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Consumer Protection - May, 2012
261 articles
- Slimness Of Bloomberg Soda Ban Could Doom Legal Claims
- SunTrust Mortgage Pays $21M Over Race Bias Claims
- Federal Retirees' SSNs Exposed On Postcards, OPM Says
- Comcast Can't Nix Suit Over Allegedly Undisclosed Fees
- EU Wants 5 Countries Fined For Putting Off Telecom Reforms
- Calif. Senate OKs Warrant Requirement For GPS Data
- Case Study: Soppet V. Enhanced Recovery
- FDA Says Corn Syrup Can't Be Called 'Sugar'
- App Makers' Privacy Policies Leave Users In The Dark: Panel
- Wells Fargo's $7.5M Deal Ends Discriminatory Lending Suit
- AHA Updates Debt Collection Rules Amid Accretive Fuss
- Mortgage Database Co. Slams Del. AG's Foreclosure Suit
- FTC Disclosure Guides Should Go Mobile, Regulator Says
- Facebook Atty Urges FTC To Avoid Blanket Ad Disclosure Regs
- Illinois Congress Moves To Block Phone Bill 'Cramming'
- Trade Group Shakes Suit Over 'Mandatory' Annual Dues
- NY Bill Would Make Carriers Disclose Insurance Commissions
- Minn. High Court Stubs Out Philip Morris 'Lights' Row
- NY Rep Calls For End To Force-Placed Insurance 'Kickbacks'
- Verizon To Pay $10M To Settle Consumers' Late-Fee Suit
- Keeping The FTC Out Of Your Space: Lessons From Myspace
- UK Mulls Probe Of Google Street View, Australia Declines
- Political Polling Calls A Scam, Class Action Says
- High Court To Weigh Costs Trigger In Debt Collection Cases
- NY Lawmakers Agree To Beef Up Anti-Telemarketing Law
- Starbucks Drinkers Seeing Red Over 'Bug Dye,' Suit Says
- Social Media: A Danger To Company IP
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
- Lawmakers Push Twitter To Reveal Tracking Practices
- U Of Ill. FOIA Suit Belongs In State Court, 7th Circ. Says
- Lawmakers Press DOJ To Reopen Google Street View Probe
- Class Says JPMorgan Made Them Buy Excessive Flood Coverage
- P&G Sued Over Olay 'Anti-Aging' Skin Care Claims
- FTC's Credit Report Notices Covered By FCRA, Judge Says
- Social Media Privacy Law Clears Calif. Senate
- Ohio Latest To Float Bill On Workers' Facebook Passwords
- Wal-Mart Withholds Background Check Info, Suit Says
- Reach Of High Court's GPS Ruling Expanded In Ky. Drug Bust
- 3rd Circ. Snubs Appeal in Arizona 'All Natural' Drink Suit
- Freeman V. Quicken — A Warning To The CFPB
- CFPB Lays Out Rules For Extending Reach Beyond Banks
- Pom Strikes Back With Ad Campaign In FTC Health Claim Row
- RealNetworks Pays $2.4M To End 'Deceptive' Free Trial Suit
- High Court Refuses To Expand RESPA In Mortgage Fee Row
- Judge Refuses To Let Insurer Exit FTC Health Marketing Suit
- Fast-Food Chains Back Debit Card Fee Rule Challenge
- The Government's Burgeoning Brady Problem
- Australian Parliament Takes Up Privacy Act Reforms
- Crate & Barrel Hammers Out Deal Ending ZIP Code Suits
- FCC Considers Beefing Up New Anti-Cramming Rule
- NJ Panel Advances Bill Speeding Class Cert. Appeals
- White House Orders Gov't Agencies To Take Data Mobile
- Sony Ends PSN Data Breach Coverage Fight In Calif.
