You may know that H.R. 1599, the "Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015" passed the House of Representatives a couple of weeks back and has been referred to committee in the Senate. You may also know that the bill would ban states from requiring labeling of foods containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients, and that […]
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…comes to an end tonight with his last episode hosting the show. In addition to covering issues of war and peace, politics, and the media, Jon Stewart has frequently covered issues of importance to consumers. If you're feeling nostalgic for all things Stewart (as I am today), here's a collection of some of his pieces […]
…is the question posed in today's piece from NPR's Morning Edition today. The story covers a new partnership between Yelp and ProPublica to integrate ProPublica data into Yelp doctor reviews. One of the difficulties in Yelp reviews of doctors is that they often focus on the rudeness or efficiency of the office staff rather than […]
In 2009, New York City expanded its regulation of debt collectors to include "a buyer of delinquent debt who seeks to collect such debt either directly or through the services of another by, including but not limited to, initiating or using legal processes or other means to collect or attempt to collect such debt." A law firm engaged […]
In a decision issued Monday in a case called Sanchez v. Valencia Holding Co., the California Supreme Court rejected arguments that a class-action ban in an arbitration clause, together with a few other provisions that were unfavorable to a consumer, rendered the arbitration clause unconscionable. The opinion emphasized that an arbitration clause, like any other […]
by Paul Alan Levy Several years ago, the notorious Hollywood mouthpiece Martin Singer sent a demand letter to the San Diego Reader, in reaction to its having inquired about a pending law suit, threatening to sue it in the event that any story it might write about the subject of the inquiry and further threatening […]
The FTC's press release is here.
News reports in the last day reveal that Facebook has obtained a patent on a method for "authenticating an individual for access to information or service based on that individual's social network." What exactly does that mean? Among other things, the patent says, the invention could be used by lenders as follows: "When an individual […]
HT: Kate Spellman