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Cable Television Subscriber Equipment: Lessons From The Common Carrier Experience, David Alan Nall

Federal Communications Law Journal

Perhaps the most significant changes resulting from the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 will be those affecting equipment on subscriber's premises. The 1992 Cable Act differentiates cable equipment and cable services. The Author discusses the framework of the equipment provisions of the Cable Act, specifically regarding cable equipment rates, cable home wiring, and consumer electronics compatibility. He relates the history of the customer-premises (CPE) unbundling through the Computer II decision and post-Computer II developments, then proposes that the FCC could apply its CPE precedents to cable equipment.

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Federal Communications Law Journal

In many communities across the nation cable subscribers depend on government-owned cable television systems for their communication services. This phenomenon may have started out to be fairly insignificant, but as a result of the cable explosion, government ownership of cable systems presents a threat to free expression. Governmental overbuilding and direct competition with private cable service providers have been the subject of unsuccessful First Amendment challenges. The threat of government control of cable systems, though, is potentially dramatic and poses serious First Amendment questions. The Author concludes that private ownership should be encouraged, and public ownership should only be allowed …

Department Of Consumer Affairs, K. Chambers

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Proportional Liability: Statistical Evidence And The Probability Paradox, David A. Fischer

Vanderbilt Law Review

Numerous writers have proposed modifying traditional tort rules to permit plaintiffs to recover from a defendant who contributed to the risk of causing the plaintiff's harm without proving that the defendant actually caused the harm. These proposals would determine recovery by multiplying the plaintiff's total damages by the percentage chance that the defendant caused the damages, thereby giving her a portion of her damages.

Although these proposals for proportional liability take many forms, they may be divided into three major categories. The "proportional damage recovery" category would permit a plaintiff to recover a portion of her damages only after she …

A Model Of Products Liability Reform, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Department Of Consumer Affairs, A. Kuhnert

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Book Review, Juanita V. Field, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: WESLEY A. MAGAT & W. KIP VISCUSI, INFORMATIONAL APPROACHES TO REGULATION. (MIT Press 1992) [274 pp.] Appendices, endnotes, illustrations, index, list of titles in the Regulation of Economic Activity series, list of tables and figures, preface, series foreword. LC 91-29483; ISBN 0-262-13277-X. [$32.50 cloth. 55 Hayward Street; Cambridge MA 02142.]

The Reunification Of Contract: The Objective Theory Of Consumer Form Contracts, Michael I. Meyerson

All Faculty Scholarship

Despite the ubiquitousness of standard form contracts in the world of consumer transactions, there is no consensus as to how these contracts ought to be constructed. Some courts continue to treat form contracts as if they were classically negotiated contracts. Others attempt in a variety of ways to factor in the reality that consumers entering into these contracts are not able to negotiate the terms and almost always sign these documents, which are presented on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, without reading them. This article posits that the cause of this continued confusion over form contracts is due to a basic failure …

Rescuing The Revolution: The Revived Case For Enterprise Liability, Steven P. Croley, Jon D. Hanson

Michigan Law Review

The article proceeds as follows. Part I defines important terms and introduces the two-by-four Products Liability Matrix by explaining the eight possible positions that might be taken with respect to the mutability and liability-standard dimensions of products liability. Part II provides a backdrop for the current products liability debate, first by setting out a capsule history of the evolution of the modem products liability regime, and then by explaining the arguments offered by the "first generation" of products liability scholars to justify expanded manufacturer liability. Part II also illustrates the utility of the Products Liability Matrix by locating many of …

Targeted, Direct-Mail Solicitation:Shapero V. Kentucky Bar Association Under Attack, Jeffrey S. Kinsler

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Insurer May Deny Coverage For Artificial Heart Transplant, Caryn R. Suder

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Department Of Consumer Affairs, A. Kuhnert

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Defective Products, The Question Of Incorporation And Liability Insurance, Timothy Stanton

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Recent Legislative Activity, William X. Elward

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Punitive Damages And Regulated Products, Teresa Moran Schwartz

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Banks Must Disclose Composite Interest Rate On Discounted Variable Interest Rate Loans, Colby M. Green

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Child Safety Protection And Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvement Act: The Congressional Response To The Commission's Inaction, Cardiss Collins

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Attorneys Must Disclose Potential Conflicts Of Interest In Multi-Party Representation, Jean Prendergast

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Attention Lenders: Rreevaluate Spousal Signature Policies And Procedures, Paul H. Schieber

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consumer News, Julia C. Mclaughlin

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Telemarketing Tug-Of-War: Balancing Telephone Information Technology And The First Amendment With Consumer Protection And Privacy, Part I, Consuelo Lauda Kertz, Lisa Boardman Burnette

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Legislative Activity, William X. Elward

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Crime Prevention Security Not Required For Atms, Bina Sanghavi

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Texas Law Permits Fraud Claims Against Corporate Agents As Individuals, Christine Cody

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

General Business Law Regulates Insurance Company's Deceptive Acts, B. James Slater Jr.

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Medical Profession Liable Under The Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, Laura M. Zubor

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Telemarketing Tug-Of-War: Balancing Telephone Information Technology And The First Amendment With Consumer Protection And Privacy, Part Ii, Consuelo Lauda Kertz, Lisa Boardman Burnette

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Students Enrolled In Non-Accredited Course Not Aggrieved Consumers, Joanne Juliano Giger

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Case Index

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Facsimile Of Attorney's Signature On Mass Mailing Violates The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Brian K. Wydajewski

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.