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20 Aug 2020, 10:18 am by Lori J. Sommerfield
., federal and state financial institution regulators have taken meaningful, proactive steps to acknowledge financial inequality issues, reach out to traditionally underserved populations to expand access to credit, and further protect consumers from discrimination. [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 4:05 am by tortsprof
Jean-Sébastien Borghetti has posted to SSRN Taking EU Product Liability Law Seriously: How Can the Product Liability Directive Effectively Contribute to Consumer Protection?. [read post]
30 Aug 2021, 11:48 am by CrimProf BlogEditor
Jennifer Lynch (Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)) has posted an abstract of Modern Day General Warrants and the Challenge of Protecting Third-Party Privacy Rights in Mass, Suspicionless Searches of Consumer Databases (Hoover Institution Aegis Paper Series) on SSRN. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 12:17 pm by By DEALBOOK
While much of the Congressional debate over consumer financial protection has focused on banks, lawmakers have been grappling behind the scenes over whether and how to regulate payday lenders, debt collectors, check-cashing outlets, title and installment lenders and even pawnbrokers, The New York Times reports. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 8:40 am by Karen Hudson
Microsoft's deputy general counsel called for a comprehensive approach to protecting online consumer privacy in testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. [read post]
26 May 2011, 3:24 am by Bob Kraft
Consumer Product Safety Commission’s authority on issues including lead testing for toys, baby-crib replacements and consumer complaints. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 2:07 pm
State consumer protection statutes are usually used as tools by state attorneys general and other litigants to protect consumers from fraudulent or deceptive practices in the conduct of trade or commerce. [read post]
10 Feb 2019, 10:24 am by Odia Kagan
The intention is to build a Chinese data protection regime that is uniquely suited to China: one that builds consumer trust in a thriving digital economy but does not undermine the government’s ability to maintain control. [read post]
19 Nov 2020, 9:16 am by privacylawyer
Here are 10 ways the Consumer Privacy Protection Act will impact organizations’ Canadian privacy practices. 1. [read post]
18 Aug 2013, 9:20 am by Thomas McAvity
Fortunately there are pretty strong protections in place that allow most consumers to protect the contents of these accounts. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 8:15 am by guest-writer
Despite the new protections instituted by the Credit CARD Act, 33,258 complaints were still filed about credit cards. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 4:20 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report, A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers, highlighting debt collection as a top complaint for older Americans, many of whom say they struggle with debt in retirement. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 5:32 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“…Thank you for this opportunity to respond to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) request for information regarding consumer-permissioned access to financial account and account-related data in usable electronic form. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 7:28 pm by uwlegalscholarship
The program will feature a panel of leading research on consumer protection and insurance markets. [read post]
14 May 2020, 9:25 am by admin
COVID-19 Consumer Protection Enforcement: A Tale of Two Countries Since the COVID-19 pandemic began escalating in Canada and the United States in March, consumer protection and competition/antitrust agencies also increased their enforcement of local and federal advertising laws. [read post]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Tuesday ordered Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion regarding its “widespread mismanagement” affecting over 16 million consumer accounts. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 8:23 am by Geoff Wiggs
What the automatic stay does The Automatic Stay (or “Stay”) protects the bankrupt consumer from continuing collection actions by his or her creditors. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 3:41 pm by Brian Wolfman
Dukes suggest the bell has tolled for the class action mechanism as a tool for consumer protection. [read post]