Ep. 319: Are Junk Fees Headed For The Trash?
b'The Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a proposal to crack down on what are commonly called \\u201cjunk fees,\\u201d the often-obscured extra charges applied to concert tickets, hotel bookings and other purchases, that can cost customers upwards of $80 million per year. Joining Pro Say this week is Columbia Business School professor Vicki Morwitz, whose research into those fees and their effects on consumer behavior has informed much of the government\\u2019s response to what it considers a transparently deceptive business practice. Also this week, Robins Kaplan gets ripped for snooping around in a litigation opponent\\u2019s accidentally-shared corporate files and a Texas bankruptcy judge reveals a previously secret romantic relationship with an attorney whose former firm regularly brought cases before him. Finally, U.S. solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar faces a grilling of a different sort on NPR\\u2019s \\u201cWait Wait \\u2026 Don\\u2019t Tell Me!\\u201d'