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The Case For Blockchain In The Beauty Industry, Sumanpreet Kaur Apr 2020

The Case For Blockchain In The Beauty Industry, Sumanpreet Kaur

Blockchain Law

Part II of this paper addresses the legal issues presented by counterfeit cosmetics and false claims, and also compares the regulatory landscape in the United States versus that of the European Union. Part III analyzes how blockchain can be used to fill in the gaps left by the lack of strong regulations in the United States and provide consumers reliable methods of authenticating the ingredients in their personal care products. Part III also explains how Cult Beauty is implementing blockchain in its business. Part IV discusses the potential hurdles and negatives of using blockchain in the beauty industry. Part V …


An Essay On The Quieting Of Products Liability Law, Aaron Twerski Jan 2020

An Essay On The Quieting Of Products Liability Law, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Street Drug Markets Beyond Favelas In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Elenice De Souza De Souza Oliveira, Braulio Figueiredo Alves Silva, Marcos Oliveira Prates Dec 2015

Street Drug Markets Beyond Favelas In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Elenice De Souza De Souza Oliveira, Braulio Figueiredo Alves Silva, Marcos Oliveira Prates

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This study examines whether social disorganization mechanisms that explain clusters of street drug markets in socially disorganized neighborhoods in developed countries can also help explain geographical patterns of drug dealing across neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Data for this study includes drug arrests from 2007 to 2011 and socio demographic data from the 2010 Census. To examine the influence of exploratory variables on drug market locations, the Negative Binominal regression model was used at two levels of analysis—the Belo Horizonte city center and other neighborhoods including favelas. The findings show that a high hot spot of street drug markets located …


Voluntary Recalls, Anita Bernstein Jan 2013

Voluntary Recalls, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Secret Class Action Settlements, Rhonda Wasserman Jan 2012

Secret Class Action Settlements, Rhonda Wasserman

Articles

This Article analyzes the phenomenon of secret class action settlements. To illustrate the practice, Part I undertakes a case study of a class action lawsuit that recently settled under seal. Part II seeks to ascertain the scope of the practice. Part II.A examines newspaper accounts describing class action settlements from around the country. Part II.B focuses on a single federal judicial district – the Western District of Pennsylvania – and seeks to ascertain the percentage of suits filed as class actions that were settled under seal. Having gained some understanding of the scope of the practice, the Article then seeks …


Reforming Regulation In The Markets For Home Loans, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb Mar 2011

Reforming Regulation In The Markets For Home Loans, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Resolving The Dilemma Of Non-Justiciable Causation In Failure To Warn Litigation, Aaron D. Twerski, Neil B. Cohen Nov 2010

Resolving The Dilemma Of Non-Justiciable Causation In Failure To Warn Litigation, Aaron D. Twerski, Neil B. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Locating The Regulation Of Data Privacy And Data Security, Edward J. Janger Oct 2010

Locating The Regulation Of Data Privacy And Data Security, Edward J. Janger

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Consumer Credit And Competition: The Puzzle Of Competitive Credit Markets, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb Apr 2010

Consumer Credit And Competition: The Puzzle Of Competitive Credit Markets, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Virtual Territoriality, Edward J. Janger Jan 2010

Virtual Territoriality, Edward J. Janger

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Demand-Side Gatekeepers In The Market For Home Loans, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb Jul 2009

Demand-Side Gatekeepers In The Market For Home Loans, Edward J. Janger, Susan Block-Lieb

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Implied Reverse Preemption, Anita Bernstein Apr 2009

Implied Reverse Preemption, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Notification Of Data Security Breaches, Edward J. Janger, Paul M. Schwartz Mar 2007

Notification Of Data Security Breaches, Edward J. Janger, Paul M. Schwartz

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Bartnicki As Lochner: Some Thoughts On First Amendment Lochnerism, Howard M. Wasserman Jan 2006

Bartnicki As Lochner: Some Thoughts On First Amendment Lochnerism, Howard M. Wasserman

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Liability For Direct Advertising Of Drugs To Consumers: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come, Aaron Twerski Jul 2005

Liability For Direct Advertising Of Drugs To Consumers: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Genetic Information, Privacy And Insolvency, Edward J. Janger Apr 2005

Genetic Information, Privacy And Insolvency, Edward J. Janger

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Consumer Expectations’ Last Hope: A Response To Professor Kysar, Aaron Twerski, J. A. Henderson Nov 2003

Consumer Expectations’ Last Hope: A Response To Professor Kysar, Aaron Twerski, J. A. Henderson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Products Liability Restatement In The Courts: An Initial Assessment, Aaron Twerski, A. J. Henderson Jan 2000

The Products Liability Restatement In The Courts: An Initial Assessment, Aaron Twerski, A. J. Henderson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


"Weightier Than A Mountain": Duty, Hierarchy, And The Consumer In Japan, Anita Bernstein, Paul Fleming Jan 1996

"Weightier Than A Mountain": Duty, Hierarchy, And The Consumer In Japan, Anita Bernstein, Paul Fleming

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


How Can A Product Be Liable?, Anita Bernstein Oct 1995

How Can A Product Be Liable?, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Is The Shingle Theory Dead?, Roberta S. Karmel Jan 1995

Is The Shingle Theory Dead?, Roberta S. Karmel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Model Of Products Liability Reform, Anita Bernstein Jul 1993

A Model Of Products Liability Reform, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Closing The American Products Liability Frontier: The Rejection Of Liability Without Defect, Aaron Twerski, J. A. Henderson Nov 1991

Closing The American Products Liability Frontier: The Rejection Of Liability Without Defect, Aaron Twerski, J. A. Henderson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Suretyship Principles In The New Articles 3: Clarifications And Substantive Changes, Neil B. Cohen Jan 1991

Suretyship Principles In The New Articles 3: Clarifications And Substantive Changes, Neil B. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Duty To Warn: One American View Of The Ec Products Liability Directive, Anita Bernstein Jan 1991

A Duty To Warn: One American View Of The Ec Products Liability Directive, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Use And Abuse Of Comparative Negligence In Products Liability, Aaron Twerski Jan 1977

The Use And Abuse Of Comparative Negligence In Products Liability, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Attorney's Responsibilities: Adversaries At The Bar Of The Sec, Roberta S. Karmel, Joseph C. Daley Jul 1975

Attorney's Responsibilities: Adversaries At The Bar Of The Sec, Roberta S. Karmel, Joseph C. Daley

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Taking Stock Of The Court's Jurisdiction In A Sipa Liquidation, Roberta S. Karmel, Jeffery M. Weissman Jul 1974

Taking Stock Of The Court's Jurisdiction In A Sipa Liquidation, Roberta S. Karmel, Jeffery M. Weissman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.