Sentences with phrase «on consumer protection»

Questions from senators focused on consumer protection, investor education efforts, exchange regulation and market manipulation, and the potential value of distributed ledger technology.

You can expect, however, to find some complaints from their clients on consumer protection websites.

We advise on lending regulations generally, and specifically on consumer protection regulations.

Pros: Canadian - based ratings, focused entirely on consumer protection.

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A regulatory panel concluded that cryptocurrency regulation is on its way on both the criminal prosecution and on the consumer protection policy side of things.

The state Senate Committee on Consumer Protection is holding a public hearing on this issue later this month.

The second hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection invited cybersecurity professionals to the Hill to discuss the historically uneasy relationship between companies and hackers.

As part of the ACCC's current focus on consumer protection issues arising from health claims by large businesses, we are particularly concerned about potentially misleading health claims for products being marketed for very young children,» Sims said.

It was later updated for the internet age, and is known as The Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce Act).

Ovation Credit Services offer specialized credit repair services and have the advantage of utilizing attorneys for expert credit advice based on consumer protection laws.

Currently, cryptocurrency exchanges fall under the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce Transactions.

Leading the first camp are the advocacy organizations who decry the FCC's vote for repeal as an attack on consumer protections.

They were replaced as chairs by GOP Sens. Fred Askshar on Labor, Chris Jacobs on Consumer Protection, Elaine Phillips on Banking and Pam Helming on Children and Families.

At 7 p.m., Sen. Leroy Comrie will host a forum on Consumer Protection at the Allen Community Senior Center, 166 - 01 Linden Blvd., Queens.

Albany, NY — Independent Democratic Conference Leader Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn), Committee on Consumer Protection Chair Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Westchester) and Senator Jesse Hamilton (D - Brooklyn) introduced a legislative package on Monday to protect consumers from predatory and subprime auto lending.

Wu emphasized his credentials in response to Cuomo's questioning them, highlighting his experience as a law clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer and working in the Obama administration on consumer protection issues.

What's next on the consumer protection front after Eric Schneiderman?

Update: Sen. Brad Hoylman was also appointed to ranking positions on Consumer Protection and Investigations and Government Operations Committees.

David Vladeck, director of FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, told the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection last summer that tougher enforcement and environmental guidelines are a major part of the commission's agenda.

Because EBPHI does not depend on membership dues revenue, it is free to focus wholly on consumer protection in home inspector competency assessment.

So, it's easy for them to put on the consumer protection hat and enter the market under that pretense.

Read more about this important fact directly from the FDA Site on Consumer Protection.

Recently CBC in Canada aired a program on homeopathy for their series on consumer protection called Marketplace.

During law school, Erick helped families apply for asylum, interned with the ACLU of Montana and served on its board, worked on consumer protection issues with Montana's Office of Consumer Protection, and worked as an Agricultural Worker outreach intern with MLSA.

In the Supreme Judicial Court case of Darviris v. Petros, 442 Mass. 274 (2004), limitations on consumer protection claims under G.L. c. 93A in medical malpractice cases were limited by the court.

The TPP requires member states to have laws that apply to e-transactions on consumer protection (14.7), privacy (14.8) and spam (14.14), though the description of those laws is at a general enough level that many varieties of statute would satisfy the obligation.

The application of section 347 to late fees and similar charges has been defended on consumer protection grounds, notwithstanding that the section was intended as a tool to fight criminal loan - sharking.

INTRODUCTION, APPLICATION, ADOPTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF «NO - FAULT LIABILITY PRINCIPLE» TO MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CASES UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES ON CONSUMER PROTECTION 1.

She focuses on consumer protection matters, including promotions, advertising, product safety, promotions, privacy and sweepstakes.

This is designed to help insurers be more efficient and technologically advanced, to help them reduce administrative costs and, most importantly, reach the millenniums, the younger part of the potential client base in Italy, without compromising on consumer protection.

«As part of Governor Wolf's emphasis on consumer protection, I have notified insurers that I will not approve any such rates that violate state laws requiring all persons of the same class and the same hazard or risk to be charged the same premiums.

You want your whole life provider to have top financial strength ratings because you want it to be able to pay a claim to your beneficiaries and because there are limits on consumer protections if your insurer goes bankrupt.

Labour's Stella Creasy, who has long campaigned on consumer financial issues, has a new clause to require the new financial regulator to consider the effect of high - cost lending using credit cards on consumer protection and produce an annual assessment of any consumer detriment.

The committee on consumer protection established by the Brazilian Parliament's lower chamber has held a meeting dedicated to cryptocurrency regulation.

«Today saw organizations such as Westpac and the Australian Banking Association give favorable nods to the work of ADCCA, including our work on ensuring all digital currency businesses comply with best practice standards on consumer protection,» he said.

The fintech head further stated that regulators would come forward to apply regulation on consumer protection amidst hype in the digital currency market.

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It goes without saying that the GMREB invites the Minister of Finance to consult with industry stakeholders on the issues raised by this proposal and its effects on consumer protection.»

The Real Estate Council of BC is working together with the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate to ensure the successful implementation of new rules, and continuing to focus on the consumer protection goals that the rules are intended to achieve.

«But again, our focus is on the consumer protection side of things.

What: US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance hearing: «Demand Letters and Consumer Protection: Examining Deceptive Practices by Patent Assertion Entities»

The Court of Appeal upheld the use of waivers by commercial occupiers, including ski resorts, to avoid or mitigate liability, and held that plaintiffs can not rely on the Consumer Protection Act to override valid waivers under the Occupiers» Liability Act.

Goddard, who was most recently with the Goddard Law Firm, will advise clients on consumer protection, financial services, environmental, and anti — money laundering issues.