Flexibility with financial caps, they fret, is simply code for palming off the financial burdens of Medicaid on to the states.

ECONOMIST: Medicaid reform

In the present case, the claims against Mr. Vaughan are straightforward: trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, Texas unfair competition, including right of publicity, palming off and misappropriation.

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At the other end of the spectrum are firms that have shown the world how to profit from IT by palming it off.

ECONOMIST: Domestic outsourcing in India