Ms. Attorney General James: *Ms. James, are there any updates from AGNY on water quality across New York City?*
- xNY.io - Bank.org is kindly following-up with AGNY from xNY.io - Bank.org's e-mail(s) concerning New York City's water quality. - xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned the State of New York could be overleveraged. *xNY.io - Bank.org's co-founder has noticed water quality being a problem for:* - Women. - Pregnant women. - Unborn babies. - Men. Judge Won't Exit Broker Fee Case Over Donations To Wife <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324366?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> By Lynn LaRowe A Missouri federal judge said a real estate firm's bid to boot him from a class action over commission fees may have been driven more by litigation strategy than ethical concerns over campaign contributions made by opposing counsel to his wife, a Kansas City councilwoman. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324366?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324366?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> Attorney Owners Of Pot Co. 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Complaint attached | Read <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324561?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=5> NJ AG Cleared To Appeal Ex-Prosecutor's Resignation Claim <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324545?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=10> By Jake Maher The New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division granted Attorney General Matthew Platkin's request to rule on a lawsuit from a former Warren County prosecutor claiming that Platkin misled him into resigning from his post last year. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324545?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=10> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2324545?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431a-87d3-d121d8acafcf&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legalethics&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=10> Rakoff Quips 'I Love Trials' Before Palin-NYT Libel Rematch <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/2324438?nl_pk=b53aa520-5013-4a8d-a57c-18936227adef&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newyork&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> By Pete Brush Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff took up legal questions Friday ahead of a retrial for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in her suit accusing The New York Times of maliciously defaming her, cheerfully noting that an earlier verdict was erased. 5 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/2324438?nl_pk=b53aa520-5013-4a8d-a57c-18936227adef&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newyork&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/2324438?nl_pk=b53aa520-5013-4a8d-a57c-18936227adef&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newyork&utm_content=2025-04-14&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights. Thank you, Gunnar Larson -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson *xNY.io - Bank.org* 917-580-8053 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 On Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 9:08 AM Gunnar Larson <g...@xny.io> wrote: > Art Director/Designer: Robert W. Wilvers > Photographer: Paul Seligman > Copyeditor: Gene Case > Agency: Jack Tinker & Partners, Inc. > Client: Rockefeller for President > > *The Last Vietnam. * > > We talk of Vietnam as we once talked of Korea. > > "Let us drag ourselves from this quagmire, and we will live happily ever > after..." > > I am afraid that the next President will not escape so easily. > > *I say learn from Vietnam or be dammed to repeat it. * > > Our Vietnam policy was meant for the 1940's, for Western Europe, for the > defense of democracies. > > Yet we apply it in the 1960's, in Southeast Asia, in defense of people who > do not know what democracy means. > > And in wrapping this policy around Vietnam, we blinded ourselves to the > real Vietnam. We assumed the enemy meant to seize land. We were wrong. He > meant to disrupt government. > > We sent troops in overwhelming number. We were wrong. > > We shattered a small country's sense of responsibility. > > We were preoccupied with the changing premieres and presidents in Siagon. > We were wrong. It was in the village and countryside where government > failed. > > Now, peace give us a time to right those errors. > > To stop turning this war into an *American* war. To move Saigon toward > reform. To build a strong and trusted village government. To secure the > people from terrorism. > > And in Paris, to work patiently and persistently for peace. > > At home we must have candor and trust. Americans must believe in > government again, and government must believe in Americans. The day must > pass where press officers say, "The people I work for don't want to hear > bad news." > > I say, face the truth. Trust the people with the truth. I say, do not > fight change. *Guide* change. > > I say we can make this Vietnam the last Vietnam. > > And this is one reason why I run for President. > > *NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER* > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 1:34 PM Gunnar Larson <g...