Consumer Rights Law
Homeowner-rights laws bad for housing? – MSN Money
Currently, the California Homeowner Bill of Rights is making headlines … The critique of state homeowner protection laws comes after years of efforts by consumer advocates, including most state attorneys general, to compel banks to foreclose more …
Kerr & Wagstaffe Weigh In on Hacking Class Action Suit The Recent Security Breach of – PR Inside
Kerr & Wagstaffe : kerrwagstaffe.net/ is a San Francisco-based law firm that is known for its bold and well-prepared legal representation. The lawyers at Kerr & Wagstaffe are active in a long list of practice areas, including intellectual property rights … Continue reading
Consumer Watchdog: Calif. Prop 33 Violating Political Cyberfraud Abatement Law – Insurance News Net
July 16– Consumer Watchdog issued the following news … If you do not, we will avail ourselves of our rights under the California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act to ensure transfer of the domains.” Prop 33 allows insurance companies to charge … Continue reading
Reverse Mortgages – Mondaq
Asking homeowners with PCS orders to waive their legal rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief … agencies or to the public via a Freedom of Information Act request. Although no consumer-identifying data is available, the database is comprised …
Government launches new consultation on consumer law framework – eGov Monitor
Most consumer law was written about thirty years ago and does not clearly cover digital content like music, software or games so consumers do not have adequate legal protection. The consultation proposes clear rights for consumers of digital content to … Continue reading
UK – Enhancing consumer confidence by clarifying consumer law – BeSpacific
Innovation and Skills “The law covering consumer rights when they buy faulty goods and services has evolved over many years. Much of it is rooted in the common law of contract, but there is also an overlay of several statutes, … Continue reading
How consumers are winning the bank war – Sydney Morning Herald
New laws are giving customers more choice. Did you feel it? The seismic shift in the power balance between banks and their long-suffering customers? On the consumer rights richter scale the initial tremor was not huge, but our ”beloved” institutions … Continue reading
Educating buyers on their rights – Times of Malta
disseminating information on consumer laws and answering queries from the public. Officers also deliver talks and presentations on consumer rights whenever requested. In 2011, a consumer magazine, L-Għażla, started to be published and distributed to all households.
Know your rights: Texas Lemon Law provides some lemon-aid – Victoria Advocate
You mentioned a program at the University of Houston Law Center that provides assistance to consumers with problems. How do I contact them? The program you are referring to is the Texas Consumer Complaint Center. I established the Center four … Continue reading
Non-Profits to Reap $10 Million From Facebook Settlement [REPORT] – Mashable
… new court motion revealed more than a dozen consumer rights groups — including Consumer Federation of America, Rose Foundation, Center for Democracy & Technology and the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society — will split …