After receiving some 160 complaints from Indiana residents about obnoxious “Your Warranty Will Expire” robocalls (not to mention receiving a few himself, as have many of you!), Indiana AG Greg Zoeller announced a lawsuit against two companies and an individual for violating several of the state’s telephone privacy laws.
The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing tomorrow on Cass Sunstein’s nomination to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for OMB. Sunstein, unfortunately, is no friend of civil justice (see for example).
Also taking place on the Hill tomorrow…the House Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on H.R. 1346, the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009.
The NY Times offered some advice to the U.S. Senate with respect to its much-anticipated anti-predatory lending mortgage bill: “The way to discourage irresponsible lending is to hold liable both the mortgage originators and the companies to which they sell their sometimes illegal loans. The risk of being hauled into court would make secondary investors more careful and build accountability into the securitization system.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
The NY Times’ story about a terrible device that mutilates women, which we told you about, has led the paper to join the ever-growing chorus in expressing doubt about whether the FDA regulates medical devices with “sufficient rigor.”
And here are a couple of stories from last week we should tell you about.
The Washington Post took a subtle dig at the U.S. Chamber’s upcoming movie trailer/propaganda campaign—no offense, but we think ours is WAY funnier.
Casey’s General Stores in Cedar Rapids, IA has agreed to pay more than $12 million to settle two class-action suits brought by employees who were denied overtime pay.
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