| Volume 79 Number 7 |
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Do you know the billing date on your credit card? You should. Bills are sent out on the billing date and must be paid with in 20 to 25 days. Shopping the day after your billing date gives you an extra month before payment is due. Click here for more.
Netflix Settles Lawsuit With ADA Group
According the an agreement between Netflix and the National Association for the Deaf (NAD), 100% of the company's steaming content will be available with captions by 2014. The agreement is the result of a two-year class action lawsuit, which alleged that Netflix violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by "failing to provide adequate closed captioning on 'Watch Instantly' streaming video programming." To read about the settlement, Click here for more.
Kindle & Nook Users In Line for Credit
If you purchased an e-book using your Kindle or Nook device between 2010 and 2012, you may be eligible for a credit of $1.32 per book. Under the terms of the settlement, the credit should simply appear in your account without any further action. However, the settlement isn't final just yet. For details, Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Estate isn’t bound by nursing home arbitration clause. The Illinois Supreme Court held that the estate of a nursing home patient was not required to arbitrate a wrongful death claim pursuant to a clause in the defendant’s admissions contract. The court decided that, under state law, a wrongful death action is not a true asset of a decedent’s estate that a decedent may limit via an arbitration agreement. “[A] wrongful death action does not accrue until death and is not brought for the benefit of the decedent’s estate, but for the next of kin who are the true parties in interest. [The plaintiff in this case], as [the patient’s] personal representative in the wrongful death action, is merely a nominal party, effectively filing suit as a statutory trustee on behalf of the next of kin. [The plaintiff] is not prosecuting the wrongful death claim on behalf of [the patient], and thus the plaintiff is not bound by [the patient’s] agreement to arbitrate for purposes of this cause of action,” the court said. Click here for more.