The school filed a countersuit alleging that Makaeff's claims were defamatory and sought dismissal of her lawsuit that seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of students.
As such, rules like the one Schumer seeks would at best maintain the status quo such that risky, "abusive" deals would continue to be assembled away from public exchanges, and at worst the new rule would simply drive these transactions overseas.
With virtuosity and no small application of wit, the New York Theremin Society seeks to elevate the instrument to the status its members believe it deserves.