The Federal Trade Commission had a busy yesterday, settling charges in three separate matters, as described in these FTC press releases: FTC Secures $4.4 Million From Online Payday Lenders to Settle Deception Charges Dental Practice Software Provider Settles FTC Charges It Misled Customers About Encryption of Patient Data Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle […]
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The NYT reports: The Justice Department sued the German automaker Volkswagen in federal court on Monday, saying that the company installed illegal devices in nearly 600,000 diesel engine systems to impair emissions controls, increasing harmful air pollution. But despite a pledge by the Justice Department in September to go after executives responsible for corporate wrongdoing, federal […]
…is a Post feature from last week about the practice of structured-settlement purchasing. The story summarizes: Unlike traditional settlements, which are paid out in one sum, structured settlements dispense the payout in portions over a lifetime to protect vulnerable people from immediately spending it all. Since 1975, insurance firms have committed an estimated $350 billion to […]
From Pearls Before Swine. (HT: ContractsProf Blog)
This essay by David Ropeik (pictured to the right) explains that people often miscalculate health risks. Risk from flu (influenza) is far greater than from measles (particularly for certain age groups). Flu causes a lot of deaths and staggering economic costs, yet vaccination rates remain low. Get a flu shot.
As law school enrollment and job placement decreased, law schools considered many options to improve either or both. One proposal was a “two-year” law school, endorsed by President Obama. It was viewed as a quicker and cheaper alternative, and several schools began promoting their program. The plan was for students to go to school year […]
by Paul Alan Levy Last week the Seventh Circuit addressed several recurring issues pertaining to libel law in McCarthy v. Fuller, a case involving a falling out between by two sets of religious advocates pertaining to the holiness of certain alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary. (Choice characterization on Techdirt: “The details of the actual […]
Last week, the CFPB filed a motion in a D.C. federal district court seeking to unmask companies that sued the agency this past summer, in a case whose public filings bear the mysterious caption John Doe Company v. CFPB (No. 1:15-cv-1177, D.D.C.). The lawsuit was entirely under wraps until October, when the court unsealed the […]
As the NYT reported last week, The D.M.V. proposal would mandate that autonomous vehicles be operated by a licensed driver who could take over if necessary. That driver would also be on the hook for traffic violations. The manufacturers of self-driving cars would have to subject their vehicles to a third-party safety test. And they would apply […]
by Paul Alan Levy In a case litigated over the past few days, the Mall of America filed an action against several leaders of Black Lives Matter in Minneapolis who had called a demonstration, to be held inside the famous shopping mall, to protest a police shooting in the area. The TRO sought to bar […]