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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act requires full disclosure by sellers. If a seller intentionally withholds material information, he could be responsible for three times the consumer's damages, plus court costs and attorney's fees.
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Comcast Agrees to Buy Time Warner Cable
If approved by federal regulators, the largest and second-largest cable providers will become one by the end of the year. Last week, Comcast announced intentions to purchase Time Warner Cable for $45 billion. If approved, Comcast will provide one out of every three homes with cable services.
Will the federal government approve the merger? Will your bill go up?
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Google Sets to Make Internet 1000X Faster
Your Internet connection could soon get much faster. Google is working on technology to provide consumers with Internet services at speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second. The fastest Google Fiber service currently offered tops out at speeds of 1 gigabit per second.
If the technology is realized, consumers will have access to Internet about 500 to 600 times faster than a regular broadband connection and 1000 times faster than the average household Internet connection.
What could 10 gigabit Internet for the way we watch television, conduct business, and live?
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Is debt consolidation right for you?
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For the Lawyers
Hawaii Supreme Court says no arbitration without meaningful consent.
The trial court enforced an arbitration clause that would have required the plaintiff to pay substantial costs to arbitrate, had sharp limitations on the plaintiff's ability to take discovery, and had onerous secrecy provisions.
The Hawaii Supreme Court reversed, finding that there had been no mutual assent or meeting of the minds. The court noted that the burden was on Kaiser, as the party moving to compel arbitration, to demonstrate that the patient had assented to arbitration. The court held that to form an agreement to arbitrate, a contract must be unambiguous as to the intent of the parties to submit disputes to arbitration.
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