- 3rd Circ. OKs Wal-Mart's Appeal Of Cert. For Warranty Class
- Grappling With The Right To Be Forgotten
- CFPB Eyes Regulation For Prepaid Cards
- Dexatrim Maker Says Suit Doesn't Show Harm From Carcinogen
- Electronic Banking Data Bill OK'd By NY Senate Panel
- Ill. Legislature Bans Employer Access To Facebook Passwords
- UK Teddy Bear Co. Sues J&J Unit Over Misleading Zyrtec Ad
- Facebook Strikes Deal To Resolve 'Like' Ad Action
- EU Adopts Plan To Strengthen Consumer Protection Rules
- Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Put Accounts At Risk, Suit Says
- Ocean Spray Should Ditch Negative V8 Claims, NAD Says
- WilmerHale Partner Heads To Neustar To Handle Privacy
- Senators Slather Scorn On FDA After Sunscreen Label Delay
- Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
- Lack Of Injury Dooms $4.2M Junk Fax Ruling, 7th Circ. Hears
- Senator Says Cybersecurity Bill An 'Overreaction'
- Ifrah Lures Privacy Expert From Thompson Hine
- DEA Rule Changes Would Trample Privacy Rights, EPIC Warns
- Avon Urges Judge Not To Let Its Former Counsel Rep Foe
- GAO Gives Mixed Report On CFPB Practices
- FTC Picks Up Privacy Legal Scholar As New Policy Adviser
- NY Borrowers Overcharged $500M For Insurance, Expert Says
- J&J Customers To Appeal Benecol False Ad Ruling
- Continental Frequent Fliers Won't Get Day In High Court
- Pom Juice Ads Were Misleading, FTC Judge Says
- The Problem With 'Access And Accuracy'
- Suit Chews Out Kraft, Cadbury Over Sugarless Gum Ads
- High Court To Hear US Foreign Surveillance Law Fight
- Pepsi Exits False Ad Suit Over SoBe 'All Natural' Labels
- 5th Circ. Says Concepcion Dooms Student's Arbitration Award
- House Passes Defense Bill, Staving Off Automatic Cuts For Now
- Federal Attack On Calif. Mortgage Overhaul Spurs Debate
- Facebook Users Attack Data Use Changes Amid IPO
- Investors 'Like' Facebook, But They'll Still Sue
- Google Stonewalling On FCC Street View Docs, Group Says
- Rep. Seeks To Ease Privacy Notification Rule For Financial Cos.
- NY PSC, Verizon Take Heat Over Wireline Service Plan
- NY Times, ACLU Denied FOIA Bids For Patriot Act Report
- Facebook Hit With $15B Complaint In User Tracking MDL
- US Companies And Canadian Privacy Law: Beware
- Sanofi Units Can't Get Junk Fax Class Action Thrown Out
- Prof. Punished Over Anti-Muslim Facebook Posts Sues Purdue
- Twitter Latest To Join Growing Do-Not-Track Movement
- White House Taps OMB Veteran As Cybersecurity Chief
- Class Actions Still Viable In NJ Despite Concepcion
- Police Slam GOP-Backed Warrant Rule For Geolocation Data
- Del. Bill Protecting Workers' Facebook Passwords Advances
- 9th Circ. Revives Pom's False Ad Suit Against Coke
- En Garde: Prepare Yourself For The CFPB
- H&R Tax Students Who Skipped Class Fail In Cert. Bid
- EU Adopts List To Weed Out Misleading Health Claims
- Prudential Policies Useless, Defense Contractor Workers Claim
- Powerful Foes Could Doom Arbitrator Bill In NY Senate
- Nationwide Class Certified In PNC Bank Overdraft Charge MDL
- Google To Defend Privacy Policy At French Watchdog Meeting
- Skechers To Pay $50M To End Slew Of Toning Shoe Ad Claims
- Consumer Class Action Waivers Post-Concepcion
- Judge Can't Believe Butter Class Suit Against Ralphs
- 9th Circ. Won't Review Revival Of BofA Overdraft Suit
- FAA Expands Drone Use Despite Privacy Concerns
- Consumer Group Urges FDA To Dump NuVal Nutrition Ratings
- Travelers Escapes Coverage Fight Over Fax Ad Class Action
- Energy Marketer Faces Class Action Over Unsolicited Fax Ads
- Apple Challenges Claims Its Siri Ads Were Misleading
- Accretive Taps Daschle, Frist To Pen Patient-Billing Rules
- Bank, Credit Fixers Pay $2M To Settle Fee Suit
- EPIC Asks Senate To Expand Privacy Act Damages After Cooper
- News Corp. Hacking Probe Yields Charges For Rebekah Brooks
- A Look At Recent Developments In Cybersecurity Policy
- Suit Blasts Chobani Greek Yogurt's All-Natural Claims
- Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Help Short Sellers Duck Foreclosure
- EU Privacy Watchdogs Seek To Bolster Biometric Safeguards
- 9th Circ. Says 'Knowing' Access Enough For HIPAA Breach
- NRDC Pushes To Reopen FDA Suit Over Soap Chemicals
- Naked Juice Gets 'All-Natural' Class Action Stripped Down
- DMV Personal Info Sharing Suit Doesn't Catch High Court's Eye
- Blue Cross Hit With Market Allocation Suit In Tenn.
