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1 Nov 2009, 4:45 am
by Brian Wolfman Check out this article in today's Washington Post by Jeff Plungis concerning proposed federal legislation on bank overdraft fees. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 8:27 pm
by Brian Wolfman A construction company hires a new employee, Mr. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 9:51 am
Kudos to Public Citizen and Brian Wolfman for this update and all the hard work on an important consumer class action issue. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 12:58 pm
by Brian Wolfman Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Grisham v. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 6:59 am
Brian Wolfman and I just filed this amicus on behalf of law professors seeking rehearing in the In re GNC case, which badly misunderstood literal falsity.http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default? [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 2:34 pm
by Brian Wolfman In this ruling issued today in Hecht v. [read post]
1 Mar 2007, 6:35 am
By Brian Wolfman In today's Washington Post, Michele Singletary discusses her "Dirty Dozen": the 12 most popular scams that tax preparers try to sell to taxpayers hoping for a big (but illegal) federal tax refund. [read post]
5 Jun 2007, 6:12 am
by Brian Wolfman Anyone interested in the potential human costs of debt collection harassment should read the Sixth Circuit's recent decision in MacDermid v. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 4:20 am
by Brian Wolfman Check out this op-ed by Eliot Spitzer in today's Washington Post. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 8:18 am
By Brian Wolfman Way back on September 15, I blogged here about an effort by Public Citizen and the Center for Auto Safety to convince the California Supreme Court to review a ruling that, if allowed to stand, would gut California's consumer protection laws. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 5:51 am
by Brian Wolfman On May 23, the Federal Reserve Board proposed revisions to Regulation Z regarding disclosures of the cost of credit for credit card accounts (sometimes referred to as "open-end" credit). [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 3:26 am
by Brian Wolfman Today, Monday, September 29, the Supreme Court Justices held their annual "long conference" at which they considered hundreds of petitions for writs of certiorari that had piled up over the Court's 3-month summer recess. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 11:40 am
by Brian Wolfman In Pleasants v. [read post]
26 Jan 2008, 7:21 am
by Brian Wolfman Today's Washington Post has this article about the White House's consideration of candidates for Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the government agency charged with protecting the public from potentially dangerous products, ranging from fire-prone mattresses to hazardous cleaning products to lead-laden toys. [read post]
19 Mar 2007, 8:02 pm
Brian Wolfman It appears that the Ninth Circuit has a rule requiring it to issue at least one decision about the Class Action Fairness Act every week. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 2:23 pm
by Brian Wolfman Senator Arlen Specter has just introduced this bill to reestablish the notice-pleading standards of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 8 as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Conley v. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 9:18 am
by Brian Wolfman Here at the CLP Blog we worry about consumers, usually with regard to laws about consumer borrowing, unfair debt collection, disclosure of credit terms, arbitration, and the like. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 3:58 am
by Brian Wolfman A little while back, Public Citizen Litigation Group objected to the proposed settlement in In re Ameritrade Accountholder Litig., No. 3-07-cv-02852-VRW (N.D. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 6:46 am
by Brian Wolfman Here is one of many news accounts about the Center for Science in the Public Interest's new suit against Bayer for allegedly deceiving consumers that the mineral selenium, contained in Bayer's One-a-Day Multivitamins for men, helps "support prostate health" and "reduce[s] the risk of prostate cancer. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 6:58 pm
by Brian Wolfman The grassroots organization ACORN has just released a report that I think our readers will find interesting. [read post]
