Comments on: Paragraph of the day

By: tanj

tanj — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:47:44 +0000

Don’t worry the judge was not acting immorally, the money will go to the FTC.

By: Canada Bill Jones

Canada Bill Jones — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:17:07 +0000

The Judge is wrong.

It is immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

By: mojo

mojo — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:55:05 +0000

What, you mean you’ve never been snatched by the 17th Dimensioners?

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:05:29 +0000

He spends much of the opinion addressing the Q-Ray company’s defense that the Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet is legit because it exhibits the placebo effect.

The only thing I can say is that the lawyers for Q-Ray give new meaning to the word chutzpah. Their argument adds insult to injury. Did they really believe that the judge would be stupid enough to fall for such a defense?

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:07:35 +0000

Not all infomercials are fraud.

I remember channel surfing one night and finding a refreshingly honest woman telling viewers that her product, “…will literally take years off your life!”

What more could a lawyer ask for?

By: Jason Barney

Jason Barney — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:15:17 +0000

That’s a good ruling, but one can’t help but wonder who falls for such fanciful claims about a product.

And, the “fine” is apparently a disgorgement of profits, ill-gotten. But, what I like is that (presumably) since the government brought the suit on behalf of consumers, private plaintiff lawyers don’t walk off as multi-millionaires after carving 1/3 or more from the fine/judgment.