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How Far Can The Government’S Hand Reach Inside Your Personal Inbox?: Problems With The Sca, 30 J. Marshall J. Info. Tech. & Privacy L.75 (2013), Dana T. Benedetti

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

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Sometimes I Feel Like Somebody’S Watching Me . . . Read?: A Comment On The Need For Heightened Privacy Rights For Consumers Of Ebooks, 30 J. Marshall J. Info. Tech. & Privacy L. 281 (2013), Meredith Mays Espino

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

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Misguided Regulation Of Interchange Fees: The Consumer Impact Of The Durbin Amendment, Patrick C. Mcginnis

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Checking Out Of The Exception To 3-104: Why Parties Should Be Able To Negotiate Whether Checks Should Be Payable On Demand, 3 Colum. J. Race & L. 73 (2013), Linda R. Crane

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

Many aspects of American society, including its legal system, operate to the disadvantage of minorities. Obvious examples include inequities in our criminal/justice system and in school funding. Much has been written on those and other topics. This article focuses on another example, specifically on how a sweeping change to an obscure banking rule regulating the check collection process has negatively affected consumers in general, and minority groups in particular.

U.S. check collections require a complex system comprised of a variety of institutions including commercial banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions, as well as the customers who rely …

The Hand That Truly Rocks The Cradle: A Reprise Of Infant Crib Safety, Lawsuits And Regulation From 2007-2012, Richard J. Hunter Jr., Melissa A. Montuori

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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New Powers Under Food Safety Modernizaton Act: Fda Proposes New Rules To Cobat Foodborne Illness , Agostino S. Filippone

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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After Ten Years, Sarbanes-Oxley Might Be Statutory Overkill, Harvey Gilmore

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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American Medical Tourism: Regulating A Cure That Can Damage Consumer Health, M. Neil Browne, Chelsea K. Brown, Facundo Bouzat

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Consumer Litigation Financing In Illinois: Seeking Security And Legitimization Through Regulation, Michael J. Howlett

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Public Policy And Consumer Disclosure For The Income Annuity Market, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 795 (2013), Kelli Hueler, Paula Hogan, Anna Rappaport

UIC Law Review

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Shame, Blame, And The Emerging Law Of Obesity Control, Lindsay Wiley

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

In using law as a tool to combat the obesity epidemic, legal scholars and policymakers are drawing heavily on the lessons of tobacco control. This Article describes the resulting emergence of "obesity control law" and argues for a radical reorientation of it from a "denormalization" strategy based on the tobacco control experience to a "destigmatization" strategy based on the HIV prevention experience. The war on obesity is nearing a political crossroads. Subsidies and food industry regulations aimed at making our environment more conducive to physical activity and healthy eating are in danger of losing out to cheaper and more politically …

At&T Mobility And The Future Of Small Claims Arbitration, Jill I. Gross

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article focuses on small claims arbitration and examines the impact of AT&T Mobility on the legitimacy of the process. Part II of the article describes the Supreme Court’s AT&T Mobility decision, which held that the FAA preempts a California rule that declared a class arbitration waiver in a consumer contract unconscionable. Part III describes the primary features of the two options remaining for the Concepcions—small claims court and small claims arbitration, as well as their perceived advantages and disadvantages. Part IV demonstrates that courts have endorsed simplified arbitration. Part V examines whether simplified arbitration is a fair method of …

Lien-Stripping In The Absence Of A Discharge: Bankruptcy's Answer To The Destruction Caused By Excessive Home Equity Extraction, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 915 (2013), Gregory Guest

UIC Law Review

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E15 Partial Waivers: How The Epa Exceeded Its Authority And Placed Its Liability On Others, Tyler Brewer

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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California's Proposition 37: Will Its Failure Forecast The Fate Of The Gm Food Labeling Movement In The United States Once And For All?, Meredith K. Schuh

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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When Toning Shoes Strengthen Nothing More Than Likelihood Of Lawsuit: Why The Federal Trade Commission Needs Guidelines Regarding Proper Substantiation Of Fitness Advertisements, Heather M. Mandelkehr

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

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Janus Capital Group, Inc. V. First Derivative Traders: Further Limited Liability, And Missing An Opportunity To Curb Corporate Misconduct, Zachary K. Ostro

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Dysfunctional Contracts And The Laws And Practices That Enable Them: An Empirical Analysis, 46 Ind. L. Rev. 797 (2013), Debra Pogrund Stark, Jessica M. Choplin, Eileen Linnabery

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

While many courts refuse to strike down these clauses under the unconscionability test, this Article argues that the results from the Remedies Experiment should lead courts to adopt a different set of tests for ruling on the enforceability of limitation-of-remedy clauses in home purchase contracts. Part I of this Article highlights the relevant results from two empirical studies Professor Stark conducted regarding major problems with the fairness of purchase agreement forms used by residential real estate developers in Illinois. Part I also discusses the lack of home purchaser understanding of key relevant laws and legal documents examined in an empirical …

Where The Fcra Meets The Fdcpa: The Impact Of Unfair Collection Practices On The Credit Report, Mary B. Spector

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

This Article explores the impact that contemporary practices in consumer debt collection litigation may have on credit reporting and scoring. In doing so, it pays particular attention to available data regarding the use of unfair collection practices in such litigation, and considers whether consumer reports of such litigation unfairly burden consumers’ ability to obtain housing, employment, insurance, or credit. It highlights some of the obstacles consumers face at the intersection of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act and considers alternative proposals to provide fair and accurate information relating to consumer debts while also preventing …

The Significance Of The Distinction Between Children And Adults For Consumer Protection, M. Neil Browne, Lauren Biksacky

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Hitting Calories Out Of The Ballpark: An Examination Of The Fda's New Menu Labeling Laws And Their Impact On Sports Spectatorship, Crystal T. Williams Esq., Antonio S. Williams Ph.D.

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Dodd-Frank 1073: Creating The Well-Informed Remittance Consumer , Michael J. Lorden

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Dodd-Frank Act And Remittances To Post-Conflict Countries: The Law Of Unintended Consequences Strikes Again, Raymond Natter

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Hipaa's Influence On Consumers: Friend Or Foe?, Anna Covert

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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The Jobs Act And Lifting The Ban On General Solicitation And Advertising: Is The U.S. Ready For Investment Opportunity Infomercials? , Hugo Gallegos

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Recent Developments In Mortgage Foreclosure Process Provides Relief To Consumers, Agostino S. Filippone

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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A Randomized Experiment Assessing The Accuracy Of Microsoft's "Bing It On" Challenge, Ian Ayres, Emad Atiq, Sheng Li, Michelle Lu, Tom Maher, Christine Tsang

Loyola Consumer Law Review

Abstract: In advertisements associated with its “Bing It On” campaign, Microsoft claimed that “people preferred Bing web search results nearly 2:1 over Google in blind comparison tests.” We tested Microsoft’s claims by way of a randomized experiment involving U.S.-based Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (“MTurk”) subjects and conducted on Microsoft’s own www.bingiton.com website. We found that (i) a statisticallysignificant majority of participants preferred Google search results to Bing search results (53% to 41%); and (ii) participants were significantly less likely to prefer Bing results when randomly assigned to use popular search terms or self-selected

The Foreclosure Echo: How Abandoned Foreclosures Are Re-Entering The Market Through Debt Buyers, Judith Fox

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Suitability And Non-Maleficence: A Proposal For Insurance Producer Regulatory Reform , Mark Franke

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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The Legal History Of Credit In Four Thousand Years (Or Less), Michael L. Starzec

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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