Walmart must face a lawsuit claiming it often charges higher prices at the register than it posts on store shelves, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Reversing a lower court …
PHOENIX (AP) – Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The 141-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday in …
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Senate passed legislation Tuesday aimed at cutting the country’s highest average auto insurance premiums by eliminating a requirement that drivers buy unlimited medical benefits to cover crash injuries. No other U.S. state has such a mandate. …
In 2013, Texas drivers and homeowners filed the fewest number of complaints against their insurance companies since the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) began keeping records, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. According to TDI’s Consumer Protection division, there was …
A South Dakota legislative panel has approved a package aimed at giving people better protection against unfair practices by insurance companies. The proposals were drafted at Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s request after reports that an insurance company had harmed some customers …
Surrounded by dog lovers and their four-legged friends, Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Saturday he said would help protect consumers who buy a dog or cat and then learn the animal is seriously ill. The so-called “puppy lemon law” also …
The Kentucky Legislature recently joined a growing list of states to take action this year and pass legislation (HB 421) that protects homeowners from contractor fraud and abuse, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). The bill, …