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[Carrie McLaren <stay.free AT verizon.net>]

Hello, a few recent items of interest:

"Nike Can't Just Say It, Court Rules"
http://www.latimes.com/la-050302nike.story
The California Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may be held 
liable for lying in press releases and other public statements. This 
means that Marc Kasky's lawsuit against Nike--for misleading the 
public about labor conditions in its Asian factories--can proceed. 
Hopefully this idea will catch on in other courts; if so, it would 
radically alter the balance of power for activists.


Love those Europeans:

"IRELAND: TAX ON PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS. A 13-cent tax on plastic 
shopping bags went into effect this week, to be paid by shoppers and 
contributed to a government fund for environmental causes and waste 
management. The government hopes the tax will prevent discarded bags 
from polluting waterways and littering the countryside, where they 
are a common sight fluttering in trees and hedges. Irish shoppers use 
more than 1.2 billion of the bags annually, enough for one bag per 
person per day. (New York Times, March 8, 2002)


"Truth in Advertising, part 3"
Maybe you remember the "Truth in Advertising" clip I sent out last 
year satirizing life in the ad biz. Well, here's another scene from 
the same short film and it's awesome:
http://www.avionfilms.com/BodySet.cfm?Page=directorinfo&Subpage=video&userID=44&Portfolioitemid=125


From the New Yorker:

A young New Yorker filled out a questionnaire created by the ad 
agency for the New York Lottery asking what she would do if she won 
the jackpot. Her answer: "Establish a foundation that would deal with 
global environmental issues." It turns out that the agency used the 
woman's name and photo in an ad, but changed her response to read, 
"buy a car and a cute driver to go with it."
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020415ta_talk_radosh


Yes, dogs as billboards:
http://www.nypost.com/business/41040.htm


thanks,
carrie