- High Court Won't Touch Ceridian Data Breach Case
- NY Pols Push Mobile Anti-Spam Law, Saying Feds Too Lax
- FDA Delays Deadline For Stricter Sunscreen Labeling Rules
- ABA Group Floats Tougher Data Security Rule For Attys
- Accretive Rebuts Claims Of Harsh Collection Tactics
- Limiting The Application Of The CFAA And EEA
- FINRA Shakes Schwab's Suit Over Class Waivers
- TD Bank Puts Up $62M To Check Out Of Overdraft Fee Case
- Senate Cybersecurity Bill Heads To Floor Despite Backlash
- 11th Circ. Denies Wells Fargo Appeal In Insurance Scheme Suit
- Cell Number Transfer Ends Robocall Consent: 7th Circ.
- Papa John's Accused Of Wiping Evidence In Spam Text Suit
- NY Lawmaker Seeks Probe Into VoIP Deregulation Group
- Franken Prods DOJ On Mobile Tracking Amid Privacy Concerns
- General Mills Fruit Snack Mislabeling Suit Survives
- I Know What You Watched Last Summer
- When HIPAA Is Not Enough: Tougher Texas Privacy Laws
- Facebook Calls Parent's Suit Over Game Credits Bogus
- Google-NSA Communications Can Stay Secret, DC Circ. Rules
- NY Court Says Medical Data Protected In Malpractice Suit
- Alleged Texting Scammers Put Up $2M To End Texas AG's Suit
- NJ Bill Protecting Workers' Facebook Passwords Advances
- Internet Marketer Settles Facebook 'Likejacking' Case
- Consumers Can Recover On All Bad Credit Deals, FTC Says
- Calif. Foreclosure Bills To Implement $18B Bank Deal
- Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Shield Workers' Facebook Logins
- Wells Fargo Gets Loan Deception Claims Trimmed
- Higher US Oil Output Won't Protect Consumers, CBO Says
- Panel Pushes For Asbestos Trusts To Publish Claimants' Info
- Class Cert. Granted In Suit Over Sale Of Driver Info
- CFPB Proposes Regulations To Limit Mortgage Fees
- RockYou And The FTC: Privacy Policies Vs. Practices
- Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
- Sens. Join FTC, Commerce In Push For Privacy Legislation
- White House Sued For Clean Air Act Meeting Records
- House Democrats Unveil Overdraft Protection Bill
- Dems Propose Bill To Protect Employee Social Media Privacy
- Sens. Allege Drugmakers Financed Opioid Misinformation
- Carrier IQ Taps Ex-Verizon GC To Tackle Privacy Problems
- Twitter Says 'Occupy' Subpoena Violates User's Privacy
- Jiffy Lube Pushes Unnecessary Oil Changes, Suit Says
- Dutch Enact Europe's 1st Net Neutrality Law
- EarthLink Faces Privacy Class Action Over Call Recording
- Chicago Rail Sued Over Tickets' Expiration Dates
- UDAAP May Interfere With 'Ability-To-Repay' Under TILA
- Apple App Data Tracking MDL Slated For Sept. 2013 Trial
- Consumers Defend $250M AT&T Settlement In 9th Circ.
- Judge Consolidates Suits Over Gerber Probiotic Claims
- Kids Email Provider Accused Of Profiting Off Bogus Spam Suits
- NY Senate Votes To Keep VoIP Services Unregulated
- Verizon, OnStar Can't Use Consumer Law To Sue Over Robocalls
- Chicago Mayor Seeks To End Accretive's Row With Minn. AG
- Warranty Co. Accused Of Selling Deceptive Contracts
- Claims Axed In Suit Over BofA Credit-Monitoring Program
- Myspace Settles With FTC Over Information Privacy
- Michael Jordan Gatorade Ads Endanger Teens, Group Says
- 7th Circ. Blocks Ill. Law Banning Audio Recording Of Police
- Challenge To NM Credit History Law Revived By 10th Circ.
