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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that it will study the impact of forced arbitration in consumer financial services contracts, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act passed in 2010.  The CFPB is

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Here are two differently-sized sheets of downloadable labels so you can pass on the message....

Attachments: 

Fine Print Warning labels Avery 8160 Final Version.pdf

Fine Print Warning Labels Avery 8163 Final Version.pdf

Fair Contracts and Ralph Nader made a Freedom of Information Act Request to find out how much money the major airlines keep from those unused, nonrefundable tickets people don't or can't or forget to use within the one-year expiration limit set by the airlines in their fine print contracts of carriage terms.

Attachments: 

RN TA Fair Contracts Press release 04 16 2012 on DOT FOIA ticket revenues.pdf

airlinesforamerica_aa_2.8.12-2.pdf

CW RNTA FOIA DOT Request wo sigs 01 13 12.pdf

See these three great pieces on Forced Arbitration in the Fine Print

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/opinion/stuck-in-arbitration.html?ref=...

http://centerjd.org/content/fact-sheet-mandatory-binding-arbitration-cor...

http://www.thepoptort.com/2012/03/mandatory-binding-arbitration-gets-a-s...

Fair Contracts is supporting four bills in the Illinois General Assembly this session.  If you live in Illinois and want to help make fine print contracts more accessible and understandable, we would like you to support these bills too by contacting your representatives today. 

Attachments: 

Support Fair Contracts Legislation Flyers 3 2012.pdf

Call Sheet for Support Fair Contracts Legislation 03 2012.xlsx

Top Five things to Do to Support Fair Contracts 03 01 2012.pdf

"The equitable case is the widespread fraud and deception involving subprime mortgages raining down on innocent homeowners following the Wall Street crash and the corporate greed that caused it. This is the ugly license fostered by massively one-sided, fine-print contracts.

Don't miss this exciting panel discussion! 

See the attached PDF for details and RSVP today to Loyola Law School by sending an email to antitrust@luc.edu to confirm your seat.

For information on CLE, please visit LUC.edu/antitrust (Programs and Events) as registration fees apply only for those seeking CLE.

Attachments: 

Citizen Works & Loyola Law Invite to Panel on Fair Contracts 01 27 2012.pdf

DePaul University College of Law Student Sarah Moravia Submits Contract Reform Team Comments on Student Loan Provisions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Attachments: 

CW Cover Letter to CFPB Re Student Loans Final 01 17 12.pdf

CW Contracts Reform Team Comments to CFPB re Student Loans 01 17 12.pdf

Have you ever not used a non refundable airline ticket and then either forgot to use it within a year or were reluctant to pay a $100-$150 change fee to be able to use it?

Ralph Nader asks the CEOs of major airlines to reveal the data of how much they have pocketed from these fine-print confiscations.    Read it here.

Fair Contracts asks the DOT to release documents on this windfall revenue under the Freedom of Information Act on January 13, 2012.

Save the date:  January 27, 2012:  Hidden Traps, Fair Contracts & Consumer Choice