Submitted by Sarah Jones on Sun, 03/05/2017 - 15:15
If you're reading this, you noticed.
Consumer advocate Joanne Doroshow lays out the details in her excellent Huffington Post column:
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Fri, 03/03/2017 - 00:00
From the Washington Post:
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Tue, 02/28/2017 - 00:00
This is not exactly progress. The "Protecting Access to Care Act" (H.R. 1215) doesn't actually help anyone get safe, affordable health care, but it does a bunch of other stuff nobody asked for -- especially health care consumers and anyone who hates brazen federal power grabs.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Fri, 02/17/2017 - 00:00
Tort reformers in Congress are pushing a new bill that would scale back the ability of large groups of consumers to band together and sue businesses. The so-called "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act" (H.R. 985) is anything but fair to Americans.
“If this bill becomes law, it will deny justice to Americans who suffer from financial fraud and deceptive scams, massive civil and human rights violations, or unsafe products and toxic workplaces that cause horrific injuries and deaths.” said Linda Lipsen, CEO, American Association for Justice.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Tue, 07/12/2016 - 17:46
When the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces are deployed they should not have to worry about certain burdens at home, such as losing their civilian jobs or suffering abuses and frauds by financial corporations.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 15:05
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the agency created in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse, announced a landmark proposal to curb widespread fraud and abuse on Wall Street by restricting the use of forced arbitration against consumers.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 17:19
Did you make a call on your cell phone today? Or buy something using your credit card? Most Americans engage in these activities every day without realizing that they could be giving up their legal rights – specifically, their right to hold the cell phone company or the bank accountable in court if they cheat customers or violate their privacy. It may sound crazy, but when you bought that cell phone or opened that credit card, the corporation likely buried a forced arbitration clause in the fine print of the agreement.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Thu, 02/05/2015 - 15:05
Yesterday was World Cancer Day, which was established in 2008 with the primary goal of significantly reducing illness and death caused by cancer by 2020. Several Members of Congress recognized World Cancer Day, but certain members of the House Judiciary Committee chose to mark the occasion by holding a hearing on a bill that insults and injures victims of cancer caused by asbestos.
