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 […]
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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 […]
Today, in anticipation of the district court's unsealing of the court file in the Company Doe case, the baby-carrier maker Ergobaby revealed that it is "Company Doe," the company that fought for two-and-a-half years for the right to litigate in secret its challenge to the publication of a report in the Consumer Product Safety Commission's […]
…and what it means for the economy. The good news? The economic rebound is permitting more Americans to retire. The bad news? That's generally not a good thing for an economy. Our best hope to fix the problem? Immigration. Read more here.
Funny and sad in equal measures. Here.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued this snapshot report on older Americans' mortgage debt. The agency's introduction provides a nice overview: Rising mortgage debt is threatening the retirement security of millions of older Americans. In general, older consumers are carrying more debt, including mortgage, credit card, and even student loan debt, into their retirement […]
by Paul Alan Levy Yelp appears to be worried enough about the insistent campaign of businesses like Hadeed Carpet Cleaning that have received negative Yelp reviews to tell the press that they get punished for refusing to advertise that it is now including on every page of business reviews this line: "Your trust is our […]