Pennsylvania Requires Licensing For Internet Payday Lenders
Posted by: Adam Solomon
July 29, 2008

The Pennsylvania Department of Banking will require Internet payday lenders and other out-of-state companies that make consumer loans to Pennsylvania residents to be licensed by the Department of Banking and comply with state laws.

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NY AG Settles with Auto Dealer for Using Deceptive Scratch-Off Game Cards to Lure Consumers
Posted by: Adam Solomon
July 23, 2008

A Nassau County auto dealer will pay consumers for persistently using misleading promotions intended to lure them into the dealership. The consumers, once baited into the dealership, were also subject to other fraudulent and unfair sales practices.

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RULING THAT NONCOMMERICAL CONTENT ON ATKINS DIET WEBSITE GETS FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION AFFIRMED BY SECOND CIRCUIT
Posted by: Jill Abitbol
July 07, 2008

The First Amendment's constitutional protection of speech loomed large in a recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision. In Gorran v. Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., No. 07-0120-cv (May 22, 2008), a disgruntled former Atkins dieter appealed the ruling by Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York that dismissed his negligent misrepresentation, product liability, and state unfair competition claims.

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