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California Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Protect Car Buyers from Junk Fees and Bait-and-Switch Tactics
The California Senate today passed SB 766, the Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act, marking a major victory for California consumers against junk fees and bait-and-switch tactics. Authored by Senator Ben Allen and backed by the Center and a broad coalition of consumer...Read more about California Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Protect Car Buyers from Junk Fees and Bait-and-Switch Tactics
Freedom to Earn, Freedom to Speak, and Freedom to Compete: Protecting MLM Workers in a Perilous Economy, by Samuel Levine
Like many Americans, I’m deeply alarmed by the escalating attacks on consumer protection in Washington – especially the efforts to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Weakening this vital agency will lead to more fraud, more predatory lending, and greater risk of another economic...Read more about Freedom to Earn, Freedom to Speak, and Freedom to Compete: Protecting MLM Workers in a Perilous Economy, by Samuel Levine
After Notice and Choice: Reinvigorating “Unfairness” to Rein In Data Abuses
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has long served as America’s default privacy enforcer. Yet for much of its history, the agency relied on self-regulation through a “notice and choice” framework that left the public vulnerable in an era of rampant data collection and digital surveillance....Read more about After Notice and Choice: Reinvigorating “Unfairness” to Rein In Data Abuses
Testimony of Samuel Levine Before the Wyoming Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology
Good afternoon, Chairman Rothfuss, Chairman Singh, and members of the Committee.
My name is Sam Levine, and I serve as a Senior Fellow at Berkeley Law’s...Read more about Testimony of Samuel Levine Before the Wyoming Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology
Trump Talks About Prices. Lina Khan is Lowering Them
Samuel Levine is a Senior Fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice. He was the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection under President Biden.
This week, something rare is happening in Washington: a federal rule is...Read more about Trump Talks About Prices. Lina Khan is Lowering Them
NY Must Step Up to Protect Consumers as Feds Step Back (Guest Opinion by Samuel Levine & Seth Frotman)
Sam Levine is former director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Seth Frotman is former general counsel and senior adviser to the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They are based in Washington, D.C.
It will come as no surprise to Syracuse...Read more about NY Must Step Up to Protect Consumers as Feds Step Back (Guest Opinion by Samuel Levine & Seth Frotman)