As has been widely reported, if you want to register for tickets to attend Trump's June 19 rally in Tulsa, you have to say that you won't hold the Trump campaign and others liable for Covid-19-related injuries. Go here to read the entire order form. The purported waiver reads as follows: By clicking register below, […]
Author Archives: Brian Wolfman
Law prof Brian Fitzpatrick has written Why Class Actions Are Something both Liberals and Conservatives Can Love, which does a number of interesting things including defend the class-action cy pres doctrine. Here's the abstract: In Professor Redish’s review of my new book, The Conservative Case for Class Actions, he argues that liberals should oppose the […]
That's the topic of this piece by LA Times reporter Don Lee.
Read this article by Katy O'Donnell at Politico about the CFPB's activities during the health crisis. Here's an exerpt: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is relaxing rules designed to shield Americans from abuse during the coronavirus crisis, saying the moves are necessary to give businesses flexibility during the pandemic. But with the agency facing an […]
That's disturbing. Read the May 1, 2020 article entitled States Are Suspending Public Records Access Due to COVID-19 by reporter Colin Lecher. HT Erin Caroll (@erinccarroll13).
Read the Third Circuit's decision in Fischbein v. Olson Research Group. The beginning of the court's majority opinion explains the holding: In this pair of appeals, we are asked to decide whether faxes soliciting participation by the recipients in market research surveysin exchange for monetary payments are advertisements within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer […]
Law prof Brian Galle has written If Not Now, When: Why Won’t Universities Spend Their Money? In it, he explains why well-heeled universities should not curtail spending during economic downturns. Rather, he says, it makes sense for those schools to spend their money now, protecting the schools' workers and students in the process.
Read U.S. Treasury Must Protect Stimulus Payments From Garnishment by Debt Collectors from the National Consumer Law Center. Here's an excerpt: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides for payments to individuals up to $1,200 so that people can pay for food, rent, utilities, medicine, and other basic necessities. The CARES Act protects stimulus checks […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has posted Protecting your finances during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Jacqueline Howard of CNN explains here that "the US Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule Tuesday that requires tobacco companies to place new graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and in advertisements. Beginning on June 18, 2021, the new cigarette health warnings will be required on cigarette packages and in advertisements, occupying the […]