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2 Apr 2009, 3:45 pm
by Deepak Gupta Those of us who regularly read amicus briefs by the likes of the U.S. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 8:17 am
by Deepak Gupta The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommitee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection is holding a hearing this morning on "Consumer Credit and Debt: The Role of the Federal Trade Commission in Protecting the Public. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 8:18 am
by Deepak Gupta FDIC chairman Sheila Bair says that, to protect consumers from aggressive lending practices, Congress should consider "curtailing" the powers of federal banking regulators to preempt state consumer protection laws. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 1:33 pm
"Deepak Gupta, the group's chief attorney in Washington, said companies like ACCS are effectively "renting out the prosecutor's seal" to collect money on cases prosecutors would not otherwise pursue. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 10:26 am
My co-blogger Deepak Gupta is quoted in the story, and Public Citizen has filed cases charging that the practice violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 10:26 am
by Deepak Gupta This blog has closely followed the ongoing battle over class-action bans: adhesion contract provisions that purport to strip consumers and employees of their right to pursue class actions, whether in litigation or in arbitration. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 8:49 am
by Deepak Gupta The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual tally of consumer complaints. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 12:36 pm
by Deepak Gupta I'm delighted that the Second Circuit has decided to uphold New York City's landmark fast-food menu rule, which requires chain restaurants to disclose calorie information on their menus. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 10:43 am
One is that the California and New York departments of motor vehicles are balking at providing information, said Deepak Gupta, a lawyer for Public Citizen. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 10:24 pm
The speakers scheduled to speak include Julio Ribeiro, Mahesh Bhatt, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Dipankar Gupta, Vinod Mehta, Sayeed Naqvi, Rajdeep Sardesai, Deepak Chaurasia, Sanjay Pugalia, Madhu Trehan and others. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 8:47 pm
by Deepak Gupta The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has just released a fascinating new report, based in part on documents they obtained through FOIA, detailing the Bush administration's use of preemption as a deregulatory strategy. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 10:41 pm
Deepak Gupta at CL&P blogged about this earlier today, and points out that the bill is intended to improve enforcement of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 4:17 pm
by Deepak Gupta Although the issue hasn't come up in the presidential campaign, those looking for clues about the presidential candidates' views on the ongoing debate over binding mandatory arbitration will want take note of a new piece of proposed legislation sponsored by Senator Barack Obama. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 8:43 am
"The court's ruling will compel debt collectors to police themselves more effectively," said Deepak Gupta, an attorney for Public Citizen who argued the case. [read post]
12 Jul 2008, 12:59 pm
Because NCS submitted only a conclusory declaration stating that it maintained procedures, we hold that it failed to establish a bona fide error defense under the FDCPA.Public Citizen's Deepak Gupta represented Richard Reichert in this appellate victory for consumers in the 9th circuit states. [read post]
8 Jul 2008, 12:35 pm
by Deepak Gupta Michigan Supreme Court Holds Foreclosure Unconstitutional: I've written here before about the issue of foreclosure notice procedures -- whether homeowners are getting constitutionally sufficient notice of tax or mortgage foreclosures. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 3:17 pm
by Deepak Gupta On Friday, New Mexico's highest court unanimously handed consumers an important victory, holding that, "in the context of small consumer claims that would be prohibitively costly to bring on an individual basis, contractual prohibitions on class relief are contrary to New Mexico's fundamental public policy of encouraging the resolution of small consumer claims and are therefore unenforceable in this state. [read post]
27 May 2008, 12:12 pm
by Deepak Gupta A cutting-edge issue in the world of consumer law--and one that this blog has discussed many times before (see, e.g., here, here, and here)--is the extent to which corporations can enforce class-action bans placed in consumer adhesion contracts. [read post]
30 Apr 2008, 11:28 am
by Deepak Gupta Did you know that a smoked turkey sandwich (930 calories) at Chili's has more calories than a sirloin steak (540 calories)? [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 11:08 am
"It's absolutely a trend," said Deepak Gupta, staff lawyer for Ralph Nader's public citizen Litigation Group. [read post]
