by Paul Alan Levy Not much, it appears. Following up on the recent spate of stories about a grand jury subpoena that the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York had issued to Reason Magazine, demanding the identities of the authors over several commenters who called for the execution of […]
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By Stephen Gardner According to a story in Food Navigator, Whole Foods filed a motion to dismiss (Download Motion to Dismiss) a lawsuit over the chicanery of its using the FDA-Disapproved term "Evaporated Cane Juice" instead of calling it what it is, "Sugar," because consumers intuitively understand that evaporated cane juice is sugar. I assume Whole Foods will […]
The USA Today reports, "The operators of a payday lending scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars from consumers nationwide have agreed to more than $54 million in tentative settlements with the Federal Trade Commission." The scheme, which affected approximately 400,000 consumers, involved a variety of misrepresentations and unauthorized deposits and withdrawals. Read more here.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today put out a report about problems with student loan servicing in the military. Among the problems identified: • Military deferments are denied without adequate explanation, applied in a haphazard way, and, in some cases, are approved verbally but never applied to military borrowers’ accounts, resulting in late fees, defaults […]
Read about a University of Buffalo study that found that vehicle type, curb weight and price are all significant predictors of personal injury cost. For every additional $10,000 you spend, injuries go down by almost 12 percent. We also found that for every 1,000-pound increase in weight, vehicles were 19 percent safer. … [S]ome of […]
The Hill reports: A liberal group that advocates for racial and economic reform is using Shark Week on the Discovery Channel to call attention to predatory payday lending practices. National People’s Action (NPA) is comparing marine sharks to payday loan sharks who they say trap 12 million Americans in a devastating cycle of debt annually. […]
By guest blogger Jessica Ranucci In comments filed last week, banking industry groups opposed proposed Department of Education regulations that would crack down on “college card agreements” between universities and banks that affect students who receive Title IV federal education funds. Twenty-five billion dollars in federal Pell Grant and Direct Loan funds is dispersed annually […]
by Paul Alan Levy In a decision issued today, the Washington Court of Appeals has embraced the broad consensus among state and federal courts holding that plaintiffs who want courts to force service providers to provide identifying information about anonymous online speakers must both provide notice to the speakers and present evidence of wrongdoing, for […]
July 1, 2015 – Virginia Resident Sentenced to Prison in Connection with Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica June 26, 2015 – Former OtisMed CEO Sentenced for Selling Unapproved Surgical Devices June 26, 2015 – First Jamaican Man Extradited to United States in Connection with International Lottery Scheme Sentenced to Prison June 22, 2015 – California […]