Take a look at the Seventh Circuit's January 24 decision in Bigger v. Facebook, Inc., No. 19-1944. The Seventh Circuit succinctly sets out the dispute and its holding: This case presents the question whether a court may authorize notice to individuals [who are putative members of a Fair Labor Standards Act "collective" action and] who […]
Author Archives: Brian Wolfman
That's the name of this article by law profs John Brooks and David Gamage. Here is the abstract: Wealth tax reform proposals are playing a major role in the 2020 presidential campaign. However, some opponents of these wealth tax reform proposals have claimed that a wealth tax would be unconstitutional. Other prominent critics have argued […]
"The EEOC voted 2-1 to rescind its position that mandatory arbitration agreements that keep discrimination claims out of court clash with the civil rights laws the agency enforces." Read about it here.
Consumer reporter Michelle Singletary has just written a column entitled Have you received one of those Social Security scam calls? There’s a new way to report it. He column explains the varied and widespread nature of these scams and that the "Social Security Administration and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently announced a […]
In Slate, Georgetown Law students Harsimar Dhanoa and Jonathan Greengarden have written Misinformed YouTubers Are Undermining the Fight for Children’s Privacy Online.
Just in time for the nation's annual gift-buying orgy, U.S. PIRG has issued its 34th annual Trouble in Toyland report. It's a guide to help consumers avoid buying toys that contain lead, have small parts on which kids can choke, or are otherwise unsafe. PPIRG explains that "[o]ver the past 33 years, our annual reports […]
Journalist David Dayen (@ddayen) has written Tech Companies' Big Reveal: Hardly Anyone Files Arbitration Claims. "Responding to Congress," Dayen explains, those companies have "make clear that forced arbitration gives them the means to sidestep the law." Here's an excerpt: Some new statistics from the nation’s leading tech firms on arbitration serve as evidence for an […]
Damian Paletta at the Washington Post has written Federal government has dramatically expanded exposure to risky mortgages, effectively asking whether conditions are forming for another homeowner mortgage crisis of the severity associated with the Great Recession. Some excerpts: The federal government has dramatically expanded its exposure to risky mortgages, as federal officials over the past […]
This article by Amy Goldstein describes "an emerging mosaic of evidence that, nearly a decade after it became one of the most polarizing health-care laws in U.S. history, the ACA is making some Americans healthier — and less likely to die."
Read this post by law prof Adam Levitin titled "FDIC and OCC Race to Court to Defend 120.86% Interest Rate Small Business Loan." It's not a pretty thing our federal regulators are doing. Here's an excerpt from Adam's post: FDIC and OCC filed an amicus brief in the district court in an obscure small business bankruptcy case […]