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National Consumer Protection Week
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is March 2 - 8, 2008, highlighting consumer protection and consumer education efforts around the country. The theme for this year?s NCPW is "Financial Literacy: A Sound Investment," encouraging consumers to master the financial facts...

News media peek inside our Consumer Resource Center
As part of our mission to protect the people of Washington, the Attorney General's Office provides informal mediation between consumers and businesses at no cost to either party. ....

CP Week Tip of the Day: Choosing a cell phone plan
The Attorney General?s Consumer Protection Division released its annual Top 20 list of consumer complaint categories today in conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week. Each day this week, we?ll post a tip related to industries that receive the most complaints...

National Consumer Protection Week 2008
National Consumer Protection Week is March 2-8, 2008. In honor of this highly publicized week (not), I am going to write a short blog entry each day highlighting an issue that I believe is important to Indiana consumers...

It's Time for Another National Commission on Consumer Finance
Back in 1968, Congress created a bipartisan National Commission on Consumer Finance. See Pub. L. No. 90-321. The Commission reported and went out of business. It's probably fair to say that the Consumer Credit Protection Act would be a very...

Consumer software licences under fire
For the London Free Press - March 17, 2008 Read this on Canoe In the United Kingdom, the National Consumer Council recently filed a complaint with the Office of Fair Trading stating that consumer software licences contain an imbalance of...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

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.

National Steak and Poultry Recalls 248,000 Pounds of Beef Products
248,000 Pounds of Beef Products Recalled by National Steak and Poultry