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Bloomberg
11-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Law:Lululemon Sues Costco Over Alleged Dupes
Susan Scafidi, a professor at Fordham Law School and director of the Fashion Law Institute, discusses Lululemon suing Costco, accusing it of copying its designs. June Grasso hosts.
Bloomberg
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Law: Trump's Assault on the Rule of Law
Matthew Diller, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses President Donald Trump's assault on judges, lawyers and the rule of law. Erik Larson, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses Judge James Boasberg extending his order to prevent the Trump administration from using a wartime law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. June Grasso hosts.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Fantasy Life' Review: Babysitting Your Psychiatrist's Grandkids Goes About as Well as You'd Expect
Take a moment to think about how many professional opportunities would have to slip through your fingers before you seriously considered taking a babysitting job for your therapist. That should give you a sense of how much Sam (Matthew Shear) has going for himself in 'Fantasy Life.' A once-promising law student whose crippling anxiety has slowed his legal career, Sam finds himself laid off from a firm that was already asking him to do little more than alphabetize long-obsolete boxes of files. With bills piling up and a deep sense of purposelessness that hasn't improved since he took a mental health break from Fordham Law School nearly a decade ago, an offer to babysit his shrink's three granddaughters while their dad plays bass with Gov't Mule seems like an opportunity that's depressingly worthy of his time. More from IndieWire Jenna Ortega Talks Not Knowing 'What to Expect' from Lady Gaga on 'Wednesday' Presentation Is as Important as the Story Being Told at True/False Film Fest 2025 Of course, such an opportunity doesn't arise out of thin air — you need to be part of an incestuously nosy social circle first. Sam only began seeing his therapist because he's a friend of his parents, so the doctor's wife/receptionist already knows that the young man is out of work. As Sam discretely tries to slip out of an appointment, she reminds him that he used to play with her now-grown son David (Alessandro Nivola) when their families belonged to the same racket club decades ago. The young couple is in a pinch for childcare after their nanny situation fell through, and Sam can't quite find a reason to say no to an easy gig that pays $300 a night. Watching the three daughters is a manageable task, but Sam's real challenge is navigating the complex relationship between his two employers, David and his wife Dianne (Amanda Peet). Two wealthy, attractive creatives who live off of massive trust funds while pursuing their passions and raising their children in opulence shouldn't have too many problems, but they've inevitably found ways to create a few. A beanie-loving rocker, David thinks that his life of lavish domesticity is keeping him from the life of hedonistic adventure he craves. Dianne sees him as inadequately sympathetic to the sense of purposeless that she feels after her acting career took a backseat to motherhood. Their marriage is a tinderbox, and Sam turns out to be the anxious, people-pleasing spark that lights the entire thing aflame. The nervous manny isn't most people's idea of a sexy extramarital affair candidate, but he's everything Dianne needs to wash the taste of David out of her mouth. He's kind, empathetic, a great listener, and completely enamored with her in a way that the former movie star hasn't felt in years. As the family prepares for a summer trip to Martha's Vineyard with their extended family — and, naturally, Sam's shrink — the two fall into an overly intimate friendship that exposes so many of the bonds holding up this family for the fantasies that they are. A first-time writer-director, Shear has previously appeared in four Noah Baumbach movies ('Marriage Story,' 'The Meyerowitz Stories,' 'Mistress America,' and 'While We're Young'). And 'Fantasy Life' wears that influence on its sleeve. A neurotic portrait of creative class New Yorkers who do everything in their power to drown out their own privilege with self-inflicted problems, 'Fantasy Life' pulls from Baumbach as liberally as Baumbach pulled from Woody Allen. It doesn't get any points for originality, but executes its premise adeptly enough to render that criticism irrelevant. The script is consistently honest and interesting without wading too far into cliches, and crisp editing ensures that scenes never last a sentence longer than they need to. And while 'Fantasy Life' follows in the footsteps of artists who made careers out of anxious protagonists, its portrayal of anxiety demonstrates an understanding of the disorder that feels more modern than its predecessors. Shear inhabits Sam with enough neuroses to make Alvy Singer look like George Clooney. There's no way to spin his anxiety as charming, he's just a man burdened by mental illness to the point where you begin to feel guilty for enjoying a film about his existence. The lack of an attempt at glamorization saves the film, and by the end you're simultaneously grateful that you experienced the story and happy to never be responsible for this character's problems ever again. For a film whose setup promises salacious drama, 'Fantasy Life' ends up being rather constrained in what it delivers. But the story never leaves us with a sense that anything is incomplete, as Shear eloquently portrays the ways that near-misses can still feel like cataclysmic life events. When so much of our lives are spent fantasizing about what could be, it eventually becomes impossible to separate the act from living itself. 'Fantasy Life' premiered at SXSW 2025. It is currently seeking U.S. distribution. Want to stay up to date on IndieWire's film and critical thoughts? to our newly launched newsletter, In Review by David Ehrlich, in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the best new reviews and streaming picks along with some exclusive musings — all only available to subscribers. Best of IndieWire The 25 Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies, Ranked Every IndieWire TV Review from 2020, Ranked by Grade from Best to Worst
