Kai Falkenberg has written an excellent piece in Forbes about the problems of over-disclosure and over-warning, drawing on the research of Omri Ben-Shahar and Carl Schneider.
"Disclosed to Death"
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- Product recall fatigue
- Maureen Dowd gets it wrong on cellphone warnings
- "Use of a headset that covers both ears will impair your ability to hear other sounds"
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- "Stop drinking your lotion, people!"
- Over-specific product warnings
- Accounting for liabilities, cont'd
- Preemption and SSRI/suicide suits
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



