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The FTC’s site, Dealing with Weather Emergencies, has practical tips to help you prepare for, deal with, and recover from a weather emergency. Like all their materials, the site is mobile-friendly, so you’ll have ready access to information when and where you need it. Click here for more.
Greenpeace ranks supermarkets on their use of plastic
Environmental group Greenpeace has released a report ranking grocery retailers on their efforts to minimize single-use plastic on their shelves. The report finds the industry as a whole has a lot of room for improvement. Single-use plastic, such as containers and water bottles, end up in landfills if they are not recycled. In many countries, the plastic -- along with other garbage -- is dumped at sea where it forms large islands and poses threats to marine life. In a recent report, the United Nations estimated that 1 million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute and up to 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide every year. Click here for more.
Your Money
Don't neglect your budget this summer. Summer is a minefield for wayward spending. Weddings, vacations, summer camps and bored kids at home are all attempting to separate you from your money. Here's how to approach the summer months in the most budget-friendly way. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Class attorneys receive $1m fee in TCPA class action settlement. An Illinois federal judge gave the final signoff to a $3.3 million settlement, including $1 million in attorney fees, to end a class action accusing Mesa Laboratories Inc. of sending thousands of unsolicited faxes for spore-testing services without the legally required opt-out information. The judge noted that while the fee amount is “quite significant in terms of absolute dollar amount,” class counsel’s one-third share of the money is consistent with settlements that are reached within the Seventh Circuit. Under the settlement, more than 3,000 settling class members who received a spore-testing advertisement will receive checks ranging from $550-$650 that will become void 90 days after their issue date. Class members who cash their checks will then receive a check containing their pro rata share of any amount leftover from uncashed checks, and any money left from the second distribution will be donated to a cy pres recipient. James L. Orrington II DDS PC v. Mesa Laboratories Inc. et al., case number 1:18-cv-00841(US Dist Ct, N. Ill 2019) Click here for more.