The Washington Post reports: Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products […]
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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing yesterday entitled “The Telephone Consumer Protection Act at 25: Effects on Consumers and Business.” The committee website described the topic as: The hearing will examine the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), an enacted bill that requires solicitors to maintain a “Do Not […]
The U.S. Labor Department today issued a final rule that will significantly raise the pay threshold that triggers exceptions to the general rule that workers must be paid 1.5 times their ordinary pay for every hour they work over 40 hours per week. The Labor Department says that the new rule will Raise the minimum salary level […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report finds that one-in-five borrowers who take out a single-payment auto title loan have their car or truck seized by their lender for failing to repay their debt. According to the report, more than four-in-five of these loans are renewed the day they are due because borrowers cannot afford to […]
By Steve Gardner Spoiler alert: The resident is ExxonMobil, which is fighting a subpoena (probably a Civil Investigative Demand) by the AG of the Virgin Islands seeking to find out about Exxon's role in climate change. The VI AG is working with an excellent plaintiff firm, Cohen Milstein, to represent the VI. The State of Texas (joined by […]
The Supreme Court today issued its much-anticipated ruling in Spokeo v. Robins. The opinion vacates and remands the Ninth Circuit's holding that the plaintiff had standing to pursue his claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, but leaves open the possibility that the court of appeals may reach the same result on remand. The majority, consisting […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed suit this week against All American Check Cashing, Inc., which offers check cashing and payday loans, and its owner, for allegedly tricking and trapping consumers. The complaint alleges that All American tried to keep consumers from learning how much they would be charged to cash a check and used […]
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Education by former students of a now-defunct for-profit beauty school can proceed. The students sued the Department for aggressive collection tactics against students who likely had the right to discharge their loans. Courthouse News offers this summary: Former […]
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund has released this report on the judicial work of Judge Merrick Garland, some of which relates to the interests of consumers.