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Renting The Good Life, Jim Hawkins May 2008

Renting The Good Life, Jim Hawkins

William & Mary Law Review

Academic literature and court decisions are replete with calls to ban or severely inhibit the rent-to-own industry. The argument is simple enough: Rent-to-own firms charge exorbitant prices to the most needy and vulnerable segments of society. The case for burdensome regulations, however, is much more difficult to make out than past scholarship has admitted. For the most part, academics have proceeded directly to proposing specific regulations for the industry without first carefully analyzing the rent-to-own business or the reasons for imposing drastic regulations. This Article examines the theoretical justifications for regulating the rent-to-own industry against the backdrop of interviews I …


Trademark Litigation As Consumer Conflict, Michael Grynberg Jan 2008

Trademark Litigation As Consumer Conflict, Michael Grynberg

Michael Grynberg

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Just Click Submit: The Collection, Dissemination And Tagging Of Personally Identifying Information, Corey A. Ciocchetti Jan 2008

Just Click Submit: The Collection, Dissemination And Tagging Of Personally Identifying Information, Corey A. Ciocchetti

Corey A Ciocchetti

As the twenty-first century bustles forward, the e-commerce arena becomes an ever more dangerous place. On a daily basis, websites collect vast amounts of personally identifying information (PII) and mine it in sophisticated databases to discover consumer trends and desires. This process provides many benefits – such as tailored websites and relevant marketing – that few Web surfers would care to do without. However, serious threats lurk in cyberspace and are enhanced by consumers who continue to submit vast amounts of information in a state of relative unawareness. Not wanting to miss out on their Web surfing experience, visitors submit …