We've told you about the long saga to coax the DOT to issue a rear visibility safety standard, as mandated by Congress six years ago, to help prevent "backover" crashes, which primarily affect young children and the elderly. Six weeks ago, DOT finally issued the long-delayed standard, which will effectively require backup cameras in all […]
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Remember Romneycare? You know, the universal health care plan in Massachusetts championed (and signed) in 2006 by then-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, which required individuals who could afford it to buy health insurance (or pay a tax or fine if they didn't). Yes, Romneycare, the law that provided a blueprint for key components of the national […]
That's the name of this thoughtul essay by law professor Adam Levitin (pictured below) in the American Banker.
by Brian Wolfman Yes, according to this study issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Institute. To oversimplify, the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate requires employers with over 50 employees to provide their full-time employees with reasonably priced health insurance that meets the ACA's minimum requirements (or to pay penalties if they don't comply […]
Tattoos are popular. Temporary tattoos are safe (and, by definition, non-permanent) alternatives to permanent tattoos, right? Not necessarily, says the FDA. They can have serious negative, long-term health consequences, such as allergic sensitivity, scarring, and sensitivity to UV exposure from sunlight.
Some of our readers may know about a case pending in the Supreme Court called POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola. In that case, POM Wonderful, which markets drinks containing pomegranate juice, sued Coke under the Lanham Act, claiming that Coke has deceptively marketed products as containing lots of healthy pomegranate juice when in fact they contain almost […]
Yesterday, Company Doe unmasked itself: it’s the baby-carrier maker Ergobaby. It was a smart move to share its side of the story (and a fascinating story it is, told here by Alison Frankel of Reuters and worth a read). Ergobaby has every right to defend itself in the press — that is, in fact, the […]
Yesterday, Vermon't governor signed into a law a bill that will require labels on genetically engineered or genetically modified (GMO) foods sold at retail stores Vermont. The law will also prohibit labeling products that contain GMOs as “natural.” The law will go into effect on July 1, 2016. Maine and Connecticut have also passed laws […]
Paul told you that the law book publisher Aspen Publishers had demanded –through a licensing scheme aimed at getting around copyright law's first-sale doctrine –that purchasers return books they had bought from Aspen at the end of the semester. Why? What better way to dry up the used-book market and increase profits in new books. […]
by Brian Wolfman Under a 2012 Obama administration rule — which survived an airline industry challenge in the courts — airline consumers are told, up front, the total cost of an airline ticket — that is, the base airfare, mandatory fees, and the taxes. The breakdown comes later. The idea is that if all the […]