Consumer Affairs reports: "Starting September 1, Amazon will pay customers who suffer injury or damages caused by products sold by its third-party sellers. It will not admit liability and will limit claims to $1,000. The policy is intended to head off lawsuits that consumers have filed over the years that seek to hold the multi-billion […]
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FTC Sends Nearly $2.3 Million in Refunds to People who Lost Money to Credit Card Debt Relief Schemes (July 29) FTC Obtains $450,000 Settlement in Tate’s Auto Group Case (July 29)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has created this web page describing a variety of programs and strategies for financial protection during the pandemic.
Jordan Elias as written 'More Than Tangential': When Does the Public Have a Right to Access Judicial Records? Here is the abstract: Public accountability requires open proceedings and access to documents filed with the courts. The strong policy favoring access to judicial records creates a presumption against sealing documents without a compelling reason. The Ninth Circuit […]
The Tax Policy Center — a project of the Urban Institute and Brookings — has produced this informative paper on the new, expanded child tax credit, which is a part of the American Rescue Plan. The Tax Policy Center estimates that 92 percent of families with children will get an average child tax credit of […]
The Sixth Circuit just ruled that the Center for Disease Control's eviction moratorium is unlawful because it lacks any basis in the statute that the government says authorizes it. Read the decision here.
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau turns 10 years old, a new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund recaps how the agency has helped consumers over the past decade and the steps under way to refocus the CFPB on its mission after three years of retrograde decisions under the Trump Administration. The report also […]
FTC to Ramp Up Law Enforcement Against Illegal Repair Restrictions (July 21, 2021) FTC Rescinds 1995 Policy Statement that Limited the Agency’s Ability to Deter Problematic Mergers (July 21, 2021) FTC Votes to Reverse Course on Repeal of Fabric Care Labels (July 21, 2021)
As you may know, most student loans are notoriously difficult to discharge in bankruptcy. But not all loans, according to In re Hilal K. Homaidan (CA2 July 15, 2021). In that decision, the Second Circuit has joined the Fifth and Tenth Circuits and held that private student loans are dischargeable in bankruptcy. The exceptions to […]
Americans for Financial Reform, the Public Interest Research Group, the Center for Responsible Lending, the National Consumer Law Center, the Consumer Federation of America, National Association of Consumer Advocates, New Jersey Citizen Action, the Woodstock Institute and the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the creation of the […]