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May 10, 2012
Panel Pushes For Asbestos Trusts To Publish Claimants' Info
Witnesses insisted to a U.S. House subcommittee on Thursday that a bill to force asbestos trusts to disclose information about the claims they receive does not compromise claimants' privacy, though one attorney contended the measure was a sop to companies facing asbestos-related suits.
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May 10, 2012
Class Cert. Granted In Suit Over Sale Of Driver Info
A federal judge on Wednesday certified a class of Arkansas drivers who accuse a Utah-based company of illegally purchasing personal information from the Arkansas Department of Motor Vehicles and reselling it to marketers and criminals.
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May 10, 2012
CFPB Proposes Regulations To Limit Mortgage Fees
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday said that it planned to bring forward a proposal that could limit transaction fees that banks and mortgage brokers charge consumers when they purchase homes.
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May 9, 2012
Sens. Join FTC, Commerce In Push For Privacy Legislation
A pair of Democratic senators pledged at a hearing Wednesday to continue to push forward with broad online privacy legislation backed by the Obama administration and the Federal Trade Commission, despite opposition from a Republican senator and the newest FTC commissioner.
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May 9, 2012
White House Sued For Clean Air Act Meeting Records
An environmental group launched a Freedom of Information Act suit Tuesday to obtain records from White House meetings with utilities, industry and special interest groups during reviews of four major Clean Air Act rules.
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May 9, 2012
House Democrats Unveil Overdraft Protection Bill
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation that would limit the overdraft fees banks can charge consumers and the number of times those fees could be assessed, among other changes.
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May 9, 2012
Dems Propose Bill To Protect Employee Social Media Privacy
A group of House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday introduced companion bills that would bar employers from demanding access to workers' password-protected accounts on sites such as Facebook as a condition for employment.
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May 9, 2012
Sens. Allege Drugmakers Financed Opioid Misinformation
Two high-ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee are investigating whether drug companies used their deep pockets to encourage influential medical organizations to downplay the addiction and overdose risks of opioid painkillers, the pair announced announced Tuesday.
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May 9, 2012
Carrier IQ Taps Ex-Verizon GC To Tackle Privacy Problems
Facing multidistrict litigation and government probes stemming from allegations that Carrier IQ Inc. secretly gave smartphone users' personal data to phone companies, the software company announced Tuesday that it had appointed a former Verizon Communications Inc. privacy expert as its general counsel.
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May 9, 2012
Twitter Says 'Occupy' Subpoena Violates User's Privacy
Twitter Inc. fought back Tuesday against a New York state criminal court ruling that the Manhattan district attorney could subpoena the Twitter account of an arrested Occupy Wall Street protester, arguing that the holding violated federal privacy law and deprived the user of his ownership rights.
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May 9, 2012
Jiffy Lube Pushes Unnecessary Oil Changes, Suit Says
Jiffy Lube International Inc. was hit with a putative class action Tuesday alleging it tells customers at its California car service centers that their vehicles need oil changes more frequently than necessary, in violation of the state's false advertising and consumer remedies laws.
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May 9, 2012
Dutch Enact Europe’s 1st Net Neutrality Law
The Netherlands on Tuesday adopted net neutrality legislation preventing Internet providers from interfering with user activity, becoming the first European country to enact net neutrality provisions and only second in the world after Chile.
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May 9, 2012
EarthLink Faces Privacy Class Action Over Call Recording
A California woman slapped Internet services provider EarthLink Inc. with a proposed class action on Tuesday, alleging the company illegally invaded consumers’ privacy when it recorded telephone conversations between its employees and members of the public.
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May 9, 2012
Chicago Rail Sued Over Tickets' Expiration Dates
Chicago's commuter rail system on Tuesday was hit with a putative class action alleging that it deceptively markets and sells limited-use tickets with expiration dates of less than five years in violation of Illinois' consumer fraud law.
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May 8, 2012
Apple App Data Tracking MDL Slated For Sept. 2013 Trial
A California federal judge last week set a September 2013 trial date for a consolidated putative class action in multidistrict litigation accusing Apple Inc. and several others of violating consumer privacy laws by offering smartphone apps that allegedly track user data.
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May 8, 2012
Consumers Defend $250M AT&T Settlement In 9th Circ.
Attorneys for consumers who sued AT&T Wireless Services Inc. over connectivity charges defended a class action settlement worth up to $250 million before the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday, saying plaintiffs will be forced to arbitrate claims individually if an objecting class member has her way.
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May 8, 2012
Judge Consolidates Suits Over Gerber Probiotic Claims
A judge in New Jersey federal court on Tuesday consolidated five consumer protection class actions against Gerber Products Co. and Nestle USA Inc. over the allegedly improper marketing of probiotic baby formula and baby food.
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May 8, 2012
Kids Email Provider Accused Of Profiting Off Bogus Spam Suits
Internet marketing company Clickbooth.com LLC filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Florida federal court accusing kids email service provider ZooBuh Inc. of using the CAN-SPAM Act to file frivolous lawsuits and build a "litigation factory" for personal financial benefits.
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May 8, 2012
NY Senate Votes To Keep VoIP Services Unregulated
In a bid to foster competition, New York's Republican-controlled state Senate voted Tuesday to prevent the state from regulating Voice over Internet Protocol rates, bypassing Democrats who said the state should preserve its option to impose rules protecting consumers.
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May 8, 2012
Verizon, OnStar Can't Use Consumer Law To Sue Over Robocalls
A federal judge on Tuesday tossed Verizon Communications Inc. and OnStar LLC’s lawsuit accusing several health plan providers of making illegal robocalls, saying consumer protection laws designed to deal with the issue don’t apply to companies.