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I Don’t Believe in Imaginary People

January 23, 2010

Corporations may be imaginary people, but last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that imaginary people are entitled to free speech. Along with trolls and gnomes, presumably.
President Obama’s nails the problem in his weekly address:

Weekly Address: President Obama Addresses This Week’s Supreme Court Decision | WhiteHouse.gov

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Revised Comment Policy

January 5, 2010

We get all kinds of comments here. Some are helpful and relevant, others are barely-coherent, ad hominem diatribes. Lots are somewhere in between. Until now, I have approved nearly every non-spam comment. No more.

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Sun Sentinel shines on AFFIL

June 15, 2009

This is a great week for AFFIL because our friend Denise Richardson devoted an entire column to us at the Florida Sun Sentinel. (Thanks again Denise!) You can see her column here.
Coincidentally, a while back Sam asked me to write a “what AFFIL is up to” blog post, and lucky for me, Denise has [...]

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Business pursuing anti-consumer legislation in this economy?

March 17, 2009

Business pursuing anti-consumer legislation in this economy? | Consumer Law & Policy Blog

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Moving forward: making financial regulation make sense (AFFIL week)

February 9, 2009

It is 2009 and the economy has tanked.  Subprime mortgage lending was the domino that started the whole mess a-falling.  Worst of all, there is no end in sight to the recession we’ve slid into.
The good news is that, in the midst of the mess, there is a rare opportunity to take a look at [...]

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America needs a consumer czar

January 16, 2009

Lots of consumer groups, bloggers, and tradmedia commentators are calling for the Obama administration to reinstate the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, a long-dead consumer advocate division of the executive branch.
Obama needs to do this. Consumers need someone in government looking out for their best interests, someone who can cry foul to the President [...]

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Special interests vs. you

July 2, 2008

At Public Citizen’s Watchdog Blog, Graham Steele & David Arkush point out the problematic tendency of the press to treat issues of civil justice as clashes of special interests. Insurance companies vs. trial lawyers. Doctors vs. trial lawyers. Debt collectors vs. trial lawyers.
Always somebody vs. trial lawyers. Not “insurance companies vs. patients” or “debt collectors [...]

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Can governments copyright laws? Should they?

June 19, 2008

Can governments copyright laws? Should they? | BoingBoing

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