@xny.io> wrote: > >> Art Director/Designer: Sidney Myers >> Copywriter: Evan Stark >> Agency: Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc. >> Client: Whirlpool >> >> *HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT CITY HALL* >> >> If you have a product you are not happy with, what do you do? Sit and >> sulk? Moan to your next-door neighbor? Promise yourself that you'll never >> buy another product from the manufacturer? A lot of good that will do. No, >> Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, that's not the answer. If you have a gripe, let the >> manufacturer know. Call him up. Write to him. Keep after him until he does >> something about it. Because nothing bothers a reputable manufacturer more >> than dissatisfied customers. >> >> We at Whirlpool believe in putting our money where our mouth is. We >> believe we make the best appliances you can buy. Automatic washers, dryers, >> refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwashers, etc. And we also believe our >> Tech-Care Service specialists provide the best service in our field. In >> addition, we were the first to do away with the complicated standard >> warranty and replace it with a fully binding, easy-to-understand warranty >> letter. We were first to provide a free, nation wide telephone number >> (800-253-1301) for service information. And we were the first to have >> consultants answer your calls, thereby solving many of your problems right >> over the phone. >> >> But still and all, we know that you can't please all of the people all of >> the time. That's the reason for the blank letter on the facing page. If you >> have a gripe about us, we want to know so we can do something about it. >> Just write your complaint, tear out the page and mail it to us. If you know >> anything at all about Whirlpool, you know it won't be ignored. >> >> By the way, if you have something nice to say about us, we'd like to hear >> that too. >> >> *Steve Upton * >> *Vice President, Consumer Services Division * >> *Whirlpool Corporation * >> >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 3:15 PM Gunnar Larson <g...@xny.io> wrote: >> >>> Ms. James: >>> >>> Yesterday, April 10, 2025, xNY.io - Bank.org was at Bloomberg's New York >>> City Headquarters. >>> >>> - Today, April 11, 2025 xNY.io - Bank.org took New York City's water >>> quality argument to BNP Paribas for further investigation. >>> >>> Ex-EBay Execs Want To Question Key Stalking Case Witness >>> <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2323878?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-04-11&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=14> >>> >>> By Elliot Weld >>> >>> Three former eBay executives facing claims they helped direct a campaign >>> to harass bloggers critical of the company have told a Massachusetts >>> federal judge they want to question a key witness about his past role as an >>> undercover government agent. >>> >>> Memorandum attached | Read full article » >>> <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2323878?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-04-11&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=14> >>> | Save to favorites » >>> <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2323878?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-04-11&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=14> >>> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Gunnar Larson >>> -- >>> Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson >>> >>> *xNY.io - Bank.org* >>> 917-580-8053 >>> NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Gunnar Larson <g...@xny.io> >>> Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 2:55 PM >>> Subject: Bloomberg Women's Buy-Side Network - AI: The Future of Investing >>> To: <alina.miedviet...@us.bnpparibas.com> >>> Cc: <jan.bischop...@bnpparibas.com>, cypherpunks < >>> cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> >>> >>> >>> Dear Ms. Miedvietsky: >>> >>> Great meeting you yesterday at Bloomberg's New York Headquarters. It was >>> nice to briefly discuss New York City's water quality with you. >>> >>> *Are you familiar with this "young elephant" statue outside BNP Paribas' >>> 787 Seventh Avenue office in New York City?:* >>> >>> - https://images.app.goo.gl/5S9Vr >>> >>> New York City has a story about "Happy the Elephant" that could end-up >>> relating to this "young elephant" statue outside BNP Paribas in New York >>> City. >>> >>> *Bronx Zoo’s Happy the Elephant Hasn’t Been Seen in Two Weeks, Observers >>> Say:* >>> *The zoo says “nothing is wrong with” the half-century-old pachyderm.