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9 Feb 2013, 4:44 pm
In its submission, the Bureau takes issue with two main aspects of the CRTC’s proposed approach to a new wireless code: potential switching costs for consumers (including plan lengths) and advocating for effective disclosure of key terms, particularly price and service limitations. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 6:26 am
" As summarized in a recent article in CNNMoney.com, "Industry watchers and consumer advocates say the measures were sorely needed and will go a long way to protect patients and enhance efficiency in the system. [read post]
29 Jan 2019, 10:53 am
In addition, consumer advocates requested that the AG consider rulemaking on the following: Categories of personal information. [read post]
31 Jan 2007, 12:05 pm
There is a new blog on the block that should be interesting to anyone investigating, litigating and advocating consumer issues such as deceptive advertising, visual illusions, and human biases in issues such as lending and credit payments. [read post]
28 May 2019, 4:46 am
The legendary consumer advocate and founder of the consumer protection group Public Citizen writes in Scientific American that engineers are “often the first to notice waste, fraud and safety issues” Ralph NaderCompared to the technologically stagnant dark days in the auto industry of cruel suppression of technical dissent over safety and toxic emissions … today’s engineers are working in an improved environment for taking their conscience to work.… [read post]
7 May 2014, 7:18 am
Advocates for workers and consumers have attacked arbitration agreements through various avenues in the courts and in the court of public opinion. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 4:52 am
FCC accused of unfairly aiding some firms — pdf From giant phone companies to small consumer advocates, the Federal Communications Commission is supposed to treat every group equally. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 10:03 pm
While consumer advocates were pushing for credit card reform, lenders managed to get hefty subsidies and guarantees, made student loans non-dischargeable in bankruptcy, and started handing out piles of cash to anyone with a high school diploma. [read post]
14 Sep 2022, 6:27 pm
And EPIC has long advocated for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology and on the need for a comprehensive U.S. privacy law. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 12:50 am
Senator Obama's selection of Senator Joe Biden of Delaware would seem to dim the hopes of consumer advocates hoping for consumer friendly changes to the bankruptcy laws. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 4:20 am
On appeal, the Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity (“ABATE”) challenged the PSC’s decision to approve Consumers Energy’s plans, despite acknowledging that the cost estimates were “likely” to prove to high. [read post]
2 May 2011, 5:54 am
As an experienced 15-passenger van rollover accident attorney and consumer safety advocate, I salute the steps taken by a Missouri school board addressing safety concerns regarding the use of 15-passenger vans to transport students. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 4:30 pm
Today, EFF once again joined a coalition of privacy advocates filing comments with the California Attorney General (AG) on the latest proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 7:18 am
We, like DOBI, are interested in protecting our state's consumers. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 9:43 am
Resolving a circuit split, the Court rejected the collection industry's argument that the Act's defense for "bona fide errors," which excuses clerical or factual errors made despite adequate preventive procedures, also extends to errors of law.I filed a brief in the case, which you can read here, on behalf of five national consumer groups (Public Citizen, AARP, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center,… [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 3:15 pm
It faced strong opposition from privacy advocates and immigrant rights advocates. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 1:37 pm
Although these types of uses of big data may be thought to bring about convenience, efficiency, and economic opportunity for some, consumer advocates have urged businesses and regulators to ensure that such techniques be implemented to respect the values of equality and opportunity for all.The FTC’s public workshop, which will bring together business, industry, academics, and consumer advocates, intends to explore the following specific… [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 4:38 pm
The goods and services at issue were addressed to the general consumer, with some of them targeting children and adolescents. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 1:20 pm
Establish the Department of Transportation (DOT) as the lead federal agency for consumer protection for cruise ship passengers, similar to the role the Department has in aviation consumer protection. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 10:01 pm
The outbreak of Salmonella linked to Foster Farms chicken products has some consumer advocates talking again about a petition filed in 2011 by the Center for Science in the Public Interest asking the U.S. [read post]
