by Paul Alan Levy KB Home has built new homes in several major markets throughout the United States, but its construction projects have left a trail of unhappy homeowners complaining about shoddy construction in several of those locations, such as here, here, here, and here. The problem is broadly portrayed by a number of links […]
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This article by Alan Feuer explains the difficulty of living on the minimum wage and follows a worker who must work two low-wage jobs to barely keep afloat. Here is an excerpt: On a recent Friday evening, Eduardo Shoy left work at 6 p.m. Mr. Shoy, a deliveryman for KFC and Pizza Hut, was coming […]
As we have previously noted (go here, for instance), dietary supplements are like drugs–that is, they are claimed to treat or prevent disease and have a physiological effect on the human body. And they are marketed like drugs–that is, they are marketed for their claimed beneficial physiological effects on the human body. But because they […]
At least according to this fun article by Laura Northrup. She explains in considerable detail that, in inflation-adjusted dollars, the traditional thanksgiving dinner (turkey, stuffing, a cranberry-based item, mashed potatoes, etc.) cost considerably more in 1929 than it would today.
Here is the text of the Third Circuit's order: ORDER at the direction of the merits panel, it is hereby ordered that the Appellants are directed to file on or before December 30, 2013 an answer to the petition for panel rehearing submitted by the Appellee and the documents submitted by proposed amici in support […]
As the Times' Dealbook section reports: Nearly seven years since the Military Lending Act came into effect, government authorities say the law has gaps that threaten to leave hundreds of thousands of service members across the country vulnerable to potentially predatory loans — from credit pitched by retailers to pay for electronics or furniture, to […]
Car-rental companies make a ton of money selling you add-ons, such as various types of insurance you may already have and high-priced "deals" for gas. It's easy to nearly double the cost of your rental on stuff that may be worthless. So, just in time for the holidays, Jim Webster has this funny article about […]
Paying a private company to test your DNA so you can learn about your health status? This article by Brady Dennis suggests you may want to think twice. Here's an excerpt: The Food and Drug Administration has ordered the maker of a popular genetic-testing kit to halt sales of its heavily marketed product, saying the […]
Five years ago, John Palmer ordered Christmas gifts online from a web merchant called KlearGear.com. When the gifts didn’t come and John’s attempts to contact KlearGear were unsuccessful, his wife Jen posted a negative review on RipoffReport.com. In 2012, the Palmers received a demand from KlearGear for $3500. According to KlearGear, the Palmers violated a […]
by Brian Wolfman Ninth Circuit chief judge Alex Kozinski and his wife, Marcy Tiffany, own a Nissan Leaf, an all-electric car. Kozinski and Tiffany are absent class members in a federal class action in California in which the plaintiffs allege that the Leaf's battery is defective. (Kozinski and Tiffany seem to agree, saying that their […]