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Taming The Utilities: New York State Passes An Energy Consumers' Bill Of Rights, Marc Ganz

In the Public Interest

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Wealth Transfers As The Original And Primary Concern Of Antitrust: The Efficiency Interpretation Challenged, Robert H. Lande

All Faculty Scholarship

Chicago School antitrust policy rests upon the premise that the sole purpose of antitrust is to promote economic efficiency. This article shows that this foundation is flawed. The fundamental purpose of antitrust is to protect consumers. To protect purchasers from paying supracompetitive prices when they buy goods or services. This is the "wealth transfer," "theft", "consumer welfare" or "purchaser protection" explanation for antitrust.

The article shows that the efficiency view originated in a detailed analysis of the legislative history of the Sherman Act undertaken by Robert Bork. Bork purported to show that Congress only cared about enhancing economic efficiency.

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The Admissibility Of Subsequent Remedial Measures In Strict Liability Actions: Some Suggestions Regarding Federal Rule Of Evidence 407

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Strict Liability And Warranty In Consumer Protection: The Broader Protection Of The Ucc In Cases Involving Economic Loss, Used Goods, And Nondangerous Defective Goods

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fair Credit Reporting Act: Is A Grand Jury Subpoena A Court Order?

Washington and Lee Law Review

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An Act Of Faith, Jerry J. Phillips

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Modern Products Liability Law by Rocjard A. Epstein

Comments On The Consumer Finance Industry's Proposals To Improve The Position Of Secured Creditors In Consumer Bankruptcy Cases, Joseph E. Ulrich

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tort Law: Expanding The Scope Of Recovery Without Loss Of Jury Control, David A. Fischer

Faculty Publications

This article will analyze the types of changes that are taking place by examining three expanding areas of tort law: liability for negligently inflicted mental distress, negligently inflicted pure pecuniary loss, and harm caused by defective products. This examination will demonstrate that the scope of liability can be increased in at least two ways. One is by formally expanding the scope of existing causes of action, e.g., relaxing arbitrary barriers to liability or expanding the type of damages which may be recovered. A second method is by relaxing judicial control over the jury. This relaxation of control can take place …

Property, E. F. Roberts

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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In Search Of A Uniform Policy: State And Federal Sources Of Consumer Financial Services Law, Ralph J. Rohner, Fred H. Miller

Scholarly Articles

Any effort to project the vectors of development in the law affecting consumer financial services for the 1980s must take into account the sources from which the legal ground rules will emanate. Those sources are in one sense bifurcated-i.e., the states have long had a significant role in regulating consumer credit and related consumer transactions, and, since 1968, the federal government has been substantially and increasingly involved in standard setting for consumer financial transactions.

At these two levels of government there is further fragmentation of the lawmaking function. Each of the fifty states, and countless local government entities, enact laws …

The At&T Agreement: Reorganization Of The Telecommunications Industry And Conflicts With Illinois Law, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 563 (1982), Frederic D. Tennenbaum, Michael P. Hurst

UIC Law Review

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Trademarks And Competition: The Ives Cases, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 319 (1982), Vincent N. Palladino

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Case Digest, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Admiralty Jurisdiction Exists in Products Liability Action although Product is not Unique to Maritime Use

Plaintiff, a shipyard worker who was exposed to asbestos dust and fiber while installing asbestos insulation, contracted asbestosis, an incurable lung disorder, and sued the manufacturer of the asbestos product, Johns-Manville Corporation, alleging negligent failure to warn and breach of warranty.

British Courts have Jurisdiction over British Subjects Committing Offenses aboard a Foreign Ship on the High Seas

Three British subjects were charged in a British court with violating the Criminal Damage Act of 1971 by committing acts of vandalism on a Danish vessel in …

1981 Annual Survey Of Consumer Financial Services Law Developments, Ralph J. Rohner

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Price Discrimination Law And Economic Efficiency, Edward H. Cooper

Articles

The Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act (15 U.S.C. § 13), undertakes to outlaw price "discrimination" upon proof of threatened injury to competition, and subject to specified defenses. Lawyers often bewail the fact that administration of this statute frequently fails to conform to an economist's notion of discrimination. For the most part, the complaints are addressed to the clear fact that, as drafted and interpreted, the statute wreaks unnecessary damage. In the name of protecting competition, competition and economic efficiency are often curtailed.

Advertising And Marketing On Cable Television: Whither The Public Interest?, Dee Pridgen, Eric Engel

Dee Pridgen

This article explores the rise of cable television in the early 1980's, along with its use as a medium of consumer advertising. The article discusses how consmer advertising on cable television is regulated by the FCC and the FTC, as well as the responsibility of cablecasters and the cable industry to police deceptive advertising.