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Financial reform fact sheet (Aug 16, 2010)
The landmark federal financial reform legislation (the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010) was designed to…
Register your infant and toddler products for safety (Jun 28, 2010)
As of today, 18 types of durable infant and toddler products are required to have product recall registration cards. The…
Checks being sent to seniors in drug coverage gap (Jun 10, 2010)
Today Medicare will begin mailing $250 "donut hole" checks to tens of thousands of seniors. Not all Medicare beneficiaries will…

Privacy (May 11, 2010)
NEW SB 1166 (Simitian) would improve data breach notifications Currently, Californians receive notifications when their personal information housed in a…

Facebook Dislike button scam spreads virally (Aug 16, 2010)
A new Facebook scam uncovered by network security firm Sophos tempts you with the offer of a "dislike" button (as…
Consumers urged to watch out for scams related to oil spill (Jun 14, 2010)
As the nation follows news of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, so do scammers. The Federal Trade…
SIPC warns of fake checks sent to consumers (May 20, 2010)
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), which maintains a special reserve fund mandated by Congress to protect the customers of…

Arbitration no shield for debt collectors (Jul 08, 2009)
The Public Justice Access to Justice Campaign and Mandatory Arbitration Abuse Prevention Project has helped win a…
New California Consumer Laws - 2009 (Mar 30, 2009)
The County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs Staff Training Academy has issued a comprehensive guide to new consumer…
'New low' in mortgage modification scams (Mar 13, 2009)
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today warned that scam artists have "sunk to a new low" and have…

The Opt-Out Fee (Oct 02, 2006)
For years the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), an organization of businesses that send out bulk unsolicited marketing communications, has let…