Sentences with phrase «from predatory practices»

The single - family housing market entrusts the average person with the ability to make incredibly large financial decisions, and thus the average person needs protection from predatory practices and the potential for astronomical missteps.

I also urge the board to examine whether the design and marketing approach to loot boxes in games geared toward children is being conducted in an ethical and transparent way that adequately protects the developing minds of young children from predatory practices.

I don't know about you, but I really don't want it to get to a point where the American Government can comfortably slither their fingers into anything to do with design choices in the Video Game Industry, even if it is for a seemingly «noble» cause like protecting people from predatory practices.

«If the Administration were serious about helping harmed students and protecting students from predatory practices, it would be implementing the borrower defense and gainful employment regulations without delay and acting on the tens of thousands of pending loan discharge applications, not dismantling current protections and committing to follow through only on the 16,000 applications approved by the Obama Administration.

DeVos promised to completely review President Barack Obama's «most harmful regulations,» including one to protect students from the predatory practices of for - profit colleges that she estimated would cost «$ 17 billion.»

The conviction — on some, but not all, of the eight counts he was charged with — gives others in the sector even more reason to declare at full volume that Shkreli is not one of them, «and allows them to distance themselves from his predatory practices,» said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor who is head of the white collar defense practice at McCarter & English, which represents branded pharmaceutical companies in a number of practice areas.

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In that context, America's belated push to stop the trade free - loaders looks like a convenient pretext to argue that only a united Europe — around France and Germany, of course — can protect the continent's vital economic interests from what Paris and Berlin see as American protectionism and China's predatory trade practices.

Trump University does, of course, makes President Trump an interesting advocate for students suffering from predatory student loan practices.

In this quest for profit, they enabled predatory trading practices which have changed the nature of capital markets around the world, creating a disadvantage for long - term investors, and removing millions of dollars in equity from the markets every day.

Predatory lending practices can be found at any point in the loan buying process, from false advertising to high - pressure sales tactics.

She has also campaigned against the predatory activities of formula companies, writing to HV practice journals such as «Community Practitioner», urging them to refuse advertising revenue from such companies.

It also prohibits them, among other things, from directly misleading consumers, engaging in predatory practices, and including inaccurate information on a credit report.

«I've spent 37 years in this district defending working people from predatory corporate practices, and now, I want to go to Congress to make sure that no insurance company or pharmaceutical manufacturer ever puts their profit margins before a person's life.

«We encourage you to investigate whether these and other predatory practices are more widespread than previously reported, whether there is a growing trend of property owners using our judicial system to intimidate or extract money or other concessions from tenants, and whether these practices are out of line with the norms and standards of our justice system and tenants» right to due process.»

Says Wilson and his firm profited from the worst of the predatory lending practices.

I do not want a fourth generation of my people to suffer from the physical, psychological and cultural devastation caused by predatory energy practices.

The reasons range from Amazon's alleged predatory practices that these booksellers say have hard hit their businesses to the fact Amazon will be the sole e-book distributor of these titles to the fact Amazon manages not to pay taxes in some areas.

The program tripled use of the app, but prompted criticism of Amazon from U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R - Maine) for its alleged predatory practices.

The CFPB's rules were meant to protect consumers from predatory lending practices in the automobile sector.

We pride ourselves in being able to help our customers while staying away from predatory loan practices.

Under sweeping new rules passed last week, the 18 - month - old federal agency moved to help protect consumers from the worst sorts of predatory lending practices and shoddy underwriting standards that helped cause a dramatic increase in mortgage delinquencies and consequently the country's recent foreclosure crisis.

To encourage home loans, New Mexico recently enacted the Home Loan Protection Act, which protects homeowners from abusive, deceptive, and predatory lending practices.

Consumers have a considerable increasing in legal protection from predatory lending practices until the new laws.

You'll find many of these laws allow citizens to take on debt and engage the economy on a level playing field, while also protecting us from predatory and dishonest business practices.

That's right and we see some really predatory practices from some of these consumer lease providers.

Things are so bad, there's a bipartisan proposal in the U.S. Senate to protect veterans and servicemembers from these predatory, abusive practices.

They allow the lender to earn profits while keeping the consumer safe from predatory lending practices.

For one thing, these groups are already disproportionately affected by predatory credit practices, such as the marketing of subprime mortgages and overpriced auto loans targeted at these populations.11 As a result, these groups have suffered higher foreclosure rates.12 African Americans and Latinos also suffer from disparities in health outcomes, and as discussed in Section IV of this testimony, health care bills are another source of black marks on credit reports.

As history has shown us, some of the most notable examples of predatory and unscrupulous practices in our industry have come from tax - exempt providers.

The regulatory action comes amidst a sustained crackdown on unregulated and less - than - reputable brokers operating in Cyprus, as the regulator attempts to protect customers from unlicensed brokers that exhibit predatory practices.

Lee also said adults, as well as children, need to be protected from «predatory practices in online gaming and the significant financial consequences it has been having on families around this nation.»

The «protectionist instincts» that I and others have are (1) to protect the independence of the bar (sure to be lost eventually under nonlawyer ownership), (2) to protect the health of the legal marketplace (sure to be badly harmed by the cartelization of ABS (see the 5 % commissions charged by the cartel of real estate agencies who still control the vast majority of the realty market, and especially see the ridiculously high costs of dealing with the American title insurance industry where four companies have upwards of 87 % of the conveyancing and title insurance market after first decimating the real estate bar with predatory pricing and other unfair business practices)-RRB-, and (3) to protect the public from those ravages.

We have successfully represented officers and directors of banks, mortgage lenders (including those specializing in subprime loans), and other financial institutions in connection with regulatory matters and complaints brought against them arising from allegations of failure to observe their fiduciary duties, alleged fraud, alleged predatory lending practices, and other matters arising from their respective roles in guiding and leading the efforts in the marketplace of their institutions.

Facebook says its policies prohibit advertisers from using the targeting options for discrimination, harassment, disparagement or predatory advertising practices.

The government also protects borrowers from predatory lending practices.

Agents from small firms can avoid the conflicts of interests that almost always exist at large firms and their practices and forms are typically less predatory.

The federal government has put in place several safeguards in the reverse mortgage loan program to protect and shield homeowners from predatory lending practices.