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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Quitting smoking and losing weight can be enormously challenging. In the quest to kick the habit or drop the pounds, you might be tempted by products promising miraculous results. But take a breath before you buy or try. Those ads could be exaggerations or outright lies that wind up costing you big. Click here for more.
FDA Approves New Antiviral Flu Drug
For the first time in almost twenty years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new influenza drug. Called Xofluza, the drug will provide “an important, additional treatment option” for consumers, said Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. Xofluza, which is taken in a single oral dose, is being brought to market by Genentech, a division of Roche. Click here for more.
Your Money
Shopping can be fun or exhausting or both, depending on who you are and what’s going on in your life. Regardless, the need to scrutinize sales deals and be a careful shopper is more important today than it ever was, given the ease of our “buy with one click” shopping culture. Class-action lawsuits filed by consumers over allegedly deceptive pricing practices have been on the rise recently. Since 2014, more than 150 lawsuits have been brought against more than 80 retailers, alleging that they duped consumers through false price advertising. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Hertz can force arbitration in rental fee case. An Illinois federal judge sided with Hertz Corp. in a putative class action suit against the rental car company brought by a customer, saying a contract required arbitration for the bulk of claims accusing Hertz of repeatedly charging improper fees. Kathryne Anne Kurth v. The Hertz Corp., case number 1:18-cv-02785, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Click here for more.