesday, insisting in sometimes combative testimony that she never
made inappropriate public comments about the case.

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs

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5/24

it said an involute curve is like unwinding a spool of thread …
>>>
>>
>>> so if unwinding thread, basically the length of your line is equal to
> the arc length it was unwound from.
>
> we could describe that as a function of the angle of unwinding. for
> each point on the circumference, there’d be an associated line length.
>

>>> - (point on circumference) + (vector of tangent) * arclength
> function of angle
>

 r = radius of spool
 t = time/theta

>>>
>>> x(t) = r * (cos(t) + t * sin(t))
 y(t) = r * (sin(t) - t * cos(t))
 p(t) = r * (exp(i t) - i t * exp(i t))

 > parametric plot (cos(t) + t * sin(t)), (sin(t) - t * cos(t)),
 t=0..2pi/2

>>> yayyy involute curve yayy
>>>
>>
>> so now how is this related to gears?
>>
>> after plotting an involute curve i felt more comfortable understanding
>> material a little when a websearch led me back to
>>
>> https://khkgears.net/new/gear_knowledge/introduction_to_gears/involute_tooth_profile.html
>> 
>>  .
>> they draw a circle partway up the teeth of a gear and call it the base
>> circle. if two gears move at the same velocity and are continuously
>> touching teeth, the contact points follow a shared tangent of the two base
>> circles as if they were connected via a strap with opposite wrapping on
>> each.
>>
>> so if a tooth contact point were at the radius of the base circle, at the
>> endpoint of the shared tangent, then turning the gear toward the center
>> would move it farther from its base circle, and toward the opposing gear.
>> Meanwhile, the opposing gear has the opposite: its contact point progresses
>> toward it.
>>
>> looking a little more.
>>
>> to make this contact line, an involute curve would be rotated as the
>> thread is pulled. maybe like rotating a spool toward the thread pulled from
>> it.
>>
>> having some trouble engaging. the pitch point is the point of contact
>> that is most distant from both gears and on a line between their centers.
>> the pitch circle is a circle of this radius about a gear. the pressure
>> angle is the angle of the tooth at this point — the angle of the tooth
>> tangent from the circle normal or radius, or identically the angle of the
>> tooth normal from the circle tangent or a line between the gears.
>>
>> So a 0 degree pressure angle would mean the gears push in the direction
>> of motion like stepping on somebody’s foot, and a high degree would mean
>> the gears push against each other a lot, exerting pressure to spread apart,
>> maybe.
>>
>> 1909
>>
> 2050
>
> i’m at
>
> https://khkgears.net/new/gear_knowledge/gear_technical_reference/involute_gear_profile.html
>  and
> it has this picture:
> Here the involute curve can be seen unwrapping from a circle with labeled
> angles. the curve extends from a through b.
>
> It looks roughly apparent that the angle of the curve’s tangent from the
> horizontal is equal to theta or t. (we guess the tangent of the circle is
> normal to the curve at every point :s)
>
> I think the page says the pressure angle alpha = arccos(r_b/r) where r is
> the radius of the pitch circle. It also give formulas/formulae for the
> curve in terms of alpha.
>
> alpha = arccos ( r_b / r )
> inv alpha = tan alpha - alpha
> x = r cos ( inv alpha )
> y = r sin ( inv alpha )
>
> It’s apparent sadly that r is a function of alpha or theta :/ . When
> plotting, they start by calculating r for each spot.
>
> note: inv alpha means involute angle, not inverse.
>
> This seems kind of roundabout to calculate r first without even a formula
> for it. I guess you could assume it starts at r_b and rises.
>
> So your pressure angle is then defined solely by the distance between
> gears …?
>
> Thinking on that idea a little. If the gears touch then the pressure angle
> is 0 degrees and the teeth have 0 height.
>
> Then as the gears move apart higher teeth develop, but there would only be
> room for a theta of so many degrees.
>
> So if I had say a 25% gap between gears, i could draw r from r_b to
> 1.125r_b and this might show the edge of a tooth. I wonder if it would work.
>
> It seems like this would also relate with tan alpha - alpha: the involute
> angle, on the chart, appears to be how far around the circle the curve
> goes. So one can only fit on the curve as many teeth as twice the inv alpha
> fit on a circle.
>
> There were 5 teeth on the gear bearing. I think. A commentor or troll also
> posted one with 6 teeth. Let’s assume 5. The small gears had five. The
> center bearing part had 10, and the outer bearing part had 20.
>
> Let’s assume 5 teeth. What’s the maximum involute angle and pitch radius?
>
> 2113
>

I think I am missing something because later down the page it says you can
shift the teeth to account for near or far neighboring gears, bu

The 2 Attys Ensnared In A NJ Mogul's Racketeering Rap

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The 2 Attys Ensnared In A NJ Mogul's Racketeering Rap


By George Woolston

New Jersey businessman George E. Norcross III may be the alleged mastermind
of a racketeering scheme to reap millions in tax credits on waterfront
property in a distressed city, but the explosive indictment also reveals
the purported roles of two attorneys with close ties to the Democratic
Party.

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Mich. AG To Pursue Deadlocked Charges In Carhartt Atty Case

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Mich. AG To Pursue Deadlocked Charges In Carhartt Atty Case


By Danielle Ferguson

Prosecutors will continue pursuing embezzlement charges against a Michigan
attorney accused of stealing from his client, a former leader of the
Carhartt workwear company, after a Wayne County jury couldn't reach a
decision on those claims but acquitted the attorney on other charges.

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Group Home's Atty In Europe On Day Of Depos, Court Told

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Group Home's Atty In Europe On Day Of Depos, Court Told


By Brian Steele

The Connecticut Institute for the Blind should be sanctioned because its
attorney went to Europe and three witnesses, including the CEO, failed to
appear for depositions after a $13.4 million verdict arising from the death
of a group home resident, the man's family told a state court judge Tuesday.

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Gov't Says New Guidelines Can't Cut Crypto Expert's Sentence

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Gov't Says New Guidelines Can't Cut Crypto Expert's Sentence


By Aislinn Keely

Federal prosecutors have told a Manhattan federal judge that the crypto
computing expert who received five years for aiding North Korea's
blockchain development shouldn't get to cut a year off his sentence just
because sentencing guidelines have been updated while he's served his term.

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DC Bar Counsel Moves To Suspend Hunter Biden's Law License

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DC Bar Counsel Moves To Suspend Hunter Biden's Law License


By Alison Knezevich

Attorney disciplinary authorities in the nation's capital have moved to
suspend Hunter Biden's license to practice law there after he was convicted
of three federal gun charges last week.

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Hackers Auction Off Stolen LendingTree Consumers? Information

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Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary
QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud
database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the
matter.