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Latest News in Consumer Protection
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July 23, 2019
US Trustee, NY AG Rip Ditech Plan To Ditch Consumer Claims
The federal bankruptcy watchdog and New York’s attorney general blasted bankrupt mortgage servicer Ditech Holding Corp.’s proposed $1.8 billion asset sale Tuesday, calling the plan a brazen and totally unprecedented attempt to evade liability for thousands of fraud and misconduct claims lodged by Ditech’s customers.
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July 23, 2019
Data-Misuse Enforcement Is Focusing On 3 Key Areas
Beyond following the rules for safeguarding sensitive customer data, any business that uses sensitive data as part of its decision-making must pay attention to recent regulator actions and concerns about how companies use that data, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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July 23, 2019
Nature's Way Settles Coconut Oil Labeling Suit For $1.8M
A group of coconut oil buyers has asked a California federal judge to approve a $1.8 million settlement to end claims that Nature's Way falsely advertised the health benefits of its coconut oils.
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July 22, 2019
Ford Hit With $1.2B 'Coastdown Cheating' Class Action
Drivers hit Ford Motor Co. with a $1.2 billion putative class action in Michigan federal court Monday, alleging the automaker erroneously overinflated its miles-per-gallon fuel economy ratings to consumers on more than a million vehicles by cheating on a so-called coastdown test.
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July 22, 2019
Calif. Expert Says J&J's 'Propaganda' Misled Mesh Patients
A consumer behavior expert testified Monday that a "propaganda analysis" he conducted on hundreds of Johnson & Johnson marketing materials showed that they would have misled consumers by downplaying the risks of surgical mesh devices, during California's trial alleging the industry titan falsely marketed the mesh products.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Council of Better Business Bureaus, National Advertising Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State attorneys general offices
- State consumer protection regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
- Lanham Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Truth in Lending Act
- State and international consumer protection legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Deceptive or predatory loan and loan servicing disputes
- Suits over false or deceptive advertising, marketing, or labeling of services
- Cases over consumer data breaches
- Disputes over collection of consumers’ personal information
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of consumer protection practices
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- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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