--- description: Let consumers sue companies, could the rise in U.S. Navy collisions be linked to cyber-terrorism and more. title: Let Consumers Sue Companies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Let Consumers Sue Companies by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 24, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 24, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Let consumers sue companies.**](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/opinion/let-consumers-sue-companies.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") By Richard Cordray in the _New York Times_ **2\.** [**Could the rise in U.S. Navy collisions be linked to cyber-terrorism?**](https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/22/the-us-navy-is-investigating-possibility-of-cyber-attack-in-latest-collision/ "undefined") By Tristan Greene in the _Next Web_ **3\.** [**This treatment rejuvenated the brittle bones of old mice. Could we treat osteoporosis the same way?**](https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/shedding-old-cells-rejuvenates-the-brittle-bones-of-ageing-mice "undefined") By Elizabeth Finkel in _Cosmos_ **4\.** [**Here’s how our biggest stars control the music press.**](https://theoutline.com/post/2159/how-jay-z-eats-the-press "undefined") By Jeff Ihaza in the _Outline_ **5\.** [**People are powering their homes with massive collections of recycled batteries.**](https://motherboard.vice.com/en%5Fus/article/kzz7zm/diy-powerwall-builders-are-using-recycled-laptop-batteries-to-power-their-homes "undefined") By Louise Matsakis in _Motherboard_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4913912/let-consumers-sue-companies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4913912/let-consumers-sue-companies/"},"headline":"Let Consumers Sue Companies","datePublished":"2017-08-24T16:00:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:32.942Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4913912/let-consumers-sue-companies/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Music","health","Companies","Batteries"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4913912/let-consumers-sue-companies/","name":"Let Consumers Sue Companies"}}]}] ```