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16 Dec 2015, 12:00 am by Guest Author
In February, the Federal Communications Commission reversed decades of bipartisan consensus on America’s foreign policy for the Internet when it adopted new “open Internet” rules. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 11:53 am
The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court accuses Heart Check America of using unfair and deceptive business practices to pressure consumers into buying 10-year screening contracts. [read post]
25 May 2012, 10:35 am by Jon Sheldon
How to set up an effective foreclosure mediation program in your state—see NCLC’s Rebuilding America. 4. [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 8:30 am by Eric Fruits
Thus, for consumers who oppose ETFs, rather than a federally imposed ban on the practice, the best solution is the simplest: Choose a contract without an ETF. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 2:37 am
Issues concerning the safety of children's foodstuffs, products, and toys have dominated headlines over the last few years, so much so that the Consumer Product Safety Commission, under the Obama administration, is working to safeguard America's children by developing mandatory safety standards. [read post]
2 Oct 2024, 1:01 pm by Daniel M. Kowalski
We consider this both in terms of the direct budgetary costs—the expenses associated with arrest, detention, legal processing, and removal—that the federal government would have to pay, and in terms of the impact on the United States economy and tax base should these people be removed from the labor force and consumer market. [read post]
14 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Thomas Gremillion
Thomas Gremillion About the author: Thomas Gremillion oversees the research, analysis and advocacy for the Consumer Federation of America’s food policy activities. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 8:51 am by Patrick A. Malone
The newspaper reported that advocacy organizations like the Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Economic Justice, have investigated and “found that car crashes remained ‘well below’ 2019 levels”: Continue reading [read post]
31 Dec 2017, 5:12 pm by Wolfgang Demino
CFPB, federal-enforcement-actions, National-Collegiate-Student-Loan-Trusts, statute-of-limitations, Transworld-System-Inc – posted 10/6/17CFPB: The Toxic Vegetable in the Beltway Alphabet Soup National-Collegiate-Student-Loan-Trusts, private-student-loans - 10/5/17CFPB Payday Loan Rule Issued (10/5/2017) CFPB, federal-regulation, payday-loans-and-lenders – posted 10/5/17Interim Final Rule re Mortgage Servicer Communications with Borrowers at risk of foreclosure -Posted… [read post]
26 Aug 2019, 6:31 am by Deb Givens
  The Writers Guild of America filed claims last week in federal court alleging the entertainment industry’s biggest talent agencies are violating antitrust and anti-racketeering laws, the latest move in a long and heated battle between those who write scripts and the agents who represent them. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 7:45 am by Todd Zywicki
The study examined 2008–2012 data from a mammoth database of 160 million credit card accounts at America’s eight largest banks to analyze the practical impact of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, which Congress passed in 2009. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 2:03 pm by Brian Wm. Higgins
I'm tracking IP-related lawsuits filed in the Maryland Federal District Court using Justia.com and other sources. [read post]
11 May 2008, 5:45 am
This story comes to us from Spokane, Washington...but is equally applicable to about any city in America. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 2:08 pm by Jon Brodkin
 "While certain broadband Internet access service networks may require practices to effectively manage congestion, those practices should be tailored to improve equitable access among consumers," the bill says. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 7:42 pm by Adam Thierer
This is another classic example of well-intentioned regulation having profoundly unintended, anti-consumer, anti-competitive consequences. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 5:32 am by Sean Wajert
A federal court last week granted defendant's summary judgment motion in a putative class action alleging Nintendo of America Inc. sold defective wrist straps with its Wii controllers. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 8:35 am by David Gabor
” (Neither the Consumer Federation of America nor the CPSC, however, has taken a position on shiny coins or other workaday items that might also be attractive for little kids to swallow.) [read post]