The Department of Transportation is proposing to reduce fines and enforcement against airlines, focusing more on compliance ...

“They are looking to rescind or weaken virtually all of the [consumer] protections that we have,” said Bill McGee, senior fellow for aviation and travel at the American Economic Liberties Project. The ...

Q: Over the past decade or so, the DOT has adopted a series of consumer-protection regulations, such as the full-price rule, the codeshare rule and, most recently, the rule requiring automatic refunds ...

If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau doesn't prioritize protecting consumers, does it matter if the watchdog agency ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Two groups representing auto dealers said on Friday they had filed a legal challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's new sweeping consumer protection regulations ...

In health care, new laws include Increasing Consumer Protections in Student Health Insurance (AB 594) and Infertility Treatment Health Care Coverage (SB 729). These laws address student insurance flex ...

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