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rubio touts Bukele's 'generous' offer to jail U.S. citizens in El Salvador but experts say it's illegal
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to criticism Tuesday after he announced that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele had offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, as well as violent U.S. citizens currently serving time in American prisons. "That's an offer President Bukele made. Obviously, we'll have to study it on our end," Rubio said Tuesday afternoon while speaking to reporters in Costa Rica, the third stop of his first foreign trip as secretary of state. "There are obviously legalities involved. We have a Constitution, we have all sorts of things, but it's a very generous offer." The administration of President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on the offer, Rubio said. Three legal and immigration experts who spoke with NBC News raised questions about the legality of such actions and anticipated significant legal pushback on any effort to deport incarcerated U.S. nationals to another country. "The U.S. can't deport one of its own citizens. Deportation is for noncitizens only," said Jennifer Gordon, a law professor at Fordham Law School. "But that's not the end of the story. There's a second set of questions about whether the U.S. could transfer a U.S. citizen prisoner to another country to serve their sentence," she said. Current laws 'would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,' said John Fishwick, a former U.S. attorney in Virginia. In the U.S., an offender could only be sent to a country where they're a citizen — and that's only with their consent and for certain offenses that apply in both countries, he said. Fishwick added that 'housing citizens and residents in a prison located in a foreign state would raise constitutional concerns, especially regarding cruel and unusual punishment … Would El Salvador be considered an agent of the United States? What court would have jurisdiction over prisoner disputes?' Rubio met with Bukele in El Salvador on Monday as part of his ongoing trip through Latin America as he pressures government leaders in the region to do more to align with Trump's policy priorities, including his crackdown on immigration. They discussed an array of deals; the most controversial being Bukele's offer "to house in his jails dangerous American criminals in custody in our country, including those of U.S. citizenship and legal residents," Rubio said. In an post on X, Rubio described Bukele's offer as "an extraordinary gesture never before extended by any country." "Very productive meeting with Salvadoran President @nayibbukele," the post reads. "His commitment to accept and incarcerate criminals from any country, including from violent gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, will make America safer." Fordham's Gordon said, 'Can the U.S. deport Salvadorans convicted of crimes to El Salvador? Yes. Can El Salvador keep those people in its own prisons? Yes. But as to U.S. citizens, it's not an immigration question. It's a prison policy question.' NBC News reached out to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Prisons for comment, but did not get an immediate response. In another post on X, Bukele clarified that El Salvador is "willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee." "We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system," Bukele's post reads. "The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable." The Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, as Bukele referred to it, is a Salvadoran prison built to house 40,000 people. Instances of extreme overcrowding and torture by guards have been documented at this prison by human rights organizations such as the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Bukele's office did not respond to an NBC News request seeking comment and further details on the offer. After meeting with Bukele on Monday, Rubio said he briefed Trump on this offer, along a couple other ones. According to Rubio's office, Bukele also agreed to continue accepting Salvadoran nationals deported from the U.S., which El Salvador is already doing. Bukele also offered to accept foreign nationals from other countries who are arrested in the U.S. for violating U.S. immigration laws. El Salvador had previously signed an agreement in 2019, known as a 'safe third country' deal, to receive non-Salvadorans detained in the U.S. — but it was never implemented because of the Covid pandemic. Kathleen Bush-Joseph, policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said that noncitizens and people who have been granted protections preventing the U.S. from deporting them to a country where they may face persecution or torture "could be sent to a third country as long as that's not the country where they would face persecution or torture." But as the Trump administration implements policies allowing officials to bypass regular immigration law and speed up deportations of anyone with a removal order, it may become harder for noncitizens to challenge their deportations, even if they're sent to a country where they're not from, Bush-Joseph added. Gordon said she would anticipate constitutional and due process challenges if there are attempts to deport U.S. citizens. This article was originally published on
