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Equity concerns after study found that 25% of Americans 65 or older don’t use the internet

Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”)....

A Senate committee is examining the new law as consumer groups seek stronger personal liability after this was dropped from the bill by the previous government.

The U.S. is playing energy inflation whack-a-mole. Gasoline prices have retreated from wallet-draining summer highs, but consumers now find themselves looking at surging natural gas and electricity bills.

In a Consumer Action survey released this year, it was revealed that close to one-third of respondents (31 percent) were not given a copy of their prescription after getting their contact lens exams at the eye doctors. A poll by the same organization earlier this year revealed that 60 percent of patients are unaware that they have a legal right to their prescription copy.

The corporate regulator has warned companies against dragging the chain on remediating customers, having overseen at least $5.6 billion in compensation to victims of dodgy financial practices over the past six years.

Gerard Scimeca is an attorney and vice president of CASE, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy, a free-market-oriented consumer advocacy organization.

/PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog and a coalition of nonprofits opposed preemption of Californias landmark privacy law in a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy...

/PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog and a coalition of nonprofits opposed preemption of Californias landmark privacy law in a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy...

Dropping terms like “DD-214” or military ranks helps scammers gain trust.