25 -- When the Consumer Protection Act of 1986 came into being, trade and industry had expressed the fear that the law may encourage consumers to file false and frivolous complaints, particularly in the light of the fact that there was no court fee. So to discourage such litigation, the ...
Act lawsuit, a cornerstone of consumer protection, acts as a bulwark against exploitation, extending its protective umbrella over a myriad of sectors, including government contracts, healthcare, and environmental regulation. As qui tam actions and whistleblower claims continue to surge, the dedication ...
Arising out of an Oregon city's ordinances banning public camping, the case raises whether it's a violation of the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment to punish homeless people with civil citations for camping on public property when they have nowhere else to go. ...
Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-ad...
However, following the failure of the system during the 2007/2008 crises, regulators introduced legislation (e.g. the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 introduced in the US) that sought to improve financial stability and protect consumers. Regarding the financial ...
ATOL – which is short for “Air Travel Organizers' licensing” – exists to protect the public from losing money or being stranded abroad because of the failure of air travel firms. It was first introduced in 1972 and it gives comprehensive consumer protection to 28 million people in the UK...
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The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660) created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) in 1988. The VICP was created to ensure there was an adequate supply of vaccines and stabilize vaccine costs. Prior to this Act, there were only a handful of...
XAI explores the reasoning for the decision-making process, presents the positives and drawbacks of the system, and offers a glimpse of how the system will act in the future. By offering accessible explanations of how AI systems perform their study, XAI can allow researchers to understand the ...
The Consumer Protection Act 1987 - Two Recent CasesLawson, R.JUSTICE OF THE PEACE