Consumer Rights Law

Affordable Care Act Repeal Would Have Immediate Consequences – Huffington Post

Right to appeal health insurance plan decisions Obama’s health care law gives consumers the right to appeal decisions made by their health insurance providers. If an insurance company reviews its decision and still denies a consumer insurance …

Kasich signs HB 275 – Ohio’s consumer law now among nation’s worst: Plain Dealing – Cleveland Plain Dealer

… Practices Act is now one of the weakest consumer laws in the country. Gov. John Kasich signed HB 275 into law Monday. With the scratch of a pen, Kasich granted companies that cheat Ohioans a “right to cure,” which … Continue reading

Privacy rights need tweaking as Internet usage grows – Columbia Daily Tribune

Although Congress could someday write these practices into law, smart businesses know that protecting consumer privacy is simply good business strategy. But we cannot yet say that the right to privacy has reached the 21st century intact.

Trading Standards to have more clout to protect consumers – Press Trust

… other consumer rights later this year with the aim of bringing forward a new Consumer Bill of Rights to comprehensively update consumer law in order to scrap or reform some 12 pieces of existing legislation. Notes to editors 1. … Continue reading

Pro-consumer or anti-retailer? Express Scripts deal could be both – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Both sides may be right. Certainly the independent and chain-store pharmacies … The company itself says it has the consumer’s interests at heart. “Our merger is exactly what the country needs now,” says a statement from Chief Executive George …

Memo to the Supreme Court: Health Care Is Not a Right – Forbes

The law itself and many of the Justices also assume it … they’re bothered only by the mandate imposed on consumers. The right-wing lawyers and Attorneys General claim to be stout defenders of the U.S. Constitution, but they’re surely …

Martha Coakley was right to prosecute Tim Cahill – Boston Globe

State law prohibits politicians from using public resources and … routinely appears in materials connected with returning unclaimed money to Massachusetts consumers. Yet the shift in Lottery marketing strategy appears to have been a calculated …

Facebook ‘Missed Irish Data Protection Deadline’, Says Consumer Group. Facebook Objects – TechCrunch

where a consumer rights group says that Facebook has missed a deadline, set by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, to make a number of changes to comply with European data protection laws. That group is now encouraging consumers to the the … Continue reading

State attorneys general are in a fight with Google to ensure fair business practices: Patrick C. Lynch – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Right here in Ohio, Google brazenly argued to a state … But that freedom is not unfettered; it is bound by numerous laws, including state competition and consumer protection laws. As a former state attorney general, I am distressed that … Continue reading

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Is Investigating Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. on Behalf of Its Shareholders – Stockhouse

NEW YORK, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a national law firm concentrating on investor rights, consumer rights and enforcement of federal antitrust laws, is investigating potential wrongdoing at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters …