Sentences with phrase «company on behalf of consumers»

An amended class - action complaint was filed June 8, 2015, against the Nestlé Purina PetCare Company on behalf of consumers who purchased Beneful brand dog food.

Not exact matches

The judges» picks then move on to the real test: a stamp of approval from consumers themselves, who were polled by the thousands by global market research company TNS on behalf of Rogers Insights.

The two work for Medliminal, a company that challenges erroneous and inflated medical bills on behalf of consumers in exchange for a share of the savings.

On behalf of our 312 member companies, we will continue to work with New York legislators and lawmakers to develop common sense consumer protection measures to ensure that the millions of New Yorkers who play fantasy sports regularly can continue to enjoy the games they love.

Entities that may still have access to your Equifax credit file include: companies like Equifax Global Consumer Solutions which provide you with access to your credit report or credit score, or monitor your credit file; federal, state, and local government agencies; companies reviewing your application for employment; companies that have a current account or relationship with you, and collection agencies acting on behalf of those whom you owe; for fraud detection purposes; and companies that wish to make pre-approved offers of credit or insurance to you.

But government regulators, lawmakers and consumer advocates have voiced a host of concerns about the practices of companies that collect payments on student loans on behalf of the federal government and private lenders.

A settlement company specializes in negotiating with lenders on behalf of consumers.

If you see a company operating differently, please let us know about them so that we can take action on behalf of other consumers.

With an increased focus for consumers on repairing their credit, it makes sense that there are increased efforts on behalf of less - than - reputable «credit repair» companies to market their services to unsuspecting consumers.

«GAO found the experiences of its fictitious consumers to be consistent with widespread complaints and charges made by federal and state investigators on behalf of real consumers against debt settlement companies engaged in fraudulent, abusive, or deceptive practices,» the report concluded.

Debt settlement companies represent that they can substantially reduce consumer debt by negotiating directly with creditors, on behalf of their customers, to pay off outstanding balances at less than the amounts owed.

The following are deceptive acts: (1) To charge or receive money or other valuable consideration before the complete performance of services that a credit services organization has agreed to perform for or on behalf of a consumer, unless the credit services organization has under section 8 of this chapter: (A) obtained a surety bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in Indiana; or (B) established an irrevocable letter of credit.

Debt settlement companies do not assume consumer debt, make monthly payments to creditors on behalf of customers or provide tax, bankruptcy, accounting or legal advice or credit repair services.

Like the debt settlement model, most debt negotiation companies charge all of their fees in advance, before any services are performed on behalf of the consumer.

Almost all debt settlement companies charge a large portion of their fees in advance before they perform any significant services on behalf of the consumer.

Debt settlement companies act on behalf of consumer debtors to help them clear their debts.

Further, the value of the service that a debt settlement company offers a consumer is speculative because, at the time that the company enrolls a consumer and collects an initial fee and obligates the consumer to pay other fees, the company does not know what terms, if any, it will be able to negotiate on behalf of the consumer.

The Take - Away: The old debt settlement rules (or lack thereof) meant that companies could charge big fees, and in most cases, not really accomplish anything on behalf of the consumer.

Madigan s complaint alleges that consumers did not understand (1) that their monthly payments would be used to pay fees before any performance of services on their behalf, and (2) that it takes several months to accumulate a lump sum payment to begin negotiating a payoff with the credit card companies.

The company has two websites (www.redseafish.com and www.redseamax.com) that help drive consumer demand on the behalf of retailers.

«The FTC will not hesitate to act on behalf of consumers when companies or advertisers make false product claims.»

Brought on behalf of Patricia Mincey, the lawsuit charges that the companies concealed the defective nature of their airbag systems — including potential overpowered deployment — from consumers for more than a decade prior to the woman's June 2014 accident.

Obtained multiple dismissals on behalf of a national health information management company in consumer protection litigation related to the amount that client could charge for production of health records.

An AT&T customer sued AT&T on behalf of a putative class, claiming that the company violated consumer protection statutes by failing to adequately disclose certain charges.

ICC arbitration of a contract dispute with a Greek distributor on behalf of a consumer products company.

ICC arbitration on behalf of a multinational consumer products company in a breach of contract and licensing dispute.

In the firm's trial practice, they have represented manufacturers and sellers of industrial, commercial and consumer products; property and business owners and contractors; nationally known retail chains; bus and trucking companies and those in the logistics business; financial entities and pursue creditor's rights; insurers in coverage actions and prosecute declaratory judgment actions on their behalf.

The best term life insurance rate can be quite easily found on the internet today because web insurance companies have done intense research on behalf of the consumer.

* «Insurance Revealed» — An online survey of American consumers» opinions and beliefs about life insurance conducted in the summer of 2012 by Praxis Research on behalf of ING U.S. and the ING family of life insurance companies

«The government should use the Data Protection Bill to give independent bodies the power to seek collective redress on behalf of consumers when a company has failed to take sufficient action following a data breach.»

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) said Max Schrems could bring a case against the US company and benefit from consumer law as an individual, but could not bring claims on behalf of the more than 25,000 signatories to his lawsuit.

In connection with preparing Consumer Reports for our clients, we may in some instances employ other companies and individuals as our subcontractors to complete parts of the background screening process on our behalf.

Our mission is to keep workplaces safe and profitable on behalf of both employers and the consumers working with employers of all sizes from start - ups to divisions of Fortune 500 companies across the United States.

Customer service advisor: # 18,500 pa Search Consultancy is actively looking on behalf of our client for a customer service advisor for one of the leading consumer finance companies.