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.
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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 […]
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit yesterday held that the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does not preempt Indiana’s state robocall ban. The TCPA regulates various telemarketing behavior and regulates the use of autodialers. The federal regulations allow robocalls for non-commercial purposes, but the Indiana law bans all robocalls made without […]
by Paul Alan Levy In response to aggressive reporting on the blog Digital Music News about the contract terms that Apple has imposed on independent labels that lack the economic clout to negotiate their own specific deals regarding iTunes Radio, Apple sent a DMCA takedown notice to Scribd, where the blog had posted the contract […]
Big news with implications for many aspects of the law. The changes eliminate filibusters on most nominees, but preserve the filibuster for Supreme Court picks and legislation. Politico has the story.