Posts tagged ban

• House Financial Services panel debates federal preemption in CFPA.

  Wayne Parsons | October 21, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Washington Post (10/21, Dennis) reports that the House Financial Services Committee continued to wrangle over a provision that would allow state governments to protect bank customers by imposing...

• I Support Obama In Creating A Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

  Wayne Parsons | October 13, 2009 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The AP (10/9, Kuhnhenn) reports President Obama fought to keep his proposed banking overhaul on track Friday, casting the political struggle ahead as one between big financial interests and citizens...

• Chrysler Bankruptcy Update: Car Giant To Accept More Product Liability Claims.

  Wayne Parsons | August 28, 2009 6:47 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The AP (8/27) reported, Chrysler Group LLC said Thursday it will accept product liability claims in a broader number of cases than originally planned in its reorganization under bankruptcy...

• Bank of America Stops Forcing Arbitration od Disputes on Customers

  Wayne Parsons | August 14, 2009 7:28 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The AP (8/13, Freed) reported, Bank of America Corp. said that as of Thursday it will stop requiring that disputes with its credit card holders and banking and lending customers be settled by...

• Sad Day For Americans: Judge Allows GM to Escape Payments to Victims of Injury and Death From Defective GM Cars

  Wayne Parsons | July 08, 2009 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  If the damage done to the American economy, American workers and all of us by the inept and perhaps crooked management at General Motors (GM), The U.S. Treasury and now a federal judge have told...

• Judge approves GM asset sale, clearing way for restructuring.

  Wayne Parsons | July 06, 2009 2:29 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On the front page of its business section the New York Times (7/6, B1, De La Merced) reports that US Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert E. Gerber approved a plan by General Motors late on Sunday to...

• Can Acetaminophen Kill? FDA panel recommends smaller acetaminophen doses, painkiller bans.

  Wayne Parsons | July 01, 2009 2:52 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The CBS Evening News (4/30, lead story, 3:05, Couric) reported, An FDA panel recommended today that prescription Vicodin [hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen] and Percocet [oxycodone and...

• Treasury negotiating on GM's product liability.

  Wayne Parsons | June 26, 2009 2:26 PM | 6 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Wall Street Journal (6/26, B1, Spector, McCracken) reports on the front page of its Marketplace section, The U.S. Treasury Department is negotiating with more than a dozen state attorneys...

• State AGs challenging GM's liability plan.

  Wayne Parsons | June 22, 2009 3:49 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Wall Street Journal (6/22, A4, Spector) reports, Eight state attorneys general are opposing a provision in General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy plan that would free the auto maker from liability...

• Questions about automakers' liability loom during bankruptcy process.

  Wayne Parsons | June 04, 2009 8:53 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Bloomberg News (6/4, Andersen) reports, Plaintiffs in personal-injury and product-liability lawsuits against Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. are pressing members of Congress to ensure that...