🇻🇦 Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam! 🇻🇦 Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Robertum Franciscum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Prevost, qui sibi nomen imposuit Leonem XIV. “I announce to you a great joy: We have a Pope! The most eminent and

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.

What “do what you love” really means:

Fantastic analysis here by former FTC Commissioner Josh Wright For anyone curious in the inner workings of the FTC, his Competition on the Merits is a great weekly read.

Excellent advice from Jimmy Iovine:

Thompson Burton is bucking the trend by doubling its Nashville office space. bizjournals.com/nashville/news…

J. Paul Getty was the richest man in the world. This was his main advice to younger entrepreneurs:

If you want to understand why the Khan FTC Click to Cancel rule debacle was avoidable, go read Melissa Holyoak excellent dissent. She told the majority exactly what was coming if they rushed the rule. Garbage in, garbage out. ftc.gov/system/files/f…

“Life is hard for the man who thinks he can take a short cut.”

The tide is turning on deals. Keep watching early terminations and the all important duration to close metrics. So far so good on Andrew Ferguson and Abigail Slater commitment to sue, find a solution that solves antitrust issues, or get the hell out of the way.

Yesterday evening the US District Court for DC reinstated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her seat on the Commission holding that the Supreme Court case Humphrey's Executor (a 1935 Supreme Court decision unanimously confirming that FTC Commissioners cannot be fired

Read this piece by Steve Jobs every single day

When You Truly Work for Yourself

Those who fail to adopt technology and push industry forward will suffer a Kodak moment and die. Innovation is the only way forward, and Thompson Burton PLLC the entrepreneurial spirit is the foundation of our practice that continues to lead to the success of our clients.

Can the President fire FTC Commissioners without cause? The saga continues as Chief Justice John Roberts of SCOTUS has now reinstated the stay that would keep Rebecca Kelly Slaughter off the Commission until the merits of the case have been heard. The Chief has asked legal

Saints of God, Come to Charlie’s aid. Come to meet him, Angels of the Lord. Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High.

Cardinal Pizzaballa gave a very powerful meditation this week on the sting of death in our world, on the hope of the Cross, on the love of God in the face of evil: 'While speaking with Nicodemus, Jesus uses an image taken from the Book of Numbers, where we see that the people in

Should public companies no longer have to report quarterly? This is an incredibly interesting topic, and I fully understand the President's position here. Transparency is one of the foundational tenets of the American financial system. But I have long been of the belief that