consumer-rights

Banking and tech security experts say many more cases of ACH and wire transfer fraud are going unreported mainly because the attacks are new and there are no laws setting forth the rights of online business account holders, the way consumer-rights laws protect accounts held by individuals.

Cybercrooks stalk small businesses that bank online 2009

On the opposite side of the political divide, Evelyne Gebhardt , the Socialist German European Parliament member in charge of consumer-rights policy said there was no need for common EU legislation on cross-border sales and that consumer rights were well protected without it.

EU-Wide Sales Laws Proposed Matina Stevis 2011

William Howard , a consumer-rights lawyer with Morgan & Morgan in Tampa, Fla., says he has represented 50 people pursued for debts owed by dead family members so far this year, up from 10 in all of 2010.

For the Families of Some Debtors, Death Offers No Respite Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

The Chilean court, known by its Spanish initials TDLC, will hear a petition filed by the National Consumers Corp., a private consumer-rights group, and has decided to suspend the merger while it reviews the petition, the court said in a statement.

LAN, Tam Shares Drop After Court Suspends Merger Anthony Esposito 2011

Mr. Nader said he used the money to fund his consumer-rights efforts.

A Pilot and a Lawyer, He Helped Chart Aviation Tort Law Stephen Miller 2010

Blame the state's infamous consumer-rights law, which allows trial lawyers to sue firms for minor violations of California's complex labor and environmental regulations.

Cali to Business: Get Out! Steven Malanga 2011

Some consumer protection laws are on the books, but tort cases in courts are rare, while a Ralph Nader-style consumer-rights movement is missing.

Consumers Safely in the Driver's Seat Abheek Bhattacharya 2012

The head of Russia's consumer-rights agency had already declared his concerns with Kvint's quality, when the Russians realized that Kvint is owned by the Kaminsky campaign's foremost financial backer.

A Democratic Chance in a Post-Soviet Holdout William Schreiber 2011

Mr. Stevens was hailed Friday by abortion-rights supporters, gun-rights advocates, environmentalists and consumer-rights groups.

Stevens Sets Up Court Fight Laura Meckler 2010

In the Facebook case, the privacy foundation to receive more than two-thirds of the $9.5 million settlement will be established in part by Facebook, which will have a role in drawing up the foundation's bylaws and will have a say in choosing one of its board members, according to an objection filed in court this month by Public Citizen, a Washington, D. C.-based consumer-rights organization.

Proposed Facebook Settlement Comes Under Fire Nathan Koppel 2010