Politico has this story about implementation — or lack thereof — of the 2010 Food Safety Modernization Act. Here is the gist of it: On paper, the law that Congress passed in late 2010 — known as the Food Safety Modernization Act — was bigger than anything since Teddy Roosevelt cleaned up the meatpacking industry. […]
Category Archives: Uncategorized
That's the question consumer reporter Jerry Hirsch, with help from the Union of Concerned Scientists, tries to answer in this article.
Deciding a case under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Third Circuit held this week that debt collectors bear the burden of proving that their contacts with third parties fall under an exception to a ban on such contact when pursuing repayment from consumers. The court summarized the case this way: Under the Fair […]
Consumer reporter Michelle Singletary has written this article warning consumers about potential car-rental snafus, with a focus on how to insure the car. Some of her key tips: ●Double-check ahead of time what your personal auto policy covers for a rental, including whether you’re covered for “loss of use,” which is a charge you could […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Justice yesterday resolved an action with American Honda Finance Corporation concerning discretionary auto loan pricing and compensation practices. The CFPB explains: "Honda’s past practices resulted in thousands of African-American, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islander borrowers paying higher interest rates than white borrowers for their auto loans, […]
by Paul Alan Levy In its decision issued last week about the application of trademark law to the operation of online search engines, Multi Time Machine v. Amazon the Ninth Circuit has taken a dangerous step backwards. The case might, however, prove to be the vehicle by which that court wipes out the bad precedent […]
Last month, the Fourth Circuit held in In re GNC Corp. that "to state a false advertising claim on a theory that representations have been proven to be false, plaintiffs must allege that all reasonable experts in the field agree that the representations are false.” — F.3d –, 2015 WL 3798174, at *7 (4th Cir. […]
Jeb Bush: "work longer hours." Hillary Clinton: "raise incomes." NYT coverage of those statements and their implications here and here, respectively.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has remade Coke's famed “Hilltop” ad to drive home the relationship between sugary soft drink consumption and obesity (and obesity's cousin, diabetes). CSPI recently reported that its video has been view more than 300,000 times in English. To view the video in English, go here or click on […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published consumer guides for managing money particularly aimed at helping newcomers to the U.S. Here's what the CFPB says about the guides, along with links to the guides themselves: Beneficiary. Collateral. Debit. Fair market value. These terms might look familiar, but what do they really mean? Now imagine how […]