Appeals Court Rejects Container Store’s Hide-the-Contract Tricks
Blind shoppers, like their sighted counterparts, deserve contract terms they can read and that are more than mere illusions.
Blind shoppers, like their sighted counterparts, deserve contract terms they can read and that are more than mere illusions.
Going into this morning’s hearing on her nomination to be the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s permanent Director, Public Justice was skeptical of whether Mick Mulvaney protege Kathy Kraninger is experienced enough for the role, or has a true dedication to the consumer watchdog’s mission. Of…
Unhappy with the power of the class-action device, corporate America is doing everything it can to take that power away from consumers. But Public Justice is committed to protecting consumer rights. The class-action device is the single most important tool for consumers to make sure that companies don’t lie, cheat, or steal.
Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Wells Fargo has been fined a total of $1 billion for its schemes forcing customers into car insurance and charging borrowers unfair mortgage fees. The press release from…
By Lucas Rhoads, Ferraro Fellow, and Leslie Brueckner, Senior Attorney Got bad credit based on crimes you didn’t commit? If you do, you’re not alone. But a new lawsuit just joined by Public Justice may finally give consumers the power to hold credit reporting agencies…
Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney famously slandered the CFPB as a ‘sick, sad’ joke – but today, the joke is on him. That’s right: I’ll be on Capitol Hill today to welcome Mulvaney to his first-ever Senate hearing as Acting Director of the CFPB!
Recently, some Trump Administration officials have begun to signal that they favor eliminating securities fraud class actions, and even support urging corporations to add fine print language to various documents that would bar investors from going to court if they are illegally cheated (forcing them, instead, into a private arbitration system), and using that same fine print tactic to ban class actions.
Image via Phillipe Put on Flickr By Jennifer Bennett Staff Attorney The Ninth Circuit just made life much harder for debt collectors who break the law, and for all corporations that think they can get away with breaking the law as long as they stop once…
In September, Equifax – one of the three credit reporting giants with unparalleled access to the personal information of Americans, including social security numbers – revealed that it had been hacked and that the personal data of 143 million Americans had been stolen. In the…
Public Justice is pleased to announce the publication of a comprehensive, first-of-its kind report that explores both the public face of tribal lending and the behind-the-scenes arrangements. It’s our hope that this report will be a helpful tool for lawmakers, policymakers, consumer advocates, journalists, researchers, and state, federal, and tribal officials interested in finding solutions to the economic injustices that result from predatory lending.
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