#securities lawyers

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Howard Lutnick's Role in the Trump Administration Transition

The financier Howard Lutnick has recently been entrusted with a significant responsibility by President-elect Donald J. Trump. This assignment not only highlights his prominence in the financial sector but also raises pertinent questions about the complexities of his dual role and the potential benefits it may bring him. As the co-chair of the transition team, Mr. Lutnick is tasked with the…

[ohitslen]

College (uni??) AU catering to my own interests as it should always be hehe :)

[bumblingbabooshka]

Janeway doesn't need a therapist when she gets back to the alpha quadrant she just needs Tuvok to tell her [in detail] the psychological observations he's made about her over the past 11 years and she can go from there <- Untrue but much more likely for her to agree to

[hoardcloneheadcanons]

Deadpool 4: Deadpool and Wolverine go rob dead-Logans grave for his license so they can go to their local security office to fill out a "Erroneous Death Case - Third Party Contact" Notice and get Wolverine an SSN.

https://faq.ssa.gov/en-US/Topic/article/KA-02917

https://www.superlawyers.com/resources/estate-planning-and-probate/legal-resurrection-if-youre-mistakenly-declared-dead/

[chicafinal]

coworker says we can propose a list of movies to screen on our 30-seats auditorium during the year BUT they must be physical dvds/blurays. they called me insane but now me and my excel spreadsheet of all the movies i own will finally have our day in the sun

[beepborpdoodledorp]

leave him alone

[lawbyrhys]

The CrowdStrike Outage Impact on Law Firms

In case you weren't aware, late last night into early this morning, CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, sent out an update to Microsoft software which led to a global outage due to patch issues within their Falcon virus scanner platform. Many law firms around the world employ this software, with the relationship only growing since the partnership with Factor to assist in higher-stakes transactional legal work.

How did the outage actually impact the legal world at large, though? Let's break it down.

Lawyers and law firms were generally unaffected beyoind small-scale inconvenience—at least in the United States. For example, the New York Unified Court System was impacted, as were law publications like Law.com. As stated above, most law firms, courts, and tribunals nationwide were minority impacted or felt no impact whatsoever, as is the case with the Bar Council and sets of chambers. The extent of damages otherwise was limited to temporary disruption to operation, website glitches, and indirect impact on suppliers. UK law firms, though, experienced the bulk of the chaos as it concerns bank communications and payment transfer issues, particularly with staff who aren't member-facing. These issues also appear to have been mostly resolved quickly.

Internationally, impacted firms are using the outage as an opportunity to affirm contingency plans, and similar business continuing policies are in place, as well as

Alex Brown, the head of digital business for international law firm Simmons & Simmons, wrote the following on his LinkedIn: “As we rely more on digital infrastructure, ensuring robust and resilient systems is becoming paramount for companies and society. This event will likely draw increased regulatory and government attention to safeguarding our digital operations.”

It's obvious the outage has had a massively felt impact, but will anybody face consequences?

CloudStrike Holdings, Inc. could face related legal ramifications, as Pomerantz LLP is investigating whether various employees at CrowdStrike were engaged in illegal business practices, such as securities fraud, on behalf of CrowdStrike's investors and interested parties.

Needless to say, it's a technological shit show.

While this post is about the impacts on the legal world, CrowdStrike did release a statement on the situation that I will share here.

“We’re deeply sorry for the impact that we’ve caused to customers, travellers, and anyone affected by this, including our companies." - CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz via NBC reports.

Was anybody impacted by the CrowdStrike Windows outage last night? Personally, I was not. I was working late and was on a midnight call with a client when I heard about it, but since I was using my work iPhone and wasn't actively accessing any systems at the time; I only found out last night from a friend of mine who works bank security on the East Coast. That said, though, when I walked into work this morning, conversation was ablaze on the topic; although none of us reall had any tangible harm done, it was still an interesting discussion over our morning coffee.

What about you, though? Were you affected?

[dunn-0]

aleksa and alex desperately wanting to leave and jordies being like "Lets just keep arguing and lying" is soooo fucking funny actually

[shdwtouch]

once again at a point in which I'm considering fleeing to the coast, applying to a school with a marine biology degree, and then doing that with my life. like, out of all my "hey, I could do that with my life" daydreams its not like. top shelf. but still fun. I know I'm just being silly and overly optimistic...

but also, all job markets are shit and competitive. archaeology, gaming, culinary, marine biology. none of them are easy to get into, and all of those fields are struggling. like fuck. idk what would make me happiest, idk if any would be easier than the rest. I don't know. I used to be so hopeful. so optimistic about my future. and now its just. I know its going to be a struggle no matter what path I choose.

[antvnger]

I like the guy. He’s educating people about weaknesses and defects in security systems so they can make better decisions about protecting themselves and their families. That’s good work honestly. He’s pretty smart and talented.

And I’d lowkey love to be on his show sometime honestly.

@stewardofningishzida

[northern-spies]

Any Americans who don't think the threats to ban contraception are legitimate need to learn about Decree 770, which banned abortion and contraception in Romania in nearly all circumstances between 1967 and 1989. The Ceaușescu episodes of Behind the Bastards touch on it for a start.

[miralparis]

conflicted!!!

[theinfinitedivides]

good. give no f*cks take no prisoners!Do Ha is back and he's back with a vengeance

[sugarspunfaerie]

Disability denied me AGAIN. Time to get a lawyer!

[spaghett-onaplate]

i'm perusing court listings and the very first case i looked into is multimillion dollar fraud 😭 they can't all be this interesting surely

[gothamghostwhispers]

[office camera #4-14 ]

“As it stands you seem to have a cut and dry case here. We can most likely settle this outside of court”

Artem’s feet swing as they stare at the three lawyers, not quite tall enough to fit their mothers old office chair.

“Excellent, I’m glad to hear that.”

“If we could take the time to discuss the matter of the shares-“

“I don’t think that will be necessary, they seem to be fine as they are so I’ll leave them be”

Benny comes into the cameras view.

“You’re kidding right? If you aren’t going to look at them I want to!”

“Benny we’ve been over this, the household finances are not your worry-“

“Well somebody should be worrying and you don’t seem to be!”

“Benny I don’t have to, I have other people worrying about this that my mother hired-”

“You’re too easy a mark to not be double checkin! At least let me look at the spreadsheets!”

“Benny this isn’t your worry.” Artem says with the surety of someone who has read many parenting books that talked about how damaging letting younger children handle larger financial choices is.

Even the books specific to adopting children from preciously abusive situations recommend against it, as a means to keep from further parentifiying the kid. Maybe they should get Benny a bank account of his own to manage? Could that alleviate his concerns ?

“Why not? When the other older siblings have specific things they worry about that shouldn’t be theirs that’s fine but I’m not allowed to be worried about money?!” Benny yells, his face curling in on itself.

“Maybe we can get you your own account but-“

“But I’m too young to worry? So what if I’m twelve! I’ve been handling money 5 years! Why don’t you trust me?!”

“I do trust you but-”

“You don’t act like it! You act like I’m some kind of baby! Well I’m tired of it! I don’t need you! I don’t need this! I’ll be fine on my own!”

After screaming this Benny storms off. Slamming the office door.

Artem feels like they can’t breath, like the words they want to say to bring their child back are strangling them, they stand paralyzed.

Benny doesn’t take a travel bag.

One of the lawyers awkwardly pats Artem on the shoulder as they silently cry

“We will file the missing persons report for you. Everything will be handled Mx Sweet”