Consumer Protection
North Carolina Reaches $20 Million Settlement with Frontier
The state alleged the company lied to customers about their internet speeds.
Big Tech
Big Tech Not Anticompetitive, But May Require Careful Regulation
March 8, 2021 – Lawmakers should not rush to paint big technology companies as monopolists and should carefully analyze what is worth regulating, according to commentators speaking at a Thursday Law and Economics Center webinar. The fallacious notion that big tech companies don’t have much competiti
House of Representatives
Pandemic Has Created an Environment for Consumer Fraud, Say Congressional Leaders
July 10, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has created an environment that is highly vulnerable to nefarious actors, said Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., in a House Energy and Commerce hearing with members of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce on Thursday. A rise in disinformation, brou
FCC
Wireless Consumer Usage Notification Guidelines Agreed to by Industry and Consumer Groups
WASHINGTON Monday October 17, 2011 – FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, CTIA The Wireless Association’s President and CEO Steve Largent and Consumers Union’s Policy Counsel Parul Desai held a press conference at Brookings Institute yesterday morning to announce new “Wireless Consumer Usage Notificati
Congress
Eshoo Introduces 4G Carrier Transparency Bill
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2011 – Wednesday Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced legislation that would require wireless 4G carriers to provide consumers with complete and accurate information about their 4G services. “Consumers deserve to know exactly what they’re getting for their money when they sign-up
podcasts
Broadband Breakfast Club Discusses How To Bring More Handsets to More Wireless Carriers
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2011 – After Apple recently broke its exclusivity agreement with AT&T and brought the iPhone to Verizon, our panel discusses whether consumers suffer from a lack of choice in handsets between carriers what effects that may have on the wireless marketplace. Additionally, the
