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30 Oct 2007, 9:18 am
CDT joined with a coalition of privacy advocates on Wednesday to recommend an ambitious set of proposals intended to give consumers greater control over their personal data and to offset the impact of pervasive behavioral tracking. [read post]
Inasmuch as privacy is a key factor in any policy decision, the professor advocated against identity disclosure in the proposed rule, as it could present a host of privacy issues, such as misuse and exploitation. [read post]
Legal experts and consumer advocates have recommended several policy reforms, including requirements such as those in the Uniform Law Commission’s model Uniform Consumer Debt Default Judgments Act. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 7:03 pm by James Denvil
The proposal has drawn criticism from the Federal Trade Commission and privacy advocates for not containing enough consumer protections, and from the business community for a lack of clarity and the potential to stifle innovation and to create other unintended consequences. [read post]
Background and Priorities of the Office Given Colorado’s larger size and what AG Weiser called a “range of inputs” including from the legislature and the public, the Consumer Protection Section is comprised of many specialized teams including an opioids unit, a utilities consumer advocate unit, a consumer credit codes unit (where the office plays a supervisory role in non-bank lending), and a civil rights and corporate fraud unit. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 10:12 am by Paul H. Rubin
The Obama Administration is advocating a privacy bill. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
 "Consumers are sometimes sickened and everyone up and down the chain has to check for, remove, and destroy the contaminated products," said DeWaal. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 6:00 am by Paul L. Singer
Generals Letitia James of New York and Rob Bonta of California have also advocated for state legislation targeting the addictive features of social media. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 11:44 am by Danny Jacobs
Frank Gorman of Gorman & Williams was in Las Vegas last week for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 11:44 am by Danny Jacobs
Frank Gorman of Gorman & Williams was in Las Vegas last week for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 6:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
If you haven't heard of Elizabeth Warren, here's what you need to know:She holds Wall Street big wigs and Treasury Department members accountable as part of her work in Washington leading oversight of the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP).She's an Oklahoma native and bankruptcy expert who teaches at Harvard.She's a serious, strong advocate for consumers and working families. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 6:25 pm
Our San Bernardino County foreclosure defense attorneys agree with consumer advocates that the practice of dual-tracking foreclosures is unfair and potentially predatory to consumers. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 6:19 am by Jeff Sovern
Specifically, the paper advocates requiring borrowers to view a video of the pain and risk of default and foreclosure to make those risks more salient and increase the likelihood that consumers attend to disclosures. [read post]
11 Apr 2015, 6:51 am by Dean Freeman
The study, which was mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act, is the first step in what consumer advocates hope will be abolishing mandatory arbitration clauses. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 2:39 pm
Everyone from consumer advocates to Automotive News expects that Toyota will announce a recall of the new Prius model any day. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 9:03 pm by James Alford
As FOIA’s history shows, a pool of requesters advocating their own interests is more likely to lead to delayed responses, not regulatory intervention. [read post]
19 Mar 2008, 8:31 pm
While on one hand some consumer advocates consider the House version to be a sop to industry, on the other hand the House bill is endorsed by the White House and by major manufacturers, and there was considerable opposition to the Senate bill including from the Consumer Product Safety Commission itself. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 10:21 pm
This taxonomy provides a roadmap for consumer advocates to understand the resistance they will face with almost any form of consumer reform. [read post]
1 Feb 2008, 9:23 am
While consumer advocates have criticized the audits as overzealous and unnecessary, the temporary end of audits occured for a simple (if somewhat, ironic, reason)--the US Trustee is out of money. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 1:43 pm by Brian Wolfman
Consumer advocates, among others, have often said that Americans use credit too freely and that the average American's debt is too high. [read post]