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Blog Entries by David Arkush from 12/2011

Starbucks: Stop Taking Away Your Customers' Rights

| Posted 12.02.2011 | Business
Read More: Law, AT&T, Civil Justice, Class Action, Starbucks, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Starbucks Coffee, Consumers, Forced Arbitration, Concepcion, Class Action Lawsuit, Justice, Consumer Protection, Lawsuit, Arbitration, Business News

If you're one of millions of Starbucks customers who might buy or receive a prepaid card this holiday season, you might want to take a moment to send Starbucks a message: Don't take away my rights!

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White House, Senate Democrats Turn Up the Heat on Cordray Nomination to Head New Consumer Agency

| Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Richard Cordray, Dodd-Frank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpb, Consumer Protection, Politics News

The American people have gone too long without someone in the federal government looking out for them instead of the big banks. And House Republicans do not actually have the power to block a recess appointment indefinitely.

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President Obama's Next Moves on Leadership for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

| Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics
Read More: Richard Cordray, Wall Street, Dodd-Frank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Wall Street Reform, Consumer Protection, Barack Obama, Politics News

As expected, last week Senate Republicans blocked President Obama's nomination of Rich Cordray to lead the new CFPB. They continue to hold the agency hostage, taking the unprecedented step of blocking its leadership unless the agency is first weakened.

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