“The Cloud” is certainly the buzz-phrase du jour as the behemoth IT companies rush to offer remote storage “in the cloud” for everything from document files to home videos. You get the convenience of easy access to the stuff on a variety of devices in a variety of places. They …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Amazon, Apple, Google, iCloud, iTunes, Microsoft | Category: Consumer Protection, Mobile Telephone Regulation |
 One commentSome four decades ago, Nobel economist George Akerlof argued that markets didn’t get it right when sellers knew a lot more than their potential customers. In the used car market, for example, buyers can’t readily distinguish lemons from non-lemons without investing in the services of an … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Allow, asymmetric information, CarMax, George Akerlof, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Personal | Category: Consumer Protection |
Leave a comment…Beth DeSimone’s analysis of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz’s proposal to streamline the agency’s consumer protection powers on the Consumer Advertising Law Blog? Leibowitz, a former chief counsel to the Senate Antitrust Committee, is asking the Senate for an overhaul of procedures that limit both FTC … |
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