The Kansas Supreme Court recently held that doctors can be sued under that state's consumer protection law, as a kind of end run around traditional malpractice suits.
Challenging him is Elizabeth Warren, a liberal Harvard professor known in Washington for designing a new consumer protection law and for the rage she provokes among conservatives.
It recently revised its narrow securities statute into a broad state consumer protection law that allows regulators to shut down boiler rooms without first trying to figure whether what they are selling is a security.
"This is a very basic consumer-protection law and it is also a very basic civil-rights law, " said Mr. Mintz.
There have been similar unpleasant surprises in employment and consumer-protection law.
On the issue you raised in the beginning, the President signed into law a Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law that puts rules of the road in place to help prevent another financial crisis -- a crisis, by the way, that cost millions of American jobs -- and this act includes the strongest consumer protections in American history.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is now law.
His claim: That the law firm had violated federal consumer protection laws by failing to conduct a meaningful investigation of his underlying debt.
Supporters of the law consider it a cornerstone of consumer protection in Arkansas.
It will also update the law to introduce new protection for consumer who buy digital content, such as e-books, digital music, games and software.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau supported the Scherzers, saying the law only requires borrowers to send notice of recission, with court action later merely a process for determining whether the lender needs to comply.
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The plaintiffs sued for deceptive acts and practices under the federal Consumer Protection Act, New York's General Business Law and New York City's Administrative Code, charging that McDonald's negligently sold food high in cholesterol and fat, and failed to warn about the dangers.
In July, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that aims to promote financial stability and improve corporate governance through regulatory reform.
He supports a new model law for the states that would bring lawyers under consumer-protection laws including prohibitions against misleading advertising.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established by the Wall Street Reform Act President Obama signed into law in 2010, is charged with overseeing the federal financial laws that specifically protect consumers people who keep their money in banks and credit unions, pay for goods and services with their credit cards, and rely on loans to buy homes or pay for college, among other services.
The forum will bring together representatives from law enforcement agencies, service providers, network operators, consumer groups and data protection authorities.
The good news is that in October 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed changes to the CARD Act to rectify this unintended consequence of the law.
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All Apple hardware comes with a one-year limited commercial warranty, but the company is required under EU law to protect buyers with a minimum of two years protection on all consumer electronics, which includes its iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and iPod devices.
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