Protecting What's Right

Consumer Rights: Is the Supreme Court
Getting It Right?

Jan202012

On what must be the happiest day in her 22 years, Molly Katchpole, a Washington, D.C. nanny who started an online petition urging Bank of America to drop its new debit fee, scored a big win for herself – and for consumers everywhere – when Bank of America announced plans to scrap its $5 monthly [...]

The Importance of Class Actions

Oct122011

Chances are, the last time you got a direct mail notification about a class action, you threw it away. And why wouldn’t you? Why bother with signing a totally indiscernible document that, at best, will net you a hundred bucks? Besides – class actions don’t seem to have much impact. After all, the “issues” are [...]

Money: When Banks Aren’t Fair

Oct062011

For anyone out on a weekend spending spree (a.k.a. running errands), it’s pretty simple: you check your bank balance before you leave the house and do the simple subtraction in your head as you hand your debit card to the mega (and well-priced) grocery store, the cleaners, the coffee shop and wherever. And, by Monday [...]

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