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West Coast is Not Playing around with Counterfeit Goods!

August 23, 2010 23:41

by: Cassidy Saitow On Friday, the California Apparel News reported that a major shipment of fake True Religion jeans was discovered in a random search of incoming cargo. Authorities unveiled over 21,000 pairs of jeans that were disguised under Tuff Made USA labels and false metal button...

How has the G20 impacted your professional and non-professional life?

June 25, 2010 10:00

It's Friday, June 25, 2010 and as a result of the G20 summit, I am blogging remotely - from the comfort of my own home. As you know, the leaders from the G20 countries are meeting in Toronto this year to discuss key issues in the global economy. The road leading to the summit has been a rocky...

Are Fakes Great?

May 04, 2010 22:07

The answer is: it depends.  (yes annoying answer, I know, but even a Fashion Lawyer sound like a regular lawyer at times) It is undisputed that counterfeits are illegal.  But no one really knows what economic or social effect fakes have on the U.S. economy.  An MIT study has...

The Situationist Staff

November 22, 2009 04:01

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, in the following video, describes one of his fascinating studies on the situation of cheating. * * * * * * For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “The Interior Situation of Honesty (and Dishonesty),” “The Situation of Lying,” “The Facial Obvious...

"That's horrible. After the crap we just went through. No. No, no, no."

Ann Althouse
October 16, 2009 11:16

Richard Heene — the father of the Boy in a Box, the erstwhile Boy in a Balloon — protested when asked whether the whole thing was a hoax."I'm kind of appalled after all the feelings that I went through, up and down, that you guys are trying to suggest something else."I'm kind of appalled too, that t...