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Friday, October 15th, 2010

Categories : Electronic Media, FCC - Federal Communications Commission, Government Corruption

Fine Print: A Consumer’s Worst Enemy May 25, 2012
Whether you know it or not, at this moment, you are most likely a party to multiple contracts that have binding mandatory arbitration clauses as a stipulation for dispute resolution. What this means is that if you have a dispute with the company who you’ve entered the contract with, you are unable to sue them... Continue Reading […]
Jon Shub
Facebook’s IPO: Small Investors Didn’t Get the Memo and May Lose Their Shirts May 24, 2012
Facebook. It seems the simple social networking site’s botched IPO is all anyone can talk about lately. Facebook finally (yes finally, it has been slated for longer than an elephant’s gestation period) went public Friday, May 18th at $38 per share, only to have the stock crash on Monday, May 21st to $32. While $6... Continue Reading […]
Steven Berk
Ready, Set, Action: Why the Government Must Act Immediately Regarding Regulation of Financial Markets May 23, 2012
Today government regulators from the SEC and CFTC testified before the Senate’s Banking Committee. They came before the committee to testify about the needs of much more comprehensive regulation regarding derivative markets. In 2010 Congress passed the Dodd-Frank reforms, which were partly aimed at wrangling in wild, out of control, derivative markets that […]
Jon Shub
Buyer Beware Barbeque Brushes and Their Bristles Pose a Major Health Risk May 22, 2012
Memorial Day weekend is around the corner and we fear millions of Americans who look forward to barbequing will face a serious danger to which they have little or no warning: Bristles from barbeque grill brushes can become dislodged and ingested, potentially causing serious injury and worse. While this may seem far-fetched, it is not. ... Continue Reading […]
Steven Berk
Déjà Vu, Over and Over Again May 22, 2012
Has anything really changed since the financial crisis of 2008? It seems that the too-big-to-fail banks are still too-big-to-fail. If you are reading this now, you are obviously aware of JPMorgan Chase’s disclosure of more than $2 billion in losses last week as a result of what time and time again are referred to as... Continue Reading […]
Jon Shub
Consumer Protection in the Skies—Or Not? May 21, 2012
Consumers have a new voice to protect them when they fly—well, maybe they do. A law passed in February established a new four-seat consumer protection committee that will evaluate and recommend improvements to current consumer protection programs. In 2011, the Department of Transportation received 11,545 complaints from air travelers, up more than 550 comp […]
Seth A. Katz
JPMorgan’s $2 Billion Trading Loss: Starting a Game of Pink Slip Duck-Duck-Goose May 18, 2012
JPMorgan’s troubles related to its $2 billion-plus trading loss are just getting started. Now, executives find themselves unwittingly playing “pink slip duck-duck-goose.” First, losses are expected to ultimately exceed $3 BBBBillion. Second, the feds are involved, as in the FBI (guns, badges, sunglasses, and yes handcuffs). Ouccchhh. I hate when that happ […]
Steven Berk
Profiling Seth Katz, Berk Law’s New Editorial Board Member May 14, 2012
Seth A. Katz did not know he would end up focusing on consumer protection law when he began his career as an attorney. In fact, as a second semester, third year law student, Seth’s favorite subject was criminal procedure. For good reason—Seth spent several summers working at different District Attorney’s office and was preparing to... Continue Reading […]
Steven Berk
JPMorgan Chase Loses Two Billion Dollars: Exhibit A in Favor of the Volcker Rule May 11, 2012
The Volcker Rule got some free advertising yesterday, courtesy of JPMorgan Chase. Quicker than you can say “here we go again,” the too-big-to-fail bank announced a two billion dollar trading loss. Just as the American economy has begun to turn around and gain confidence, its second-largest bank puts us through “déjà vu all over again.” ... Continue Reading […]
Steven Berk
Overdraft “Protection”: A Misconceived Market Worth Tens of Billions to Banks May 10, 2012
Okay. I am guilty. I have overdrafted on my bank account. Yes, more than once. Shhhhh. So I am fine with my bank “honoring the charge” and assessing a reasonable fee; a fee that has some relationship to the actual cost to my bank—which may just have to do something as simple as automatically transfer... Continue Reading […]
Steven Berk

“Judicial Corruption” alledged in VA-Richmond Federal Court: The following story was submitted by one of our val... http://t.co/tUmTKALq 3 days ago
@UnionPlus What sounds good to me is repealing Gramm-Leach-Bliley, NAFTA, CAFTA, SHAFTA, WTO, GATT, UN, Federal Reserve, IRS and many more. 3 weeks ago
@akcanwjanitor @1190KEX WHAT? It's 95.3 KPND or nothing at all. AM/FM that is. Still have XM and tons of CD's/DVD's. How you been Mark? 3 weeks ago
@LD_Jackson Received mine about two hours ago. Nothing since. E-mail from twitter said you wrote bad stuff about me? how dare you! :) 3 weeks ago
I thought you might like Mutemath by MuteMath. Learn more about it at eMusic, a destination for curious musical minds. http://t.co/vll8sxEs 2012-02-13
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