Month: July 2015

Picture of Brant Stogner

Speeding in Texas

According to a report by the personal finance website WalletHub, Texas is listed dead last among all states and the District of Columbia on a combined score of punishment for speeding and reckless driving. To compose its report, WalletHub collected data on twelve different measures and then totaled the points. The states with the highest…

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Abraham Watkins

New Efforts to Reverse the Decline of the Jury Trial

A new project at New York University Law School is studying and promoting public discussion of the continuing decline in the number of civil jury trials in American courtrooms. The school is giving voice to the sentiment of countless lawyers who view the phenomenon of “the vanishing jury trial” with dismay, believing it disserves clients…

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Citibank’s Deceptive Marketing

In 2010, the CFPB was formed as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act due to the 2008 financial crisis. The director of the CFPB, Richard Corday, reported that the consumer task force is still uncovering illegal credit card add-ons to millions of unknowing consumers. In the past four years, this…

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