- NY Lawmakers Act To Tighten Mortgage Licensing Loophole
- Wells Fargo Says DOJ Targeting Mortgage Origination Biz
- Judge OKs Calif. Class In Ikea ZIP Code Collection Suit
- Mission Impossible: Impossibility Preemption Post-Levine
- BofA Kicks Off Mortgage Write-Downs As Part Of $25B Pact
- L'Oreal Says Hair Serum Plaintiffs Lack Standing To Sue
- Live Nation Ticket Scalping Suit Goes Forward
- Flyers Season Ticket Holders Sue Over Excluded Winter Game
- 9th Circ. Says RJ Reynolds Promotion May Count As Contract
- Judge Calls Atty Fees 'Excessive' In BofA Credit Card Deal
- FBI Lobbies Social Networks In Push To Boost Snooping Powers
- EBay Escapes Suit Over Automatic Bidding Service
- Avis Didn't Disclose E-ZPass Convenience Fee, Suit Says
- TaxMasters CEO Says Insurers Should Cover $46M Suit
- HoJo Says No Damage Done In Recorded Calls Suit
- RBS Profits From Customers' Math Errors, Suit Claims
- UK Officials Allowed To Preview Evidence In News Corp. Probe
- Health Insurers Face New Disclosure Rules Under Calif. Bill
- Hangover Reliever Can't Swallow Opponent's Discovery Delay
- EU Data Rule Will Strengthen Regulators, Official Promises
- Judge OKs Class In Overdraft Fee MDL Against BancorpSouth
- Magistrate Backs Some Class Status In First Data Suit
- Funeral Home First Penalized By FTC For Withholding Prices
- Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
- Insights From The FTC's Mobile Payments Workshop
- Wal-Mart Customer Says Oil Change Stickers Are Deceptive
- Markey Wants Mobile Carriers' Police Tracking Data
- Kashi Can't Call Cereal With GMOs All Natural, Suit Says
- CFPB Working On Enforcement Actions, But Timing Unclear
- Anti-Blight Portion Of Calif. Mortgage Bills Wins OK
- SEIU To Drop Ballot Proposals In Deal With Hospital Group
- Bigelow In Hot Water Over Tea's Antioxidant Claims
- Groups Fear Obama Order Sends Excessive Power Overseas
- NY Bill Would Ban Credit Card Surcharges At Gas Stations
- UK Watchdog Eyes Flouters As New Cookies Rule Kicks In
- Air India Fined For Disclosure Violations
- Hospital Network Faces Calif. Suit Over Price Gouging
- DOJ V. GFI Mortgage — The End Of Discretionary Pricing?
- Wash. High Court Says AT&T Can't Use Fees To Recoup Taxes
- Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
- Accretive Accuses Minn. AG Of Deception, Intimidation
- Visa Faces DOJ Probe Over New Debit Card Fees
- Calif. Panel Gives Thumbs Up To Facebook Login Privacy Bill
- Ill. Lawmakers Seek To Protect Workers' Facebook Passwords
- Sen. Seeks Info Tying News Corp. Scandal To US Activity
- Treasury, Calif. Strike Deal On Insurance Info Sharing
- FDA Warnings Spawn Slew Of Exercise Supplement Suits
- Dems Seek Reams Of Info On Accretive's Billing Practices
- Energy Plus Uses Rate Plan Bait-And-Switch, Suit Says
- EU Pushes To Beef Up Child Internet Safety Laws
- Suit Over 'Real Housewives' Star's Margarita Ads Pared
- H&R Block Says Insurer Must Pay Up For False Ad Settlement
- FCC Asked To Yank Fox Licenses After Hacking Scandal
- Costco's Recorded Calls Invaded Customer Privacy, Suit Says
- Consumer Group Demands Google Street View Docs From FCC
- Inside The CFPB Proposed Rules For Mortgage Servicers
- GMAC Insurance Scheme Bilked Homeowners, Suit Claims
- Ill. Appeals Court Rejects Abbott's Bid To Move Class Action
- Calif. Short Sellers One Step Closer To Avoiding Foreclosure
- Texas AG Fights State Farm Suit Over Gulf Coast Policies
- Crayola Offers Refunds To Scrub Out Suit Over Bubble Stains
- 'Willful Blindness' May Be News Corp.'s Legal Undoing In US
- Big Biz Hails Obama's Order To Align International Regs
- Fed Says Durbin Amendment Led To Debit Card Fee Nosedive
- FHFA Chief Denies Hiding Info On Mortgage Principal Cuts
- Citing Smith V. Bayer, 7th Circ. Allows Sears Dryer Suits
- Class Cert. Granted In Experian FCRA Suit Over Towing Debt
- Tennis Ball Co. Penn Serves Dunlop With False Ad Suit
- Millennium Says Ameritox Copied Lab Report Format
- Chattem Concealed Carcinogen In Dexatrim, Suit Says
- Ill. Hospital Tried To Swipe Patients' Settlement Cash, Suit Says
- PacBell Back On The Hook For Cramming In Calif.
- A CFPB Report Card For Education Finance: Part 2