First of a series If you want to save on your prescriptions, you have to first know the games drug firms and retailers play. First rule, according to Consumer Reports “on Health” is that during…
(iStockPhoto) by Charles Ornstein and Lena Groeger In February 2011, a nursing home resident in Michigan wandered away in a blizzard, unnoticed by staff. He was wearing only pajama pants, a sweater, canvas shoes and…
Facebook Must Obtain Consumers’ Consent Before Sharing Their Information Beyond Established Privacy Settings Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final a settlement with Facebook resolving charges that Facebook deceived consumers by…
Written by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan In a phone call with reporters today, senior FTC official David Vladeck, above, said the trade commission was investigating Google “well before” the company was outed by published…
The arraignment for three Shelton condo owners accused of stealing financial documents from the property manager of their complex whom they were investigating for incompetence and double billing was delayed Thursday until later in the…
Written by Suevon Lee ProPublica Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, releases a report flagging high rates of loan default, aggressive recruiting practices and higher than average tuition,…
“This is one area where market forces don’t seem to be working, but a totally neutral second opinion might. HCA, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States with 163 facilities is being accused of…
In connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Reebok International Ltd, a settlement administrator is mailing approximately 315,000 checks to consumers who bought allegedly deceptively advertised toning shoes and apparel from the company. Ads…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing additional modifications to the draft Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, aimed at better protecting children online. The proposed changes, which will add to the revisions submitted…
Choking Death, Fractures Cited In Nursing Home Reports Written BY Lisa Chedekel Share this story with others.Seven nursing homes have been cited by the state Department of Public Health for lapses in care, including an…
Written by Lisa Chedekel In 2010 and 2011, Dr. Irene Abramovich of West Hartford was the state’s top prescriber of Invega, an antipsychotic medication marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals. She also was in the top five…
Standing on principle is an admirable trait. But it’s a losing strategy when you use it as the reason to withhold payment of your condo maintenance fee or fine. Let’s just say it’s like playing…
The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has tips for anyone who may want to donate money to the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting. One opportunity for giving,…
May Kay is not a business I am familiar with, but the August issue of Harpers magazine gives a new view of the underside of the Pink Cadilac written by investigative reporter Virginia Cole-Smith. Here…
CtWatchdog.com is one of 21 websites chosen by a panel judges as the best consumer internet sites in the world reporting on consumer and health issues. “I am pleased to inform you that CT Watchdog has…
(File photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo) Much like the mortgage market, the market for private student loans has gone through a big boom and a messy bust. Some banks and lenders played fast and loose…
A new report released today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Education outlines the deceptive practices that have found their way from the mortgage industry to the private student loan…
A Washington, DC, funeral home and its owners will pay a $25,000 civil penalty to resolve charges that they violated the Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule, which helps to ensure that people have the information…
Now that we have firmly established that major international banks rigged the Libor rates which hundreds of trillions of dollars in mortgages, credit card debt, and loans use as the base for rates, we have…
After having written about how some property managers and boards of association have taken advantage of unit owners, I was thrilled when the new leadership of the Connecticut Condo Owners Coalition (CCOC) asked me to…