Consumer Rights Law 
A universal digital library is within reach – Los Angeles Times
Copyright law makes it risky to digitize these books without permission from copyright owners, and clearing the rights can be prohibitively … selling books to consumers, and licensing digitized out-of-print books to libraries and other institutions.
Obsolete communications law stifles innovation, hurts consumers – Daily Caller
America’s communications law wrongly assumes consumers have no competitive communications … auctions, and property rights; solutions our early 1900s government bottleneck laws could never fathom. Examine history even further and you …
Staten Island funeral homes hit hard by city violations – Staten Island Advance
“Funeral planning comes at very difficult time in a person’s life which is why New Yorkers are fortunate to have such strong legal rights,” said DCA Commissioner … families about their options: By law, a consumer should be able to … Continue reading
Questions for Republicans on Health Care Reform – Huffington Post
CONSUMER RIGHTS Under the ACA, insurance companies are no longer allowed … (“Insurance premiums would rise by as much as 25 percent if the healthcare law is implemented without an individual mandate, according to a new analysis from the Robert … Continue reading
Global Consumer Network Releases IP Watchlist for 2012 – Zeropaid
Anti-circumvention provisions in the law has caused significant headaches for innovators … New Zealand moved up five places to take the fifth best country for consumer rights while the United States slipped two places to settle into the 5th best … Continue reading
Consumers Energy shareholders asked to demand higher renewable-energy standards for utility – MLive.com
Current law requires that utilities … “DTE Energy and Consumers Energy should lead the way in investing in clean, renewable energy, instead of opposing creation of a clean energy industry right here in our state,” Mark Fisk, spokesman …
Consumers win more power over credit data – The Border Mail
Consumers will also have a greater ability to see information … which were developed in response to a 2008 report by the Australian Law Reform Commission. The reform would give citizens a greater opportunity to control the use of their … Continue reading
Inspections find 1 in 3 city funeral homes deny consumers price lists – New York Daily News
Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz said the law is on the books to protect consumers from … The agency also reminded New Yorkers of some other rights they may not realize they have: — You can change funeral homes at … Continue reading
City consumer agency cites funeral homes for denying easy access to price lists – New York Daily News
Under city law, the bereaved can ask for a price list over the … which is why New Yorkers are fortunate to have strong legal rights,” Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz said. He urged anyone who has trouble getting pricing … Continue reading
David Vitter proposes a no gun left behind law: Jarvis DeBerry – nola.com
As critics of the legislation point out, the proposed law would trample, not respect, the rights of those states where … under the control of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the agency that ensures the safety of fruits … Continue reading