* >>> >>> - >>> >>> https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/07/31/happy-elephant-mystery-bronx-zoo-nonhuman-rights-project/#:~:text=The%20state's%20highest%20court%20ruled,and%20freedom%20from%20unfair%20confinement >>> . >>> >>> The New York Court of Appeals ruled against a lawsuit that sought to >>> grant an elephant, Happy, at the Bronx Zoo, the right to bodily liberty and >>> freedom from unfair confinement, citing that the writ of habeas corpus >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-charter-us-revc&cs=1&sca_esv=0312fbabf4daa587&q=habeas+corpus&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv_I7HzdCMAxXwKFkFHdmHMfsQxccNegQIBBAC&mstk=AUtExfAG-umfVf4lCWGJ8yozv2qy5EL4M4DTBVJXBHIAGRpoQ7wbzBhcRhak10Ut-jpBW9jH40FvqBT_bclxuraKu30KKlobNDna3wk2ZSyTk5_Adr2UEBAmyc6uxsxuW0kriuhJKXHtG6IlDQc8rEDXu04GOjl8vQ68sYcFtMcl_CtxeldhcCNE_N6GCT-gVuDnSW5S&csui=3> >>> is >>> intended for human beings, not animals. While acknowledging Happy's >>> cognitive complexity and self-awareness, the court found she didn't possess >>> the fundamental human right to be free from unlawful detention. >>> Here's a more detailed breakdown: >>> >>> - The Case: >>> The Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP) filed a lawsuit in 2018, arguing >>> that Happy the elephant, at the Bronx Zoo, should be granted a writ of >>> habeas corpus, meaning she should be freed from what they argued was >>> unlawful confinement. They claimed she was entitled to the same >>> rights as humans and deserved to be transferred to a sanctuary. >>> - Court Ruling: >>> The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, dismissed >>> the NRP's petition. The majority of judges ruled that while >>> elephants are intelligent and deserving of compassion, they do not have >>> the >>> same rights as humans, specifically regarding habeas corpus. >>> - Justification: >>> The court argued that habeas corpus is a legal tool intended to >>> protect human liberty and freedom from illegal detention, and it does not >>> apply to non-human animals. >>> - Consequences: >>> This ruling means that Happy remains at the Bronx Zoo, and the legal >>> battle for animals' rights has been dealt a blow in New York. >>> - Ongoing Efforts: >>> Despite the court ruling, animal rights advocates continue to push >>> for better treatment of animals in captivity and are exploring other >>> avenues for change, such as local legislation. >>> >>> ----- >>> >>> Ms. Miedvietsky, xNY.io - Bank.org feels the water quality in New York >>> City, the elephant statue at BNP Paribas in New York City and "*The >>> Greatest Fish Story Ever Told*" may all have something in common. >>> >>> *The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told:* >>> >>> Art Director/Designer/Photographer: Bert Steinhauser >>> Copywriter: Frada Sklar Wallach >>> Client: El Al Isreal Airlines >>> >>> *"Thousands of years ago, in the Sea of* >>> *Galilee, there was a tasty little fish known * >>> *as chromis simonis. The 'Big Fisherman' * >>> *himself is said to have caught it. So it was * >>> *named St. Peter's fish, after him. * >>> >>> *The name stuck to the fish and the fish * >>> *stuck to the Galilee. The wonder is that it* >>> *hasn't changed since Peter's day. Restau-* >>> *rants all over Israel serve it and in Tiberias * >>> *it's a specialty. * >>> >>> *If you like, you can hook your own 'St. * >>> *Peter' in the Sea of Galilee. Or fish for other * >>> *fish in other waters. The seas runneth over * >>> *with prizes. In Eilat, there's even a famous * >>> *restaurant that will cook your catch right * >>> *on the spot.* >>> >>> *While the fish is grilling, you can be bak-* >>> *ing on a nearby beach. Telling your own fish story. Or just watching >>> the snorkelers watching the fish. * >>> >>> *If you're a meat and potatoes man, or* >>> *lady, you won't go hungry. How about * >>> *barbecued lamb with hummus (ground chickpeas) or home-cooked chicken >>> soup* >>> *with noodles or boiled beef with curry or* >>> *very good goulash? * >>> >>> *And don't worry about getting fat. Places * >>> *like ancient Sodom, King Solomon's Mines,* >>> *Massada, The Tomb of Absalom, Mt.* >>> *Tabor and Capernaum are scattered from * >>> *one end of Israel to the other. You'll need* >>> *some extra food to keep up your strength. * >>> >>> *To get you off to a good start, El Al will land* >>> *you at Tel Aviv with a few hearty meals* >>> *under your belt. Including a* >>> *breakfast of bagels and cream* >>> *cheese and lox.* >>> >>> *Then we'll add a warm* >>> *Shalom. There'll be nothing* >>> *fishy about that. * >>> >>> *EL* >>> *AL* >>> >>> *The airline of the people of Isreal*." >>> >>> Ms. Miedvietsky, I look forward to hearing what you think of the >>> elephant statue outside BNP Paribas' 787 Seventh Avenue New York City >>> office place. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Gunnar Larson >>> -- >>> Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson >>> >>> *xNY.io - Bank.org* >>> 917-580-8053 >>> NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 >>> >>