The U.S. Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to the federal consumer protection agency.
NBC News reports: "The justices rejected a business-backed argument that could have hobbled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects people from unlawful financial services practices such as predatory lending."
As many of you know already, I am especially interested in the use of #consumerProtection statutes to ground suits against irresponsible sales and marketing by member of the gun industry. In #WashingtonState, the state legislature and state AG #BobFerguson have been using this approach to deal with large capacity magazines. 1/2 #LawFedi#gunViolence#ConsumerProtection
An EU-wide #RightToRepair has been adopted by the EU parliament with 584 votes in favour, 3 against and 14 abstentions. The directive now goes to the council and after it is officially published, member states have 24 months to implement it in national law.
@jwildeboer
So happy to see this!!! Another step toward a sustainable future.
There's so many old appliances with hardware that works completely fine that end up in the trash bin because of moronic software lockouts, built in tamper prevention and all kinds of consumer hostile design.
Apple especiallt takes the cake by hardware locking each individual component with IDs, making them impossible to replace elsewhere than their own repair shops. #consumerprotection#righttorepair#sustainability
Feel like we are moving up the consumer protection ladder. If the Democrats win strong majorities in the House and Senate expect a push for stronger data privacy protections similar to the European GDPR.
"Cable and satellite TV companies must start advertising 'all-in' prices instead of using hidden fees to conceal the full cost of video service, the Federal Communications Commission said in new rules adopted last week. The FCC voted to adopt the rules on March 14, and the final text of the order was released yesterday."
'Entire Country Taken For A Ride, You Shut Eyes For 2 Years!': Supreme Court Pulls Up Union Govt For Inaction On Patanjali Ayurved Ads
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 27) expressed displeasure at the Union Government for not taking action under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954 in respect of the advertisements of Patanjali Ayurved claiming cure for several ailments.
Demand products that last; can be repaired! We shouldn't have to replace electronics every few years. You can comment on this need using this Consumer Reports link. #RightToRepair#ConsumerProtection#FTC
Your regular reminder that Republicans and people like Elon Musk constantly fight against things like basic safety regulations and want to deregulate sensible protections that keep people safe from corporate shortcutting that can result in injury and death.
@TonyStark Companies like Musk's Tesla, that flood the markets with poorly tested technologies sold expensively should immediately be held accountable, being liable to class action because of recklessly endangering public health.
"The European Parliament and the Council of EU member states reached a provisional deal on Monday (4 December) on new ‘ecodesign’ rules to make products easier to repair and recycle while fighting planned obsolescence and banning the destruction of unsold textiles."
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski @ProPublica
#Thomas has attended at least two #Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a #political network that has brought multiple #cases before the #SupremeCourt.