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Comment on Finger on the Pulse: From Our Blogroll and Beyond by Obama administration: we’ve created many regulatory-compliance jobs

Obama administration: we’ve created many regulatory-compliance jobs — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:53:36 +0000

[...] If there’s something a little off in the phrase “job-killing regulation,” there’s something much more off in the notion of job-creating regulation, or so I argue in my new Cato post (& WLF). [...]

Comment on Nutella Class Action Settlement: Not Part of a Balanced Civil Justice System by Ferrero Nutella Class Action Lawsuit Settlement – Settlement Information | Hubsly

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:05:08 +0000

[...] Ferrero is the maker of Nutella. There were lawsuits filed against Nutella for false advertisement in New Jersey and in California. Apparently the company advertised that Nutella is healthy. However this is not true because there is sugar and fat in it. So it is not as healthy as you think. There is finally the Ferrero Nutella Class Action Lawsuit Settlement. This is a preliminarily approved and information on this can be found here. [...]

Comment on Supreme Court Cert Petition Spotlights Speech Limits on Securities Market by Wednesday round-up |

Wednesday round-up | — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:49:21 +0000

[...] the Washington Legal Foundation’s The Legal Pulse, Glenn Lammi discusses the cert. petition filed recently in Bulldog Investors General Partnership [...]

Comment on Appellate Court Consensus on Medical Monitoring Class Actions Solidifies by When Is Risk Really Risk? | Schachtman Law

When Is Risk Really Risk? | Schachtman Law — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:12:36 +0000

[...] of Appeals Rejects Medical Monitoring Class Action” (Aug. 31, 2011); Carl A. Solano, “Appellate Court Consensus on Medical Monitoring Class Actions Solidifies” (Sept. 12, [...]

Comment on SEC to Join HHS in Effort to Drop the Claw of Strict Liability on Business Managers by SEC’s Strict Liability Claw Strikes Again « The Legal Pulse

SEC’s Strict Liability Claw Strikes Again « The Legal Pulse — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:07 +0000

[...] a July 2011 Legal Pulse post, SEC to Join HHS in Effort to Drop the Claw of Strict Liability on Business Managers, we decried the federal punishment of business executives based solely on their status, rather than [...]

Comment on Court Empowers “Deceived” California Nutella Purchasers to Sue as a Class by Nutella Class Action Settlement: Not Part of a Balanced Civil Justice System « The Legal Pulse

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:38 +0000

[...] commented twice before (here and here) on the indigestion-causing class action suits that were filed in New Jersey and [...]

Comment on Suit Against Nutella Maker: Not Part of a Balanced (or Rational) Regulatory Process by Nutella Class Action Settlement: Not Part of a Balanced Civil Justice System « The Legal Pulse

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:35 +0000

[...] commented twice before (here and here) on the indigestion-causing class action suits that were filed in New Jersey and [...]

Comment on Hot Coffee, The Movie: Cup-Half-Full Propaganda on Legal Reform by Troy Eberlein

Troy Eberlein — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:50:09 +0000

Amen. I just watched the movie, and this article is a joke. Clearly WLF’s charter is pro-business / anti-individual.

Comment on FDA Moving Towards Mandating Food Label Changes? by FDA will Propose Front of Package Nutrition Labeling | RL Food Testing Laboratory

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:48:45 +0000

[...] to Joseph J. Lewczak and Tiffany A. Towers, Davis & Gilbert LLP in an April 16, 2010 Washington Legal Foundation commentary “such a move would have a material detrimental impact upon food manufacturer’s and [...]

Comment on What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? by Consumer Finance Protection Bureau undermines the Constitution « LiberTEAWatch.com

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:24:40 +0000

[...] Washington, D.C. asserted more control over the financial industry with the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The coup d’etat came when President Obama side-stepped Congress and unilaterally [...]