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We've amended our petition for review against the FTC for allowing the sale of unfixed, recalled used cars

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now filed unacceptable consent decrees with 3 more used car dealers, which we and our co-plaintiffs Center for Auto Safety and Consumers for Automobile Reliability and Safety (CARS) consider to be in violation of several provisions of law. We claim that the agency’s decisions to allow such demonstrably unsafe used vehicles to be sold to the public as “safe,” “repaired for safety issues,” or “subject to a rigorous inspection” violate several provisions of law. So we've updated our petition for review to the DC Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals to challenge a total of 6 (not 3) of the agency's actions.

Resource | Consumer Protection

Our amicus brief in "English v. Trump and Mulvaney," CFPB leadership case

This is an amicus (or friend of the court) brief filed in U.S. District Court in support of plaintiff Leandra English, appointed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by outgoing director Richard Cordray. It was filed today by Public Citizen, Americans for Financial Reform, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and other leading consumer organizations in support of a motion seeking a preliminary injunction concerning who is the lawful acting director of the Consumer Bureau. Leandra English seeks to block the president's conflicting appointment of White House Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney to be acting CFPB director, (while incidentally also continuing to run OMB). The case is Leandra English vs. Donald J. Trump and John M. Mulvaney.

Resource | Financial Reform

Leading Groups File SEC Comment on "Best Interest" Standard

You can download this letter from leading consumer, civil rights, labor and older American organizations, including U.S. PIRG. It was filed as a comment describing our concerns with the SEC's proposed "Best Interest" standard intended to ensure that all individuals and firms offering investment advice act in a fiduciary capacity, or in the best interest of their clients.

Resource | Consumer Protection

Coalition Privacy Letter to California Attorney General 14 Jan 2020

In support of a report by colleagues from the Norwegian Consumer Council on whether the data sharing and privacy practices of a number of dating and other smartphone apps were in compliance with European privacy rules (GDPR), U.S. PIRG and other leading groups sent letters to key policymakers, including several state Attorneys General, the Federal Trade Commission and all members of the U.S. House and Senate.

Resource | COVID-19

Leading Consumer Groups Oppose Sweeping Corporate Immunity During COVID Crisis

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its members have asked the Senate Majority Leader for sweeping immunity from lawsuits related to their failure to exercise proper care of workers and consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading consumer groups tell Congress to resist attempts by corporations that want to block our right to hold them accountable in court when they cut corners on COVID-19 safety and make us sick.

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