A Generation Stalled
42 million students. 1.3 trillion in debt. The student debt burden in America, broadly quantified.
While student loans are vital to provide access to higher education, the student debt also ...
Is Starbucks Base Pay Increase Enough to Make a Difference?
If you’ve been in a Starbucks recently, you’ve probably noticed that the atmosphere feels more chaotic than calm. Overworked employees in understaffed stores are scrambling to concoct whichever ...
Roger Ailes and the Secrecy of Arbitration
Mandatory arbitration is usually criticized, or defended, from the perspective of the parties involved in the dispute itself but an interesting point has been raised by a recent New York ...
Generic Drug Labeling: FDA Provides Guidance For Label Updates
Just over five years ago, in June 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court decided PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing,[1] a case which has served to buffer generic drug makers from failure-to-warn lawsuits. In short, ...
Can Republican Delegates Be Forced to Vote for Trump?
Just a few short days after Brexit rocked the world, Huffington Post Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington coined another term: “Trexit.” In an interview with MSNBC, Huffington pleaded with Trump ...
The Shadowy World of Debt Buyers
Recently, John Oliver of Last Week Tonight did an episode on the debt collection industry. He set up an LLC, named it C.A.R.P. in a hat tip to the eponymous bottom feeder, and purchased $14.9 ...
Recent Study Reveals Fitbit PurePulse Trackers Mis-Record Heart Rates
Fitspiration is everywhere these days. Motivational quotes and gym selfies have taken over social media and heartwarming before and after stories are continually documented on reality television ...
The Battle Over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Perhaps you are fascinated by this election season, perhaps you are already tuned out, or perhaps you are somewhere in the middle. Regardless, the result of this election will greatly impact ...
A Step in the Right Direction: The Proposed CFPB Rule Changes
Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed rulemaking that would prohibit banks and certain other companies from including arbitration clauses in new contracts that ...
Facebook Responds to Allegations of Political Bias in Trending Topics Feature
The 2016 election has arguably become one of the most controversial topics in the media over the past year. Anyone who’s seen the satirical campaign signs reading “IDK not Trump tho” knows that ...
A Breakthrough Ruling on Employment Arbitration
The Seventh Circuit’s recent opinion in Lewis v. Epic Systems Corp.[1] is one of the most important recent decisions regarding class action waivers and employment arbitration. But the story may ...
Know The Territory
In the opening song in Meredith Wilson’s musical, The Music Man, we learn the key to success for a travelling salesman. “You Gotta Know the Territory,” an experienced salesman advises.
Know ...