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**New York Floats a Crackdown on Independent Workers**

Like California’s ruinous A.B. 5, the proposal would greatly harm freelance employment.

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https://reason.com/2023/02/17/new-york-floats-a-crackdown-on-independent-workers/

**New York Floats a Crackdown on Independent Workers**

Like California’s ruinous A.B. 5, the proposal would greatly harm freelance employment.

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/new-york-floats-a-crackdown-on-independent-workers/

**New York Floats a Crackdown on Independent Workers**

Like California’s ruinous A.B. 5, the proposal would greatly harm freelance employment.

Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/17/new-york-floats-a-crackdown-on-independent-workers/#comments

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/new-york-floats-a-crackdown-on-independent-workers/

**'Patient Zero' Is Not Hate Speech**

Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.

Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/17/patient-zero-is-not-hate-speech/#comments

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/patient-zero-is-not-hate-speech/

**'Patient Zero' Is Not Hate Speech**

Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/patient-zero-is-not-hate-speech/

**'Patient Zero' Is Not Hate Speech**

Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.

Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/17/patient-zero-is-not-hate-speech/#comments

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/patient-zero-is-not-hate-speech/

**Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions**

Dam removal, malicious prosecution, and pre-trial diversion.

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-198/

**Reason Files FOIA Lawsuit Against Bureau of Prisons for Inmate Death Records**

Reason reported in 2020 on allegations of fatal medical neglect inside two federal women's prisons. The Bureau of Prisons heavily redacted reports that would show if w…

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/reason-files-foia-lawsuit-against-bureau-of-prisons-for-inmate-death-records/

**Pennsylvania Governor Says He Won't Sign Execution Warrants**

"This is a fundamental statement of morality, of what's right and wrong," Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday. "And I believe Pennsylvania must be on the right side of this issu…

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/pennsylvania-governor-says-he-wont-sign-execution-warrants/

**The SEC Is Starting a Massive Database of Every Stock Trade**

Brokers will have to report every trade and the trader’s personal information.

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/the-sec-is-starting-a-massive-database-of-every-stock-trade/

**Remy: Uncle Sugar**

Uncle Sam wants YOU…to cash this check.

https://reason.com/video/2023/02/17/remy-uncle-sugar/

**Private College Coaches' Flexibility to Eject Team Members Based on Condemnation by Teammates**

"Coaches must generally consider a variety of factors—both objective and subjective—in managing a team, and these factors include concerns about d…

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/private-college-coaches-flexibility-to-eject-team-members-based-on-condemnation-by-teammates/

**Ohio Train Derailment Is Another Excuse for Mudslinging and Conspiracy Theorizing**

Plus: Did the Pentagon shoot down a hobby radio balloon?, Kentucky abortion ban can be enforced, and more...

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/ohio-train-derailment-is-another-excuse-for-mudslinging-and-conspiracy-theorizing/

**Plaintiffs "Played Spanish Music at Home"; Neighbors "Complained to the Police"; Tort Litigation Ensued**

No success for the plaintiffs, at least at this stage.

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/plaintiffs-played-spanish-music-at-home-neighbors-complained-to-the-police-tort-litigation-ensued/

**Once Upon a Time in the California Court of Appeal**

Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood doesn't infringe 1960s actor Christopher Jones' right of publicity.

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/once-upon-a-time-in-the-california-court-of-appeal/

**Massachusetts Lawmakers Propose Reducing Sentences for Inmates Who Provide Bone Marrow or Organs**

The bill (HD.3822), introduced last month by Reps. Carlos González, Judith A. Garcia, Bud L. Williams, and Russell E. Holmes, would allow eligible…

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/massachusetts-lawmakers-propose-reducing-sentences-for-inmates-who-provide-bone-marrow-or-organs/

**Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court Semifinalists**

26 Teams of HS Students presented oral argument in Students for Fair Admission v. UNC

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/harlan-institute-ashbrook-virtual-supreme-court-semifinalists-2/

**Businesses See Political Advocacy As a No-Win Situation**

Companies who embrace political agendas to please some of their employees or customers risk alienating others.

https://reason.com/2023/02/17/businesses-see-political-advocacy-as-a-no-win-situation/

**Today in Supreme Court History: February 17, 1801**

2/17/1801: House of Representatives breaks tie in Electoral College, and selects Thomas Jefferson as President.

https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/17/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-17-1801-4/