In a case filed last November, mortgage company PHH Corp. is appealing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $109 million enforcement ruling that the company took kickbacks in violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. The case is pending in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, with oral arguments scheduled for next Tuesday, April 12. […]
April 4, 2016 — District Court Enters Injunction Against Michigan Cheese Manufacturer and Its Owners to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated Cheese March 23, 2016 — Judge Orders Recall of Dangerous Magnets March 21, 2016 — United States Files Enforcement Action Against Kansas Food Manufacturer and Company’s Managers to Stop Distribution of Adulterated Food Products March […]
City supervisors approved a measure to grant six weeks' fully paid family leave for parents who bear or adopt a child — the most worker-friendly family leave policy in the nation. Only three states require paid family leave, none at full pay. The federal FMLA provides 12 weeks of family leave, unpaid. The Times has the […]
One of the doomsday scenarios about the ACA was that it would prompt employers to stop covering their workers' health insurance and force them to fend for themselves. That threat hasn't materialized, reports the New York Times. Instead, "health care remains an important recruitment and retention tool as the labor market has tightened in recent […]
The Federal Communications Commission is encouraging companies that sell monthly Internet service to use labels that resemble nutritional-fact food labels to inform customers about price and performance of service. The FCC says that the “broadband facts” labels will help consumers make informed decisions about the purchase of broadband service. The Hill has the story, here. […]
Asset forfeiture is the controversial practice of taking people's stuff when they may be involved in criminal activity. Why is the program controversial? Because sometimes the government seizes the assets of people who are innocent and it's very difficult to get it back. Compounding the problem is a racial disparity in whose stuff gets taken. […]
by Jeff Sovern A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran an op-ed by Georgetown Law Professor David Cole, titled What Liberals Can Learn From the N.R.A. Consumer advocates who seek to change the law would find the entire piece worth reading, but I was particularly struck by one paragraph (which is self-serving, both when […]
by Paul Alan Levy Ted Frank’s comment on my post yesterday about the y-y-yuge sanction imposed on Donald Trump for bringing a frivolous defamation claim hit the nail on the head – this was an April Fools Day prank. But as Eric Turkewitz, who created the concept and posted the first blog on the subject, explains […]
Think California's proposed minimum wage is too high? Other states too low? Consider this calculator for what constitutes a living wage, by state, created by an MIT professor.
As UPI reports: Coast Professional and National Recoveries were among the five private collection agencies terminated in February 2015 after they made "materially inaccurate representations" to borrowers in default, the Education Department said. But in the final few months of 2015, Coast Professional was given an additional $863.5 million worth of student loans, and National […]