I think this is great. Here’s the announcement: The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) is pleased to announce its first annual 2-year Consumer Law Fellowship. For the first fellowship we are offering, NACA is partnering with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (JALA). The program is designed to encourage new law school graduates to pursue a […]
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An Alabama lawyer recently sought my help responding to your February 9, 2024 demand letter to Foggy Bottom Farms, complaining about alleged infringement of Prepared Food Photos’ copyright in a photo of vegetable. Over the past several years, I have seen many demand letters from your client based on that photo (for example, your client’s […]
After a service outage last week, AT&T said that it would automatically apply a $5 credit to the accounts of the thousands of impacted consumers. As reported by CNBC, here, consumer advocates suggest that customers ask for reimbursement fro cellphone or internet providers in the event of future blackouts.
The FCC issued a declaratory ruling that recognizes calls made with AI-generated voices fall under the TCPA’s restrictions on “artificial or prerecorded voice” calls. The declaratory ruling and accompanying statements are available here.
The Guardian reports: “Opioid manufacturers and other major corporations are pushing legislation to strip away state laws that have been used to sue the pharmaceutical industry for hundreds of millions of dollars over the worst drug epidemic in US history. The influential rightwing pressure group the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), which is funded by […]
Dr. Sidney Wolfe, the founder of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group and a unique figure in advancing public health, died yesterday. Since founding the Health Research Group in 1971 as part of Ralph Nader’s new nonprofit Public Citizen, Sid applied research-based advocacy to get dangerous drugs and devices off the market, win new protections for […]
In 1996, Congress directed the FCC to create a fund by which it ensures that Americans throughout the country have access to telecommunications services, to be funded by contributions from carriers. The FCC relies on the Universal Service Administration Company (USAC) to help administer the fund, including by calculating necessary contributions that are submitted to […]
From time to time at a gathering of consumer law folks, I poll participants about whether they read consumer law contracts and disclosures. Here, for example, are the results of a survey of consumer law professors asked those questions. Earlier this year, I surveyed the audience at a consumer financial services lawyers, some of whose […]
The Washington Post reports: “From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to keep junk fees. An array of powerful moneyed lobbyists have warred with the Biden administration over its new regulatory crackdown as they scramble to protect their profits.” The full article is here.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is featured in a Politico piece published today on the growing antitrust movement and its popularity with law students. Possibly the line of the piece: “Critics have called it “hipster” antitrust, but make no mistake: Antitrust is hip.” Chair Khan is also scheduled to speak Nov. 10 at Federalist […]