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FairContracts

  1. Occupying homes v. foreclosure ... fostered by massively one-sided, fine-print contracts. Nader & Amato in Chi Tribune chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/c… 7:50 AM Feb 2nd via web
  2. Restrictive terms in fine print of 6,400 word Costa contract limits consumer rights on cruise ships. See J.Schwartz nytimes.com/2012/01/19/wor… 10:43 AM Jan 19th via web
  3. Be sure to read the fine print on pre-paid cards. See reuters.com/article/2012/0… 3:05 PM Jan 14th via web
  4. Today President Obama recess appoints Richard Cordray to head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. See online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… 4:00 PM Jan 4th via web
  5. Partisan vote in US Senate blocks nomination of Cordray to head CFPB watchdog, prevents consumer protection agenda: washingtonpost.com/politics/obama…. 10:50 AM Dec 8th, 2011 via web
  6. Ralph Nader mentions Fair Contracts in Demand to Let OWS Movement IN! nader.org/index.php?/arc… 11:30 AM Nov 23rd, 2011 via web
  7. Bob Sullivan on why to read the fine print in your 4G cellphone contract@ redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/… 10:12 AM Nov 15th, 2011 via web
  8. Victory for consumers! Bank of America scraps the $5 debit card fee; Reuters reports @ chicagotribune.com/business/sns-r… 10:51 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via web
  9. NYT reports BofA rethinking its $5 monthly debit card fees, at least for some customers, as other banks backed away; nytimes.com/2011/10/29/you… 7:59 PM Oct 28th, 2011 via web
  10. FAIR CONTRACTS' Open Letter to Brian Moynihan, CEO, Bank of America, Call off the $5 debit card fees at faircontracts.org 11:06 AM Oct 4th, 2011 via web
  11. Ralph Nader fights the fine print on airline refunds w/a letter and wins; touts small claims court for consumers, see: nytimes.com/2011/07/24/you… 11:32 PM Jul 23rd, 2011 via web
  12. Theresa Amato in the Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren: 'Wicked Smart' and On Her Way Out washingtonpost.com/national/on-le… 1:20 PM Jul 18th, 2011 via web
  13. Counterpunch runs Amato's piece on Obama Bows To Wall Street, The Warren Betrayal, counterpunch.org/amato07182011.… 11:11 AM Jul 18th, 2011 via web
  14. Elizabeth Warren defended the CFPB before a House oversight ctte on 7.14.11, but now Obama will nominate Richard Cordray 7.18.11, not her. 9:52 PM Jul 17th, 2011 via web
  15. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets ideas thru Twitter; Ron Lieber, NYT 07/16/11 nytimes.com/2011/07/16/you… 3:47 PM Jul 16th, 2011 via web
  16. See our LTE in the NYT July 12, 2011 re CFPB & Elizabeth Warren, champion for consumers against unfair fine print. nytimes.com/2011/07/12/opi… 9:34 PM Jul 12th, 2011 via web
  17. First tweet! See piece by Bob Sullivan@The Red Tape Chronicles re Fair Contracts: redtape.msnbc.msn.com 2:02 PM Jul 9th, 2011 via web