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Mandatory Arbitration Of Consumer Disputes: A Proposal To Ease The Financial Burden On Low-Income Consumers , Julia A. Scarpino

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Product Liability: A Commentary On The Liability Of Suppliers Of Component Parts And Raw Materials, David A. Fischer

Faculty Publications

The liability of suppliers of raw materials and component parts for harm caused by the product into which the materials have been incorporated poses difficult questions. When the raw material or component part is clearly defective, there is no question that the supplier is liable. Thus, where an ingredient in processed food is contaminated or where a truck tire has a flaw that causes a blowout, the supplier of the ingredient or the tire is liable. The difficult questions arise where the components are not inherently defective, but the finished product is defective because it lacks a safety feature or …

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The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Jolina C. Cuaresma

Jolina C. Cuaresma

In the fall of 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act. Twenty years later, this statute still governs how financial institutions use consumer data. The statute represents the first (and only) federal law that gives consumers privacy protection over nonpublic personally identifiable information. This paper examines a number of GLBA provisions and demonstrates that consumers do not control the terms under which their financial information is used. While the GLBA was an important first step in obtaining some level of information privacy, this paper argues that Congress undoubtedly placed a …