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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court rules no class actions allowed in arbitration unless the contract expressly authorizes them (updated)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2010  -  In a 5-3 ruling that dealt another blow to consumer rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled arbitration panels may not allow arbitration on a class-wide basis unless the arbitration agreement expressly authorizes it.  Although the parties in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. were businesses, not consumers, the effects of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Drywall MDL Judge Announces Breakthrough Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a Nov. 3, 2009 Reuters article, Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (KPT), one of the Chinese drywall manufacturers, has agreed to waive service of process through the Hague Convention, and will accept service of process of an Omnibus Class Action Complaint which is to be filed in the Chinese drywall MDL litigation on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, an FDA that may care more about consumer protection than politics.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported September 24, 2009 that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admitted &#8220;that four New Jersey congressmen and its own former commissioner unduly influenced the process that led to its decision last year to approve a patch for injured knees, an approval it is now revisiting.&#8221; [Blogger's note: all emphasized text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ConsumerNews.com: Still a work in progress.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite project right now is ConsumerNews.com, which I am developing as a news site after having spent decades representing plaintiffs. I firmly believe that huge corporations (who often find themselves as defendants in lawsuits) have funneled money into &#8220;think tanks&#8221; and the Chamber of Commerce to fund a decades-long attack on trial lawyers. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPSC chairwoman steps down amid criticism over handling of Chinese drywall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 20:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Nord, the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, will be stepping down from her leadership of the CPSC, reports Aaron Kessler of the (Sarasota, FL) Herald-Tribune.  Nord, a former Eastman Kodak Co. lobbyist who has come under fire over the CPSC’s response to defective Chinese drywall and other consumer issues, says she [...]]]></description>
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