We posted recently about whether California will become the first state in the U.S. to require labeling of genetically engineered food. Now, the Center for Food Safety has posted this map showing which countries have what labeling requirements for genetically engineered foods. (HT to Andrew Kaufman)
A couple weeks ago we discussed (here and here) eBay's new binding arbitration clause that will keep its customers out of court and ban class actions. Now, David Lazarus of the LA Times has penned this article about eBay's efforts to take away its customers' rights through arbitration.
Bair has a new book out, and so has been the subject of some media attention. CNN/Money interviewed her and among the questions was an exchange about the CFPB. Her reply: I support the Bureau, and I also strongly endorse it in the book. And I think they’re doing a good job. I am, if […]
The short version, coauthored with John DeStefano, is at HuffPo. Here's an excerpt: CIRC is a system for scoring local banks on a variety of issues that are important to consumers, like the amount banks charge their customers to open and maintain accounts, the location of their local branches and ATMs, and the nature and extent […]
As explained in this article by Todd Ruger, the "liberal public interest group [Alliance for Justice] in Washington released a new documentary Monday that focuses on three Supreme Court rulings that the group says has favored big businesses at the expense of consumers and victims of discrimination." Click here or on the video embedded below […]
When a Supreme Court justice decides not to participate in a case, he or she is not required by law to say why (and rarely does). Similarly, when a party asks a Supreme Court justice to recuse and the justice doesn't, typically neither the justice nor the Court says why. In this extensive analysis, the […]
Paige Marta Skiba of Vanderbilt, Marieke Bos of Stockholm University – Swedish Institute for Social Research and Susan Carter of the United States Military Academy have written The Pawn Industry and Its Customers: The United States and Europe. Here's the abstract: As humankind’s oldest financial institution, pawnbroking has served the financial needs of low-income families […]
Sarah Kliff has penned this story about a controversial anti-obesity campaign run by Minnesota Blue Cross/Blue Shield. It includes this ad and this ad,both embedded below, about families that cannot stop eating, even though the parents appear to realize that the family culture that they are bestowing on their kids may be deadly. […]
In this decision issued on September 28, 2012, U.S. district judge Kathryn Vratil gave preliminary approval to most aspects of a complex class-action settlement but rejected a settlement provision that would have granted leftover settlement funds to unnamed governments or charities. By refusing to name the potential cy pres recipients, the court held, there was no […]
This article by Jerry Hirsch tell us that, with a boost from new California legislation, self-driving cars are not terribly far away. The hope is that the cars will make driving easier and promote consumer safety: Having a hard time parallel parking? Press a button on a touch screen and let the car park itself. […]