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Small Claim Mass Fraud Actions: A Proposal For Aggregate Litigation Under Rico, Leah Bressack
Small Claim Mass Fraud Actions: A Proposal For Aggregate Litigation Under Rico, Leah Bressack
Vanderbilt Law Review
Assume that, tomorrow, a large company advertises a "miracle pill" that it claims will cure all forms of cancer. The company uses a sophisticated national marketing campaign to convey a strong health assurance message, which it tailors to specific audiences: women with breast cancer, men with prostate cancer, older adults with intestinal cancer, and children with leukemia. In response to the national campaign, consumers across the country purchase the pill, which costs $10. Only then do consumers discover that the pill is worthless and that the company intentionally defrauded them.
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ("RICO") statute provides a …
Offender Profiling And Expert Testimony: Scientifically Valid Or Glorified Results?, James A. George
Offender Profiling And Expert Testimony: Scientifically Valid Or Glorified Results?, James A. George
Vanderbilt Law Review
A hallmark of Sherlock Holmes is his ability to solve complex crimes with well-staged performances. His flair for the shrewd and dramatic apprehension of a suspect in an inscrutable case often left his loyal companion Watson in awe, the local police investigators mystified, and the perpetrator thwarted. Holmes's admirers speculated that he must have had a special gift, maybe even psychic powers, which allowed him to solve any case. In reality, as Holmes always explained to his slow-witted companions, it was his insightful, rational, and logical approach to solving the mystery that inexorably led him to the solution.
Depictions of …