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melindar

@melindar

Law Professor but tweets are my own; baseball/hockey/jewish mom

 washington dc
Joined December 2007
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many thanks to @SBJ for publishing an OpEd by Jared Ryback and myself based on our upcoming law review article that connects Kawhi Leonard’s no show job to salary cap circumvention to private equity to antitrust law! sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar… #SportsLaw #PrivateEquity #NBA
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Remember when Uber threatened taxis? But Uber insisted they were a ride sharing platform & not a taxi company? Something can look like something else & yet not be that exact same thing! Stop thinking sports event contracts walk/quack like a sports betting duck #EventContracts
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The criminal charges in Utah and continued fight against ever expanding prediction markets is a slippery slope - what’s next? Banning zero day options or more “conventional” swaps in some states? #PredictionMarkets #EventContracts #Kalshi #CFTC
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BREAKING: Utah has filed felony and misdemeanor criminal charges against prediction-market platform Kalshi and two of its top executives, Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara. abc4.com/news/local-news/uta…
Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi for promoting gambling, unlawful activity

Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi for promoting gambling, unlawful activity

Utah has officially brought felony criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi, alleging the company illegally promoted gambling in the state.

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.@CFTC Sues to Block State Enforcement in Utah Amid Ongoing Efforts to Preserve Jurisdiction: cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressRele…
CFTC Sues to Block State Enforcement in Utah Amid Ongoing Efforts to Preserve Jurisdiction

CFTC Sues to Block State Enforcement in Utah Amid Ongoing Efforts to Preserve Jurisdiction

The CFTC announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Utah to block the state’s efforts to shut down CFTC-registered contract markets using state laws.

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.@CFTC and National Basketball Association Sign MOU to Protect Integrity in Professional Basketball: cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressRele…
CFTC and National Basketball Association Sign MOU to Protect Integrity in Professional Basketball

CFTC and National Basketball Association Sign MOU to Protect Integrity in Professional Basketball

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association today announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding intended to protect the integrity of professional...

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Colorful language by Utah calling Kalshi “the manager of a back-alley gambling den” in the battle over who regulates prediction markets. Ironic given such platforms may get pushed offshore should states “win” over CFTC regulation #PredictionMarkets #CFTC #EventContracts #Kalshi
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NHL season starts today and now you can trade futures on your favorite team! See my Columbia Law Blue Sky Blog today: clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/… #NHL #Hockey #HockeyFutures #SportsLaw #CFTC #CME #SportsBetting
Sports Financial Indexes: When Your Favorite Team Becomes a Ticker

Sports Financial Indexes: When Your Favorite Team Becomes a Ticker

This week, professional sports crossed a threshold it had never crossed before. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, began listing futures contracts on all 32 National Hockey League…

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NEW: The CFTC's prediction-market proposal is either a step toward real regulation or window dressing that skirts the bigger fight over whether sports markets should even exist. One thing seems certain: The proposal isn’t about to change anyone’s mind. frontofficesports.com/cftcs-…
CFTC’s Proposed Rules Won’t Quiet Prediction-Market Critics

CFTC’s Proposed Rules Won’t Quiet Prediction-Market Critics

The CFTC’s proposals don’t apply to most of the bets currently being offered on U.S. platforms. Experts still say they’re a step forward.

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Proud to be part of the Yid Army! Spurs win against Man U today in Bilbao and a disappointing Premier League season is now irrelevant! #EuropaLeagueFinal #Tottenham #Coys #Spurs
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Come on you Spurs! #EuropaLeague #Tottenham #Coys #Spurs
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let’s go Caps!!🏒🏒🏒
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My heart is broken, as should be anyone with an ounce of humanity.
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The faculty and staff of the George Washington University Law School made a significant impact at #AALS2025. Check out the full list of panels, presentations, and discussions. ⏬ law.gwu.edu/gw-law-faculty-a…
GW Law Faculty and Staff Shine at AALS Annual Meeting | GW Law

GW Law Faculty and Staff Shine at AALS Annual Meeting | GW Law

The AALS Annual Meeting occurred on January 8-11 in San Francisco, CA.

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“When hate is allowed to fester, we ALL lose.” @Erin_Molan gets it right yet again #IStandWithErinMolan She isn’t going away She is spot on
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#IStandWithErinMolan she is an amazing person and by far the best interview I did during the campus encampments. She gets it! skynews.com.au/opinion/anyth…
‘Anything but peaceful’: Law professor details ‘woefully inappropriate’ campus protests

‘Anything but peaceful’: Law professor details ‘woefully inappropriate’ campus protests

A law professor has detailed the “woefully inappropriate” scenes she has witnessed at the pro-Palestine protest taking place at George Washington University. Professor Melinda Roth joined Sky News...

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Last day of the semester so my 193 law students in Corporations and in Sport Law feasted on my homemade Oreo cheesecake bars! @gwlaw #GWLaw #RaiseHigh #SportsLaw #Corporations
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Have you bet on the election? Thanks to the @Deseret for publishing my op ed piece on political wagering deseret.com/politics/2024/11… #Election2024 #ElectionBetting #CFTC #Bet #Kalshi #Robinhood #GWLaw #EventContracts #HarrisvsTrump #Harris #Trump
Perspective: Keep bets away from the ballot box

Perspective: Keep bets away from the ballot box

'Event contracts' stand to influence voter turnout and the outcome of U.S. elections.

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Please read my October 7th reflections on the Faculty Against Antisemitism Movement hwre: facultyagainstantisemitism.o… #AmYisraelChai #October7 #NeverAgainIsNow #EndJewHatred #StopAntisemitism

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