Anonymous ID: 792fe8 April 14, 2021, 8:02 p.m. No.45752   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5760 >>5805 >>5815 >>5822

NCAA Threatens to Pull Events From States With “Anti-Transgender” Laws

 

“The board’s statement was cheered by advocates for LGBTQ inclusion in college athletics”

 

Leaders of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are throwing their economic weight and influence behind transgender athletes ability to participate in college sports by threatening to pull lucrative championship events from states with discriminatory laws.

 

The NCAA Board of Governors released a statement Monday reiterating that it will select championship sites that are “safe, healthy and free of discrimination,” following the passage of four laws, and dozens more bills under consideration, that bar transgender women from competing against cisgender women in K-12 and intercollegiate sports. The board’s statement echoed a position and policy created nearly five years ago, when the association moved championship events from North Carolina after state lawmakers approved legislation that barred transgender people from using public bathrooms associated with the gender with which they identity.

 

“The NCAA Board of Governors firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports,” the statement said. “Our clear expectation as the association’s top governing body is that all student-athletes will be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to ensuring that NCAA championships are open for all who earn the right to compete in them.”

 

The board warned that it “will continue to closely monitor these situations to determine whether NCAA championships can be conducted in ways that are welcoming and respectful of all participants.”

 

The board’s statement was cheered by advocates for LGBTQ inclusion in college athletics, who last month urged the association to take a definitive stance against policies in several states that attempt to restrict transgender people’s participation in sports.

 

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/ncaa-threatens-to-pull-events-from-states-that-discriminate-against-transgender-athletes/

Anonymous ID: 792fe8 April 14, 2021, 8:06 p.m. No.45753   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5760 >>5805 >>5815 >>5822

Judge in Texas lawsuit against Google issues protective order

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/judge-in-texas-lawsuit-against-google-issues-protective-order

 

WASHINGTON - The judge hearing the Texas antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google put limits on what the search giant's in-house lawyers can see in an order aimed at ensuring that confidential information used in an upcoming trial remains secure.

 

The issue is a key one for companies that have not been identified but that gave information to the Texas attorney general's office for its investigation and fear that their confidential data, like strategic business plans or discussions about negotiations, could be disclosed to Google executives.

 

The order issued by Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas allows Google's in-house counsel to see information deemed "confidential" but they are then limited in advising on some competitive and other decision-making for two years regarding the companies whose data they see.

Anonymous ID: 792fe8 April 14, 2021, 8:13 p.m. No.45754   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5760 >>5805 >>5815 >>5822

Ezra A. Cohen Retweeted

 

Cliff Sims

@Cliff_Sims

 

The country may never fully understand the lengths to which certain senior officials in the United States Government went to prevent Trump from bringing our troops home from Afghanistan.

 

https://twitter.com/Cliff_Sims/status/1382416808435712005