Colorado’s Consumer Protection Act is seriously weakened by its ban on class actions. When a business descends to unfair and deceptive tactics, it rarely singles out just one consumer for this treatment. To the contrary, consumer fraud is often committed on a broad scale, with a fraudulent product or scheme foisted on thousands of consumers.…
Unwanted robocalls invade the privacy of Americans, diminish the usefulness of cell phones, and can threaten public safety. Yet Facebook wants the U.S. Supreme Court, in Facebook v Duguid, to so narrowly define prohibitions on calls made to cell phones with an automated telephone dialing system (autodialer) that it would nullify Congress’ efforts to protect…
Congress has enacted extraordinary relief for families hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. That relief includes two rounds of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) and – in the new package about to be passed – a third round of EIP payments and enhanced Child Tax Credits (CTC) for low-income families, with half of the CTC payments…
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