Consumer Law

CFPA Bill Moves Forward
Here's what CSBS says about the progress of a bill to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency: "The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday passed legislation (H.R...

Tell the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau What You Want From It
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in its infancy, and in danger of de-funding, but it’s in full startup mode, and looking for input from consumers. Related posts:Consumer Financial Protection Agency must have teeth and be flexibleEarlier this week, President Obama announced his plan to create...

New Consumer Protection Chief Wants More Authority for FTC
During a speech at Georgetown University Law Center this afternoon, David Vladeck, director of the consumer protection bureau at the Federal Trade Commission, said his agency should "be placed on equal footing with the other consumer protection agencies...

Bankruptcy Code 502(k): stupidest consumer protection ever!
You really have to hand it to Congress. When they want to protect the consumer they really know how to do it. Remember how the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Consumer Protection Act was supposed to protect consumers? Yeah, right! For the past five years, I’ve been looking for any evidence of consumer protection in this Act...

ABA Consumer Protection Conference: Credit Slips out in Force
Angie Littwin and I will be speaking on a very timely panel about the need for a consumer financial product safety commission Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CoFiPro=Coffee Pro?) at the ABA's Section on Antitrust 's Consumer Protection Conference at Georgetown...

How to Make the Bureau of Consumer Protection More Consumer Friendly:
(Todd Zywicki) From the beginning of the financial reg reform debate I?ve supported the idea of a more coherent and integrated institutional approach to consumer financial protection...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

IT Personnel Overtime
alleging IT personnel are not receiving the overtime pay they are due.

Germantown Primary Care Associates, P.C.
Unlawfully collected fees refunded in Consumer Protection Act violation suit.

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Hutchinson Oil
Over $75,000 settlement reached in consumer protection lawsuit.

School Misrepresentation
Lehigh Valley College agrees to pay $200,000 settlement for violating consumer protection laws.

Internet/Technology
involving cyber law, consumer protection, internet crime, internet fraud, online gambling, e-commerce.