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• In the Green Room: Professor Todd Zywicki on Proposed Financial Reforms

  Posted March 12th, 2010 at 3:20pm in Ongoing Priorities with 0 comments

  Yesterday, Professor Todd Zywicki from the George Mason School of Law joined Heritage’s David John and American Enterprise Institute’s Alex J. Pollock for a panel titled, “Protecting Consumers in the Financial Marketplace: Thinking Outside the Boxes“. The discussion centered around the proposed financial regulations and a possible Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). After the panel, Professor [...] More

• What Next? Feds Want To Take Your Remote

  Posted October 9th, 2009 at 10:53am in Ongoing Priorities with 8 comments

  Earlier this week the Federal Trade Commission yet again proved their uselessness, this time by issuing guidelines requiring bloggers to disclose any payments they receive from the subjects of their reviews or face a $11,000 fine. Because who knows what death and destruction would occur if Timmy failed to let his readers know that Activision [...] More

• FTC to Regulate Blogger Claims (I Was Not Paid to Say This)

  Posted October 6th, 2009 at 3:23pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 17 comments

  Should the federal government regulate what blogger’s blog? Yes, said the Federal Trade Commission yesterday — at least when it comes to product endorsements. At issue were the FTC’s guidelines concerning the use of endorsements in advertising. These guidelines, among other things, require paid endorsers of products to disclose [...] More

• Cheerios: Available at a Pharmacy Near You?

  Posted July 3rd, 2009 at 7:19am in Enterprise and Free Markets with 2 comments

  Should Cheerios be regulated as a drug? That’s what the FDA suggested last month in a letter to the breakfast cereal’s maker, General Mills. The issue originated with a claim on cereal boxes that says Cheerios will “lower your cholesterol 4% in six weeks.” The FDA said in a letter to General Mills that the company’s [...] More