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22 Sep 2009, 8:41 pm
Last week, several consumer advocates testified before congress and criticized the practice of "forced arbitration. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 7:35 am
Canadian courts also followed these precedents with the result that class actions never took root in Canada until legislation was adopted in the 1990s to reverse the judicial precedents..Nevertheless, consumer advocates agitated in the 1970s and 1980s for reform of the class action rules so that class actions would be available to aggrieved consumers. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 9:32 pm
The Need for Government Regulation NHTSA launched the ongoing probe of the rental car industry at the request of several consumer safety groups. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 3:00 am
Consumers Union announced its agenda for the CFPB. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 8:18 am
Advocates for Massachusetts consumers are looking seriously at Elizabeth Warren's record of pro-consumerism as the election nears. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 2:31 pm
Factcheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" that monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 10:23 am
A recent letter to the NYT's consumer advocate, the "Haggler," (aka David Segal, who some of us law profs may not love so much anymore since his recent swipe at legal scholarship...) raised some interesting contracts issues. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 5:00 am
Judge William Highberger and Judge Peter Lichtman of the Los Angeles County Superior Court had a great article on settlement approval motions in the January 2011 issue of Advocate, the monthly magazine of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 6:05 pm
On issues as varied as privacy, copyright protection and the dominance of Google’s Internet search engine, the company is clashing with lawmakers, regulators and consumer advocates in Europe. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 2:00 pm
The American Medical Association (AMA) is ramping up its efforts to stifle the stigma of impropriety among consumer advocates and patient groups, by proposing to add specific guidelines requiring physicians to disclose their financial ties to the pharmaceutical and medical device industry with patients. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 10:18 pm
State AGs (Connecticut's in particular) vs. businesses that try to close plants [Genova] New York class-action firm Labaton Sucharow generous to Massachusetts politicians [Boston Globe] Relying on analysis from some insurance consumer advocates can be hazardous indeed [RiskProf on... [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 1:34 pm
Consumer rights advocates have said the marketing practices of these schools can be deceptive and that their students have a higher average debt load than their peers at ... [read post]
26 Nov 2009, 10:29 am
This is a great resource for nursing home advocates and ombudsmen. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 1:00 pm
But, like many new Facebook features, it has stirred unease among privacy advocates and some consumers. [read post]
6 Dec 2018, 12:00 am
Advocates targeted broadband networks because of their strategic position as the gateway to consumers,... [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 12:57 pm
A busy week is in store for health policy in Maryland as regulators, advocates, consumers and insurers consider the present and future of the state’s individual market. [read post]
26 Oct 2012, 8:00 am
Consumer advocates and representatives from city of San Francisco and San Bruno call on Senator George Mitchell and his firm to withdraw as mediator in talks with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. because its represents PG&E’s insurance company. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 9:49 am
On Thursday, June 6, 2013, I had the pleasure of participating with leading consumer advocates and subject matter experts for the debt collection industry at the CFPB-FTC Roundtable titled Life of A Debt: Date Integrity in Debt Collection. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 8:17 am
She argues that arbitration "has become a stealth counterrevolution, denying rights for which consumers, workers, civil-rights advocates, feminists, and... [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 2:31 pm
Investment advisers, state regulators and consumer advocates were critical of the adoption of an amendment to the Investor Protection Act that would give Finra power to oversee any adviser associated with a registered broker-dealer, including about 500 dually registered Finra... [read post]
