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19 Jul 2010, 11:00 am
The information in the report included feedback gathered from consumer advocates and others during roundtable discussions across the US in 2009. [read post]
18 Feb 2010, 6:20 am
As comprehensive health care reform has been stalled for several weeks now, progressive legislators, advocates and health care consumers across the country have been feeling a deep sense of frustration and outrage. [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 5:00 am
In a potentially huge development for homeowners facing foreclosure nationwide, a partnership of non-profit defense attorneys and consumer protection advocates managed to get over 10,000 foreclosure cases thrown out due to the activities of a single "robo-signor" on the part of the plaintiff, GMAC. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 4:59 am
Class action lawsuits our law firm has been involved in or spear-headed have led to substantial awards totalling over a million dollars to organizations including the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, and local law school consumer programs. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 5:15 am
The International Association of Consumer Law, with participants present from six continents, has been meeting at Brunel University in West London the last few days, hearing presentations from regulators, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and academics. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 7:02 am
From Jessica Brady of Roll Call: Immigration advocates hoping to see comprehensive reform move through Congress this year now acknowledge they will probably have to wait until 2010, thanks to the all-consuming health care debate. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 3:31 pm
The museum is the idea of the famous American consumer advocate and lawyer Ralph Nader who comes from there: “Nader’s consumer-protection advocacy is the lifeblood of the museum. [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 1:56 am
In practice, if the Scottish Government were to consider that a tax or excise duty were an appropriate option, it would engage with the UK Government to give the Scottish Government power to introduce such a measure. 1158: The Lord Advocate emphasises that minimum pricing is a tool to ensure that a floor is fixed to the retail price of alcohol and thereby protects those consumers who are most at risk of alcohol related harm. 1155: The Lord… [read post]
2 Oct 2018, 4:49 am
These are: (i) consumer diversity and vulnerability; and (ii) the digital economy. [read post]
14 Feb 2014, 12:48 pm
The Advocates championed policies that include setting a national standard for data breach and notification that would preempt the various state laws on these issues and provide appropriate exemptions for companies complying with other applicable laws on these issues or those that use encryptions or technologies that render data unusable, development of reasonableness standards, centralized government enforcement in connection with data breach issues, and passage of privacy… [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 4:36 pm
According to the announcement, the workshop “seeks to bring together stakeholders – including industry representatives, consumer advocates, and regulators – for a wide-ranging public discussion on the many issues impacting the accuracy of consumer reports. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 4:00 am
,The CFPB has announced that on January 10, 2014, the date on which most of its new mortgage rules take effect, it will host an event entitled “Protecting homeowners: New tools for empowering consumers and advocates. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 5:00 am
Heeding calls for more self-regulation and concerns of privacy advocates, the Federal Trade Commission, and Congress, the advertising industry has come up with a standardized icon -- referred to as the "Power I" -- that will let consumers know how advertisers use web surfing history, demographic profiles, and other personal data to display ads tailored to the interests of the specific online user. [read post]
10 Oct 2014, 1:50 pm
Consumer advocates, industry representatives, state and federal regulators, and academics have been invited to exchange information on a range of issues. [read post]
30 Jan 2016, 8:27 am
Class action lawsuits our law firm has been involved in or spear-headed have led to substantial awards totalling over a million dollars to organizations including the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, and local law school consumer programs. [read post]
26 Oct 2022, 6:54 am
However, a number of privacy advocates have expressed concern about Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot and the potential for the collection of additional consumer data. [read post]
7 Jul 2021, 7:00 am
What problems are clearly affecting a wide swath of consumers? [read post]
3 Jul 2021, 12:47 pm
They generally come with exorbitantly high interest rates and short repayment schedules and have been called predatory by a number of consumer rights advocacy groups, such as the National Association of Consumer Advocates. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 5:15 am
In an interview with Jim Blasingame of The Small Business Advocate radio program, Jim Copland, director of Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, addressed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in light of the Senate's recent rejection of an up-or-down vote for Richard Cordray's confirmation as the director of the CFPB. [read post]
25 Feb 2007, 7:42 am
Consumer advocates portray the campaign as part of an effort to stop state and federal legislation to curb the industry. [read post]
