| Volume 141 Number 17 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Tell your friends. Tech support scams, which get people to pay for fake computer help or steal their personal information, are convincing. You might already know the signs of a tech support scam, but do your friends and family? Here’s what they need to know now. Click here for more.
Companies facing tariffs say they'll pass on the higher costs
Farmers, fishermen, and bourbon distillers have been some of the early victims of the budding trade war between Washington and much of the rest of the world. Those products have been tagged for retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration imposed billions of dollars in tariffs on goods from China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union, meaning U.S. exporters will probably sell less in the months ahead. But the next victims will probably be U.S. consumers, who will face higher prices, both on imports and on domestic products produced with imported materials. Click here for more.
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You do everything you think you're supposed to. You maintain good health insurance. You choose in-network doctors and hospitals. You pay the bills you think you owe. But despite your best efforts, you could still wind up having problems with a medical bill that could affect your credit standing. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
A jury in federal court in Houston found that Rust-Oleum Corp. had put out false advertisements in its bid to market its car windshield water-repellent product against leading competitor Rain-X, returning with a $1.3 million verdict in favor of Rain-X's maker. The jurors, found that three specific phrases that Rust-Oleum used in its advertising campaigns for its RainBrella product qualified as false or misleading. Rust-Oleum had claimed in advertising that RainBrella lasted “twice as long” as Rain-X, and that it had conducted testing that included running a vehicle treated with RainBrella through “100 car washes to prove it.” Tool Works Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Corporation et al., case number 4:17-cv-02084, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Click here for more.