by Paul Alan Levy In an opinion that bristles with significant issues, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver asserting that a Hollywood studio could not release a film based, in part, on a fictional portrayal of important public events in which he […]
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This week, Judge Koh of the Northern District of California dismissed some claims but allowed others to go forward in a suit against health insurer Anthem over last year's data breach that put at risk the personal information — including names, social security numbers, income information, and more — of about 79 million customers. Reuters […]
Here are some recent announcements from the Department of Justice's Consumer Protection Branch: February 12, 2016 District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Maine-Based Seafood Company and Its Owner to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated Products February 4, 2016 Father and Son Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court in Connection with Multimillion-Dollar Vending Machine “Business Opportunity” Scheme […]
That's the headline of this article by Danielle Douglas-Gabrielle. Here's an excerpt: Researchers [at Washington Center for Equitable Growth] found that a correlation between the share of minorities in a Zip code and loan delinquency rates is highest for people in the middle of the income distribution. Among Zip codes with a median income of around […]
by Paul Alan Levy Last month I wrote about a proceeding in which Michigan’s Attorney Grievance Commission was investigating Steven Gursten, a Michigan lawyer who had criticized Dr. Rosalind Griffin, a member of the state disciplinary apparatus, for perjuring herself in expert testimony in one of his cases. I argued that the very process of […]
by Paul Alan Levy The lawyers for Gordon Austin, the former Carrollton Georgia dentist who filed a lawsuit over the YouTube posting of a news report about his indictment for having beat his patients with a dental instrument when, insufficiently anesthetized, they cried out in pain, have now withdrawn his subpoena to identify the poster, paid […]
Bloomberg has this story on Zales' parent Signet Jewelers, which some analysts say "is pushing the limits of credit and accounting so far that it’s starting to look less like a jewelry business and more like a finance company."
President Obama's recently proposed fiscal-year 2017 budget includes two new healthcare proposals: (1) requiring drug companies to disclose various production costs for specific drugs, including research and development costs; and (2) and allowing the HHS Secretary to negotiate with drug companies on certain high-cost drug prices under Medicare Part D. Read about these proposals, and […]
A fascinating and heart-wrenching piece, here.
Law professor Robert Rabin has written Intangible Damages in American Tort Law: A Roadmap. Here is the abstract: This paper is meant to provide a succinct roadmap to the many pathways taken in providing recovery for intangible harm in tort. The paper was initially prepared for a comparative law conference, and in that setting, I assumed […]