Consumer Law

Hoping for a presidential town hall on crime and punishment
I view John McCain's proposed weekly town hall debates as a fantastic idea, and one that ought to help ensure that some crime and punishment issues get discussed during the campaign...

LATINO VOTERS EXPECTED TO HEAVILY FAVOR OBAMA
America's Voice has released this helpful chart to give folks an idea of what to look for when analyzing tomorrow's Latino vote. Polling for the past several weeks has shown McCain getting between 25% and 33% in most surveys, a substantial drop from 2004...

Could tonight's town hall debate finally bring up crime and punishment issues
I am consistently disappointed whenever I start hoping the Presidential candidates will talk seriously about crime and punishment issues. Nevertheless, my single-issue-blogger hope springs eternal, and perhaps the town hall setting for tonight's debate could help facilitate some discussion of...

People Wearing NARAL T-Shirts Are Ejected From McCain Town Hall Event
RH Reality Check: McCain + Birth Control = Attention to His Position, by Marjorie Childress: John McCain seems to be having increasing difficulty with the issue of birth control. At his town hall here in Albuquerque Tuesday, three people wearing...

Stanton To Hold Town Hall Meeting on C-61
Bruce Stanton, the Conservative MP for Orillia and member of the Industry Committee, has promised to hold a town hall meeting on C-61 this summer.  It seems likely that the meeting comes in response to concerns from many groups about the potential effect of the bill...

Dhaliwal on the C-61 Town Hall
Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal has issued a press release on his recent "near capacity" town hall meeting on C-61.  Dhaliwal notes that Bill C-61 ranks among the top three issues raised by his constituents...

DirecTV
alleging a cancellation fee that is improperly or insufficiently disclosed to consumers.

Antitrust
Price Fixing Could Cost Consumers up to $300 Billion Annually

Music Teacher
Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student.

Burst Drain Pipe
Town of Smithtown agrees to pay homeowners $260,000 property damage settlement.

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Landfill Eminent Domain
Surry County pays $800,000 settlement to purchase farm land for town dump.