| Volume 132 Number 3 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
A debt collector may call you at work until he or she knows your employer prohibits such calls. Once to tell the debt collector the calls are prohibited, federal law says the calls must stop.
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Magazine subscription scammers fined $23 million
A magazine subscription service that allegedly tricked consumers into signing up for expensive subscriptions has been ordered to pay more than $23 million by a Nevada federal judge. Fast-talking telemarketers gave consumers the impression that they would get free magazines, paying only a shipping and handling fee when in fact they were agreeing to pay hundreds of dollars in subscription fees.
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Your Money
You can now open a Goldman Sachs account with $1. Goldman Sachs has entered the online banking game, offering bank accounts that don't require a minimum deposit to open and have a 1.04% interest rate. The accounts don't have any transaction fees, but customers are limited to six withdrawals or transfers in a monthly statement cycle. Customers can sign up at GSBank.com, which launched last week. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Non-signatory cannot rely on equitable estoppel to compel arbitration. In a case involving the sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian the Eleventh Circuit held that they could not rely on the doctrine of equitable estoppel to force Kroma Makeup, EU to arbitrate its cosmetics trademark infringement claims. In a straightforward opinion, the court found that it would be inequitable to compel a party to arbitrate its claims against a non-party to the arbitration agreement when the agreement specifically limited arbitration to disputes arising between the parties. Kroma Makeup EU, LLC v. Boldface Licensing + Branding, Inc., (11th Cir. 2017). Click here for more.