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  • The OCC's consumer call center, based in Houston, has long been criticized by state banking regulators and public-interest groups for being inattentive to consumer complaints.

    CFPB May Crowdsource Payday Lender Crackdown Zach Carter 2011

  • The OCC's consumer call center, based in Houston, has long been criticized by state banking regulators and public-interest groups for being inattentive to consumer complaints.

    CFPB May Crowdsource Payday Lender Crackdown Zach Carter 2011

  • Constructing the skyscrapers with the latest in green-building technology was also a priority for government agencies and public-interest groups in the wake of the Twin Towers 'destruction.

    WTC Taps Fuel Cells Anton Troianovski 2010

  • "We don't want the burden to be placed squarely on the backs of consumers, especially when many of these companies are hauling in big revenues," said Parul Desai , a lawyer for public-interest group Consumers Union.

    FCC Clears Subsidy-Fund Overhaul, Adds New Fee Amy Schatz 2011

  • These days, many more clinics engage in public-interest litigation defined by a rather predictable liberal agenda than devote themselves to matters like the legal ordeals of small businesses, though thinking about a deli's contract dispute with a supplier would be more relevant to a law student's future working life.

    The Law Is a Class John O. McGinnis 2011

  • Verizon would be a big beneficiary as well of a bill like the one AT&T endorsed which would eliminate the traditional public-interest standard in favor of the industry-interest standard.

    Art Brodsky: An AT&T/Verizon Story: Why Nothing Is Ever 'Over' in Washington Art Brodsky 2012

  • Verizon would be a big beneficiary as well of a bill like the one AT&T endorsed which would eliminate the traditional public-interest standard in favor of the industry-interest standard.

    Art Brodsky: An AT&T/Verizon Story: Why Nothing Is Ever 'Over' in Washington Art Brodsky 2012

  • The payments give authorities an "improper profit incentive" to seize assets, says Scott Bullock of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public-interest law firm in Arlington, Va.

    Federal Asset Seizures Rise, Netting Innocent With Guilty John R. Emshwiller 2011

  • Verizon would be a big beneficiary as well of a bill like the one AT&T endorsed which would eliminate the traditional public-interest standard in favor of the industry-interest standard.

    Art Brodsky: An AT&T/Verizon Story: Why Nothing Is Ever 'Over' in Washington Art Brodsky 2012

  • Some of these public-interest litigation shops have substantial funds.

    The Law Is a Class John O. McGinnis 2011

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