The California Supreme Court's decision is here. The LA Times reports on the decision here.
Author Archives: Brian Wolfman
That's the topic of Relinquishment of Inappropriate Off-Label Uses: The Effect of the False Claims Act by lawyer-economist Elissa Philip Gentry. Here is the abstract: Off-label drug prescription—the prescription of drugs for unapproved uses—relies on physicians to distinguish appropriate uses of drugs from inappropriate uses, based on available scientific evidence. In practice, however, information regarding the appropriateness […]
by Brian Wolfman Drew Harwell has penned this powerful article about allegations of widespread sexual harassment against the massive jewelry seller Sterling Jewelers (the corporate conglomerate behind the chain known as Galleria of Jewelry and Kay Jewelers). The article is based in large part on about 250 sworn affidavits from workers at the jewelry chain. The affidavits […]
I've seen little public discussion over what the federal government's workplace watchdog — the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — will look like in a Trump administration. This piece by Tom Musick addresses that question, and not surprisingly it looks like we are in for less regulation of workplace hazards. Musick also notes that "Trump’s limited-regulation stance, […]
That's the name of this press report by Hiroko Tabuchi and Neal Boudette. An excerpt: At least four automakers knew for years that Takata’s airbags were dangerous and could rupture violently but continued to use those airbags in their vehicles to save on costs, lawyers representing victims of the defect asserted . . . . The Justice […]
That's the topic of Administrative Law Enforcement, Warnings, and Transparency by Delcianna Winders. Here is the abstract: Warnings are one of the primary ways that agencies enforce their regulations. Yet there is virtually no scholarship interrogating the role that warnings play in an agency’s arsenal. Are they effective in motivating compliance? If so, under what circumstances? Is […]
That's the name of this article by consumer journalist Michael Hiltzik. Here's an excerpt: [Trump's pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema] Verma demonstrated either utter ignorance about how health insurance works, or such desperation for this job that she’s willing to profess ignorance and paper it over with conservative shibboleths about “individual choice” and […]
Read this piece by Michele Singletary, which explains that, "[i]n a preemptive move, Democrats, consumer groups and civil rights leaders have been mobilizing to defend the head of the federal consumer watchdog agency should President Trump try to fire him."
That's the title of this story by the AP's J. Scott Applewhite. Here's an excerpt (which includes a reference to a leaked "Governors only" report I posted about yesterday): The warning signs are becoming inescapable for Republicans: Their most likely Obamacare replacement plans are getting terrible estimates on how many people they'll cover. Republicans have been pretty open that […]
Building on Jeff Sovern's review of James Kwak's book, Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, on this blog, law prof Pamela Foohey at Credits Slips takes a look at what she views as a book with a similar message: Cathy O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. Foohey says that O'Neil […]