Sentences with phrase «against a consumer for»

A bank or the collection agency it hires may still file a lawsuit against a consumer for a bank account debt beyond the statute of limitations.

A lien can be placed against a consumer for failure to pay the city, county, state or federal government money that is owed.

«Chase also made calculation errors when filing debt collection lawsuits that sometimes resulted in judgments against consumers for incorrect amounts.

Ever wonder how a group like RIAA could live with itself, filing lawsuits against consumers for illegal file sharing?

Not exact matches

Hargreaves Lansdown, a financial services company, also launched two bitcoin ETFs (exchange - traded funds) for its consumer investors in June — though it cautions against investing for most customers.

Similarly, though Windows Phone has become a tech press darling, developers and consumers will need to adopt it in numbers for it to gain traction against iPhone, Android, and even BlackBerry.

Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, introduced a bill last summer that would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against employees «for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.»

This meets two consumer needs: the backlash against models, and the demand for information about products.

But when your company is trying to manipulate consumers into doing something, human psychology is just as likely to work against you as for you.

Plenty of firms offer safeguards for consumers and businesses against the threat of hackers, but what makes Silent Circle so unique is its backend network.

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a consumer rights action law firm that also represented consumers in a recent $ 400 million lawsuit against Apple (aapl) for price fixing, filed the New York lawsuit.

Yet legislating against noisemakers rarely satisfied our growing desire for quietness, so products and technologies emerged to meet the demand of increasingly sensitive consumers.

Aitken also piled onto actions initiated by America's Federal Trade Commission against consumer - products marketers for making misleading representations.

As evidence continues to stack up against sugar, consumers are looking for ways to have their cake and eat it too — literally.

Last March, Sprout's investors filed a lawsuit against Valeant claiming it overcharged consumers for the pill and failed to successfully commercialize it.

While no suit has been officially filed, bidding documents from the Attorney General's office indicate that the state is preparing to hire outside counsel for «commencing legal action against Theranos, Inc. and its closely related subsidiaries for violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act arising out of Theranos Inc.'s long - running scheme of deceptive acts and misrepresentations relating to the capabilities and operation of Theranos blood testing equipment.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Equifax, Inc., TransUnion, and their subsidiaries for deceiving consumers about the usefulness and actual cost of credit scores they sold to consumers.

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But retaliating against this commodity would hurt Chinese farmers and consumers, so Beijing might save it for last.

The rule, which will go into effect for new accounts in about eight months, will not prohibit individual forced arbitration — meaning individual consumers (as opposed to groups of consumers) could still be be blocked from going to court against financial firms.

I am in favor of reviewing them, as Trump has ordered, and streamlining them to make them work for the financial sector and consumers rather than against them.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit today against CLA Estate Services, Inc. and CLA USA, Inc. for operating a «trust mill» by misleading hundreds of Washington seniors about estate planning, and persuading them to purchase high - commission...

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

During that time CFPB (at Cordray's direction) brought a civil enforcement action against a California attorney, Chance Gordon, for alleged violations of consumer protection laws.

Barnett said taking a hard - line position against Uber wouldn't work, and he was not about restricting choice for consumers.

Protect off - the - shelf use by consumers and businesses by providing them with better legal protection against liability for a product being used off - the - shelf and solely for its intended use.

Turkey's demand for gold surged by more than a third in the first quarter, as consumers flocked to the precious metal as a protection against a tumbling currency and rising inflation.

Minister of Finance Bill Morneau is trying to balance soaring household debt levels against the need for strength in consumer spending.

The National Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) for mortgage lenders offers a consumer portal you can use to verify lenders» licenses and see if there have been disciplinary actions against them.

This is especially helpful for consumers who have stable but tight finances, as it protects them against the possibility of rising interest rates that could otherwise increase the cost of their loan.

With a value of $ 400 when used for statement credits against travel, this is among the most valuable bonuses available to consumers.

Eurozone officials are unanimous that it means a commitment to financial war against labor — to austerity and yet further economic shrinkage; to faster privatization selloffs (but not to Russians if they offer higher prices, as Gazprom did) and hence higher prices for hitherto public utilities; to no rejection of past insider privatization deals to higher value - added taxes on consumers; and to lower pensions for labor.

On August 12, 2015, a federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement of a nationwide class action against JPMC for its use of robocalling in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Other similar things might be investing in supermarkets and «consumer staples» (because if your weekly shopping basket inflates, their shares and divis probably will too) or investing in healthcare as a hedge against future healthcare costs inflating or investing in utilities as a hedge against utilities bills rising (I've yet to buy any but I quite like the idea of owning enough ~ 7 % yielding Centrica for the divis to cover the gas and electricity bills) or investing in travel and tourism companies as a hedge against holiday costs inflating.

The options for federal student loan borrowers can be good, but as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's many reports and recent lawsuit against Navie

Lawsuits filed against one of the nation's largest student loan servicers by the federal government's consumer watchdog and two states highlight the importance of knowing your options for repaying student loan debt.

Noting Walmart's ongoing high - profile fight with credit company Visa, and recent news that consumers in the U.K. are preparing a 19 billion - pound ($ 24.5 billion USD) class action lawsuit against MasterCard alleging unfair practices, he added, «Whether retailers are large or small, when credit card and related transaction fees for merchants run rampant, it directly and immediately increases the cost of doing business.

Under the financial reform law, all these officers were consolidated into CFPB, whose only mission is to stand up for the consumer against bullying and complex financial institutions.

Last week, credit giant Equifax, after suffering a massive data breach, drew public fury for offering consumers an identity theft monitoring service — but only if they signed away their right to join class action lawsuits against the company.

On September 8, 2016, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a $ 185 million fine against Wells Fargo for the fraudulent creation of millions of credit and deposit accounts by its employees, who abused their access to existing customer information in order to meet aggressive sales quotas and incentives.

Blockchain innovators are hitting the bottle with applications for the wine industry, as better tracking means happier consumers and stronger protection against counterfeiting.

Transacting in Bitcoin is also riskier because consumers are not protected against virtual currency fraud, making it a less appealing option for those mindful of the collapse of Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin trading platform that was based in Japan.

This goes against the idea of price comparison websites providing objective, impartial information so a consumer can make up their mind on which deal to go for.

It rejoins personality with productivity, over and against a vast and anonymous consumer economy that ships in goods from places no one has seen, made by men no one knows, for interests unlikely to be our own.

James, the brother of Jesus, wrote the following in an open letter to the early church: ``... Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you... [Your sin] will be a witness against you and will consumer your flesh like fire.»

The congressional spending bill signed by the President on March 23 directs the FDA to take action against imitation dairy foods, «representing a victory for farmers and consumers alike,» said the Nat...

«Given that on - premise visits continue to be rooted in «experience» rather than a «habit,» it has never been more important for suppliers and retailers to understand, and activate against, specific consumer needs, occasions and repertoires,» Elliot added.

CEH has launched legal action against Walgreens and other companies for failing to warn consumers about the high levels of acrylamide in their products.

For dairy producers and transformers as well as industrial consumers of dairy products, the use of derivatives provides significant benefits in mitigating against price volatility.

The challenges for the pouch in this industry are manifold, primarily encompassing consumer quality expectations and etiquette in wine, technical compatibility with product content (for example in beer) and even in some cases government policy being against economy products and packaging in an effort to reduce alcohol consumption, such as in Turkey.