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Showing posts with label consumer protection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label consumer protection. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

To contradict consistent record of impotence, DOT opens needed inquiry into airline miles programs

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Washington, D.C.— The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) last week opened an investigation of airline frequent-flier programs, and it'...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Can't see sports, Oscars without channel-bundle subscription you don't want? Let regulators know

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Gencraft I filed a comment today with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the Disney-Fox-Warner sport stream...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Hertz/Thrifty takes reservations for cars it doesn't have, stranding customers; worse, that's the business model

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I've been locked in pre-litigation combat with Hertz Corp. for almost a year, and I'm tapping out. The problem is simple: The Thrift...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Consumer-unfriendly designs resist right to repair

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The nation is in the grip of a battle over right-to-repair laws. I'm a fan. Right to repair ensures consumers' ability to repair, or...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Consumers turn tables against corporate defense in compelled arbitration of information privacy claims

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Image via www.vpnsrus.com by Mike MacKenzie CC BY 2.0 Consumer plaintiffs turned the usual tables on corporate defense in the fall when a ...
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

FTC 'junk fees' proposal needs tightening

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The CFPB is attacking junk fees in banking. The FTC rule would govern consumer sales transactions. CFPB image . Today I submitted the follow...
Friday, September 1, 2023

Acuerdo en inglés para arbitrar vincula al firmante de habla hispana aunque no lo entendió, tribunal concluye

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(English translation by Google: Agreement in English to arbitrate binds Spanish-speaking signatory even though he did not understand it, cou...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Americans chase dream of air passenger rights, while EU consumer protection reaches age of majority

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Boarding a flight in Ilorin, Nigeria, in December 2022. RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 A Savory Tort Investigation The Christmastime South...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Proposed Biden rule would try again to compel airline pricing transparency; it worked out so well last time

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President Biden has his own plane. (U.S. Mission photo by Eric Bridiers CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr ) The U.S. Department of Transportation (DO...
Saturday, September 3, 2022

FTC finally notices abuse of customers, shady business practices by car rental industry

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In an omnibus resolution late last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) green-lighted investigation of the car rental industry. Earlie...