Author: Aron Solomon

By Janie Mackenzie Earlier today, following a lengthy investigation, the New York state attorney general’s office issued their findings after almost a dozen women came forward and alleged that current Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) sexually harassed them. According the NBC News, “The investigation found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, nine of whom are current and former state employees — and one of whom is a New York State trooper.” Upon the release of the report, New York Attorney General Letitia James told reporters, “None of them welcomed it and all of them found it uncomfortable.” Additionally, the report also…

By Aron Solomon Editors Note: This article originally appeared in TechCrunch On Tuesday, the Open Cap Table Coalition announced its launch through an inaugural Medium post. The goal of this project is to standardize startup capitalization table data as well as make it far more accessible, transparent and portable. For those unfamiliar with a cap table, it’s a list of who owns your company’s securities, which includes your company shares, options and more. A clear and simple cap table should quickly indicate who owns what and how much of it they own. For a variety of reasons (sometimes inexperience or bad…

By Aron Solomon In an April memo the NFL informed all teams that Tier 1 and 2 employees (not including players) “should be expected to be vaccinated unless they have a bona fide medical or religious ground for not doing so.” Those who refuse vaccination without either a religious or medical reason will not be eligible for Tier 1 or 2 status “and therefore will not be permitted access to the ‘football only’ restricted area and may not work directly or in close proximity with players,” This week we saw the ramifications of the NFL’s policy, with two assistant coaches…

By Aron Solomon A huge sports story over the past few days has the universities of Oklahoma and Texas moving to the Southeastern Conference (the SEC). At least one of its correct conference members, Texas A&M, is displeased and was planning a Board of Regents meeting for Monday to discuss the realignment, before announcing on Sunday afternoon that they are now ready for the schools to join. Adding Oklahoma and Texas is absolutely a power move by the SEC, one of a series of dominos that are falling that may see college football separate from the NCAA. Alabama, Auburn, Florida,…

By Shaun Flanagan Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources COVID-19, and the choices made to contain it, have impacted communities across the United States and highlighted the holistic nature of prosperity, testing America’s institutional, economic, and social resilience. While the American Rescue Plan is designed to tackle the immediate crisis, the newly published 2021 United States Prosperity Index also reveals the U.S. was facing a number of significant institutional and social challenges that were already acting as a brake on prosperity before the pandemic hit. It is vital that these are addressed alongside the direct and indirect impacts of Covid…

By Aron Solomon Sometime within the next eighteen months, it could be theoretically possible that Britney Spears will be delivering one of her now-famous judicial soliloquies about her 13-year conservatorship ordeal in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. But while this is possible, from the legal perspective, it is highly unlikely even if where we are today is further along the continuum of the Britney Spears toxic conservatorship than we ever have been. The Hon. Brenda Penny, a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California, is overseeing Ms. Spears’ case. Just last week Judge…

By Aron Solomon Editors Note: This article originally appeared in Inside Sources The most important and high-profile case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in the upcoming 2021-2022 term that begins in October revisits Roe v. Wade. There’s no way to overstate how important Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is, as this case has the potential to fundamentally rewrite the law of the land regarding abortion. Aside from Dobbs, which I examine in more detail here, there are several other key cases to watch. In CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe, HIV-AIDS patients are suing CVS pharmacies that provide them with HIV medication.…

By Aron Solomon While social media is abuzz with fake news about a new trial for the person/persona known as Joe Exotic, the reality is that he – Joseph Maldonado-Passage – will simply be re-sentenced for his murder-for-hire conviction. In United States v. Maldonado-Passage, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit was asked to consider the claim of the appellant, Mr. Maldonado-Passage, who disputed his murder-for-hire convictions. From the opinion of the court, written by Judge Phillips: “…arguing that the district court erred by allowing Baskin, a listed government witness, to attend the entire trial proceedings. He…

By Aron Solomon The legal concept of conservatorship is admittedly not something that often comes across anyone’s social media screens. That all changed when Britney Spears, once arguably the most famous celebrity in the world, bravely spoke out in court in June about what she characterized as a profoundly toxic conservatorship. So what is she fighting against? What exactly is a conservatorship? At its core, a conservatorship is simply a way for someone to assume legal guardianship over an adult, which is exactly the toxic “poison paradise,” to quote her song, she has been under since 2008. Poison paradise is…

In the latest episode of Brandi Glanville Unfiltered, Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Brandi Glanville brings in Legal Analyst Aron Solomon to talk all things conservatorship! How do we #freebrittney? Is it even possible? Aron has the answers! Tune in now!