The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's blog post about its fair-lending priorities for 2017 is here.
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The Washington Post reports: Consumer advocates have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission charging that Google violated user privacy through a policy change that gives the company more leeway to build profiles of people as they browse the Web and use Google services. The complaint, submitted Thursday by Consumer Watchdog and the Privacy Rights […]
Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on a range of vehicle-to-vehicle communications to be required in all new cars and light trucks. The agency thinks the rule is revolutionary. As the proposed rule's executive summary explains: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to issue […]
Possibly, yes, according to this study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study tested the following question: "Do patient outcomes differ between those treated by male and female physicians?" by examining a "nationally representative data of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries." It came to the following conclusion: " Elderly hospitalized patients treated by female internists have lower mortality and […]
Hat tip to Arthur Bryant who tells us that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a guidance urging judges and litigants to ensure that every protective order and agreement in litigation “specifically allow for disclosure” to the “CPSC and other government public health and safety agencies.” The CPSC guidance is here. Arthur has […]
by Paul Alan Levy An announcement from the White House today listed the Consumer Review Fairness Act as one of several bills that President Obama signed into law yesterday. Here is my public statement on the development. And today I learned of a significant development: DC United is breaking with the forces at the headquarters […]
FairWarning has an article today about the Consumer Product Safety Commission: For decades, the federal agency largely was seen as a doormat with few resources and a toothless enforcement record. But over the past few years, under its chairman, Elliot Kaye, the CPSC has dramatically increased the penalties imposed on wayward companies, including multi-million dollar […]
The New York Times reports: Big banks are fighting tens of billions of dollars of potential legal costs linked to at least a dozen pending lawsuits arising from the financial crisis. Now they want the Supreme Court to weigh in, arguing that regulators took too long to file their claims. A handful of banks, including […]
The Washington Post reports: Education Secretary John B. King Jr. on Monday rejected an appeal from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, one of the largest national accreditation agencies, to remain the gatekeeper between colleges and billions of dollars in federal financial aid. King is siding with his staff and an independent advisory board that […]
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it "is now making it easier and faster for health care professionals and patients to get the most up-to-date drug safety information on the more than 18,000 drugs available on our website. Our improved Drug Safety Labeling Changes Program enables FDA to post the latest safety information […]