Consumer Protection – May 23, 2012

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/1/2012

As reported in a recent blog post by Holly Petreaus, Assistant Director of the CFPB’s Office of Servicemembers Affairs, an Executive Order signed last week by President Obama directs the Secretaries of Defense, Veterans...more

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 11/22/2011

On October 25, 2011, the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the attached “Financial Aid Shopping Sheet,” a model financial aid award letter that a college or university could send to...more

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 8/19/2011

The Commission has released the long-awaited Order1 adding statutory language from the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (“PCCA”)2 to the existing Commission rules implementing the Children’s Internet Protection Act...more

by Harry Shulman on 7/25/2011

If you are in trouble on your student loan, the best relief you can hope for is to get it discharged. This post identifies the five main ways you can do so. None of them are easy, but neither is paying a student loan you...more

by Paul Parks on 6/22/2011

A recent report from Quality of Health Care in America puts to light the deviation between what is known to be good care in the hospital environment and the care that is actually received. This deviation in care is described...more

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 5/31/2011

Last fall, Franczek Radelet reported on the Department of Education’s increased regulations of the for-profit higher education industry. Other state and federal agencies have now joined in scrutinizing the recruitment and...more

by Bryon Gross, Esq. on 2/9/2011

Medicare recipients receive a call from a con artist claiming to be a Medicare representative. The caller states that the new Health Care Reform Law requires new Medicare cards to be issued to each recipient. The caller...more

by Venable LLP on 1/12/2011

Polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) are back in the news again. Though there is significant debate regarding the level of toxicity of PCBs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has labeled PCBs a “probable...more