Aqua Dots Revisited
A few months ago, I wrote a short blog post to discuss my disagreement with a Northern District of Illinois decision that denied class certification in a case involving the sale of defective toy beads...
View ArticleUnhappily Musing on the “News”
It always amazes me how editors of newspapers can mold public opinion merely by the wording of headline and the placement of a story. The New York Times today gave me another reminder of this insidious...
View ArticleCriminalizing Whistleblowing: Big Ag Wins at Consumers’ Expense
On March 2, 2012, Iowa’s Governor Branstad signed House File 589 into law, creating a new crime of “agricultural production facility fraud.” Utah passed a similar “agricultural operations...
View ArticleHall of Shame: PayPal’s New User Agreement
Changes have come to PayPal’s user agreement, and of course, the changes are not for the benefit PayPal’s customers. The company recently added a section to its user agreement which takes away a user’s...
View ArticleHall of Shame: Chinese Chicken Jerky Dog Treats and the FDA
For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has been investigating a possible contamination in chicken jerky dog treats. The investigation began in 2007 (on the heels of the massive recall...
View ArticleHall of Shame: Johnson & Johnson’s License Suspended
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is currently under fire as the subject of thousands of lawsuits involving defective products, including both their metal-on-metal hip implant systems and...
View ArticleJP Morgan Chase Expected to Pay Record Settlement
The story of banking giant JPMorgan Chase’s $13 billion settlement has been in heavy rotation on network and cable news outlets this week, as it should be. This settlement is the largest ever between a...
View ArticleHall of Shame: Online Tribal Payday Lenders
Payday lenders have never enjoyed a favorable public opinion. These companies are generally seen as manipulative at best and predatory at worst by taking advantage of persons in need of quick and easy...
View ArticleHall of Shame: Experian
As someone who has experienced a (relatively minor) case of identity theft, I can personally attest to how frustrating and time consuming it can be to correct blatant misinformation with the various...
View ArticleChamber of Commerce’s Big Ties to Big Tobacco Under Fire
You can’t please all of the people all of the time, and if you’re the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that’s certainly true right now. The CVS Health Corporation, the largest pharmacy health care provider in...
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A Prescription for Disaster: One in 12 Doctors Received Money to Push Opioids
When a doctor recommends a medication, you most likely have the expectation that this advice comes from a place of knowledge and experience. We trust medical professionals to analyze complex medical...
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