1 year into Trump's new term, an agency that protects your finances is 'hanging by a thread'

The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle ...

Under court order, Trump administration to fund beleaguered consumer financial watchdog

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Citing a court order, the Trump administration said on Friday it will fund the Consumer ...

County doesn’t need to add more consumer protection bureaucrats

The proposal by San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer to create a new county consumer protection unit is a ...
JD Supra

FTC Consumer Protection and Privacy Enforcement Series: Practical Tips for When Your Company Gets an FTC CID

Welcome to our new series on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement, where we will provide practical insights into emerging FTC priority areas for consumer protection and data privacy enforcement.

‘I don’t think this is the right thing to do’: Bid for new consumer-protection unit prompts turf war with DA

District Attorney Summer Stephan and Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer are clashing over control of a more than $200 million ...

US proposes to ease airline penalties for consumer protection violations

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department is proposing to revise its guidance to ...
Techlicious

Wire Transfer Scams Reveal a Dangerous Gap in Consumer Protection

Wire fraud losses often aren’t protected by the FDIC or the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Here’s what banks cover, what they ...
Travel Weekly

Trump's expected wipeout of airline consumer rules: What will survive?

Q: In your July 21 column, "The fate of consumer-protection rules," you wrote, "It will be a year until the president's immediate-repeal directive can take effect, and it will probably be another year ...