NBC News
04-02-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Rubio touts Bukele's 'generous' offer to jail U.S. citizens in El Salvador but experts say it's illegal
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to criticism Tuesday after he announced that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele had offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, as well as violent U.S. citizens currently serving time in American prisons. "That's an offer President Bukele made. Obviously, we'll have to study it on our end," Rubio said Tuesday afternoon while speaking to reporters in Costa Rica, the third stop of his first foreign trip as secretary of state. "There are obviously legalities involved. We have a Constitution, we have all sorts of things, but it's a very generous offer." The administration of President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on the offer, Rubio said. Three legal and immigration experts who spoke with NBC News raised questions about the legality of such actions and anticipated significant legal pushback on any effort to deport incarcerated U.S. nationals to another country. "The U.S. can't deport one of its own citizens. Deportation is for noncitizens only," said Jennifer Gordon, a law professor at Fordham Law School. "But that's not the end of the story. There's a second set of questions about whether the U.S. could transfer a U.S. citizen prisoner to another country to serve their sentence," she said. Current laws 'would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,' said John Fishwick, a former U.S. attorney in Virginia. In the U.S., an offender could only be sent to a country where they're a citizen — and that's only with their consent and for certain offenses that apply in both countries, he said. Fishwick added that 'housing citizens and residents in a prison located in a foreign state would raise constitutional concerns, especially regarding cruel and unusual punishment … Would El Salvador be considered an agent of the United States? What court would have jurisdiction over prisoner disputes?' Rubio met with Bukele in El Salvador on Monday as part of his ongoing trip through Latin America as he pressures government leaders in the region to do more to align with Trump's policy priorities, including his crackdown on immigration. They discussed an array of deals; the most controversial being Bukele's offer "to house in his jails dangerous American criminals in custody in our country, including those of U.S. citizenship and legal residents," Rubio said. 'An extraordinary gesture' In an post on X, Rubio described Bukele's offer as "an extraordinary gesture never before extended by any country." "Very productive meeting with Salvadoran President @nayibbukele," the post reads. "His commitment to accept and incarcerate criminals from any country, including from violent gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, will make America safer." Fordham's Gordon said, 'Can the U.S. deport Salvadorans convicted of crimes to El Salvador? Yes. Can El Salvador keep those people in its own prisons? Yes. But as to U.S. citizens, it's not an immigration question. It's a prison policy question.' NBC News reached out to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Prisons for comment, but did not get an immediate response. In another post on X, Bukele clarified that El Salvador is "willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee." "We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system," Bukele's post reads. "The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable." The Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, as Bukele referred to it, is a Salvadoran prison built to house 40,000 people. Instances of extreme overcrowding and torture by guards have been documented at this prison by human rights organizations such as the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. After meeting with Bukele on Monday, Rubio said he briefed Trump on this offer, along a couple other ones. According to Rubio's office, Bukele also agreed to continue accepting Salvadoran nationals deported from the U.S., which El Salvador is already doing. Bukele also offered to accept foreign nationals from other countries who are arrested in the U.S. for violating U.S. immigration laws. El Salvador had previously signed an agreement in 2019, known as a 'safe third country' deal, to receive non-Salvadorans detained in the U.S. — but it was never implemented because of the Covid pandemic. Kathleen Bush-Joseph, policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said that noncitizens and people who have been granted protections preventing the U.S. from deporting them to a country where they may face persecution or torture "could be sent to a third country as long as that's not the country where they would face persecution or torture." But as the Trump administration implements policies allowing officials to bypass regular immigration law and speed up deportations of anyone with a removal order, it may become harder for noncitizens to challenge their deportations, even if they're sent to a country where they're not from, Bush-Joseph added. Gordon said she would anticipate constitutional and due process challenges if there are attempts to deport U.S. citizens.
