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15 Jul 2009, 8:48 am
"Consumer lawsuits against collection agencies have become more prevalent and they can prove to be costly for debt buyers and both first- and third-party collectors," said Scott Carter, group vice president of TransUnion's collections vertical. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 12:00 pm
And finally, asbestos cases were consolidated into groups of eight with similar medical issues, with only three in each group at any given time allowed to proceed at trial. [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 3:49 pm by Josh Fensterbush
While the suggestion of a uniform tort scheme was turned down in 2002, Australia adopted a near-uniform product liability scheme in January 2011 through the Australian Consumer Law (“ACL”).[1] Officially found in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (“CCA”), the ACL applies to all jurisdictions and replaced a collection of federal and state consumer protection legislation with imposition of statutory obligations—including… [read post]
How consumer protection class actions are litigated and administered can affect your legal budget, and bottom line, in a big way. [read post]
12 Sep 2023, 5:20 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
” The groups that signed onto this most recent letter—which includes organizations representing agriculture, food justice, animal protection, consumer, food safety, public health, environmental, labor, legal and local government/preemption interests—stressed that the EATS Act could gut state authority, potentially bankrupt state and local governments, result in endless litigation, undermine founding principles and constitutional law precedent, and hurt… [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 12:47 pm by Erica Townes
If you have any questions regarding FCRA compliance, please contact any member of our Labor and Employment Practice Group. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 6:43 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
The lawsuits also underscore the need for all players in this space, including litigation funding companies and merchant cash advance providers, to revisit true sale compliance, both in the language of their agreements and in the company’s actual practices. [read post]
31 May 2012, 2:19 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
Altria Group, Inc., --- N.W.2d ----, 2012 WL 1934726 (Minn.) [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 12:28 pm by Chip Merlin
As Tampa Tribune reporter Catherine Whittenburg reported in Citizens to Phase in Sinkhole Hikes - First Year at 50 Percent: Fasano said that he and Policyholders of Florida, a consumer advocacy group headed by former state Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw, are loading up 150-200 consumers on three buses to attend today's hearing, which will be held at 4 p.m. in Ballroom D at the Tampa Convention Center, 333 South Franklin St. [read post]
28 Jun 2007, 4:27 pm
About Prescription Access Litigation Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) (www.prescriptionaccess.org) is a nationwide coalition of over 130 state, local, and national senior, labor and consumer health advocacy groups in 35 states and the District of Columbia fighting to make prescription drugs affordable. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 11:35 am by Brian Tengel and Amy Mudge
At the same time, Mary emphasized that the FTC has an important role to play in using administrative litigation in combating deception that is not fraud—a role that accords with Congress’s intention that the FTC use administrative litigation to develop core consumer protection principles. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 10:06 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky and Mark J. Levin
The data presented on that point strongly suggests that arbitration does benefit consumers far more than class action litigation. [read post]
19 Jan 2009, 7:46 pm
Consumers are facing new and challenging risks from computers and the Internet, so it makes sense for us to offer it. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 8:54 am
Just one year after its approval, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen issued a warning about the dangers of the drug. [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 4:00 am by Michael Erdle
Other IP groups have recognized the value of specialized private dispute resolution. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 1:19 pm by Seth Williams
To the extent the inclusion of the State Department in the working group leads to enhanced cooperation with foreign governments helping to cut down on scam robocalls originating outside U.S. jurisdiction, the working group could help solve an intractable robocalling issue that class action litigation and FCC enforcement under the TCPA have, so far, had little success solving. [read post]