Saturday, March 05, 2022

One thing money buys in Russia is a place to escape to when everything comes apart.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-seizes-oligarchs-villas-yachts-initial-sweep-2022-03-05/

Italy seizes oligarchs' villas and yachts in initial sweep

Italian police have seized villas and yachts worth at least 140 million euros ($153 million) from four high-profile Russians who were placed on an EU sanctions list following Moscow's attack on Ukraine, sources said on Saturday. read more



(Related)

https://www.axios.com/russia-blocks-access-to-facebook-11269b1c-06b2-409e-bee0-405a9a45fbe9.html

Russia blocks access to Facebook

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday said it would block Facebook entirely, after partially restricting the social network a week ago.

Why it matters: Russia claims the decision of Facebook parent company Meta to restrict access to Russian state media accounts violated "fundamental human rights and freedoms, as well as the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens."





Sanctions.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/samsung-suspends-shipments-of-phones-chips-to-russia

Samsung Suspends Shipments of Phones, Chips to Russia

Samsung has more of Russia smartphone market than Apple





Is that a sign of a poorly written law? Read or listen.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/03/05/big-regulations-that-will-have-to-change-with-the/

Big Regulations That Will Have to Change With the Rise of AI

How is liability assigned when something goes wrong with artificial intelligence (AI)? Who owns a copyright or patent developed by a machine? In this episode of "The AI/ML Show" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on Feb. 16, Fool.com contributors Toby Bordelon, Jose Najarro, and Jason Hall discuss how our current legal framework needs to get up to speed when it comes to AI.





It is right to write right, right? Should apply to any writing?

https://www.bespacific.com/eleven-observations-about-legal-writing/

Eleven Observations About Legal Writing

Abrams, Douglas E., Eleven Observations About Legal Writing (October 8, 2021). 77 Journal of the Missouri Bar 246 (Sept. – Oct. 2021), University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-27, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3939215

Professor Abrams authors a column, Writing it Right, in the Journal of the Missouri Bar. In a variety of contexts, the column stresses the fundamentals of quality legal writing – conciseness, precision, simplicity, and clarity.”




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