Binding ArbitrationThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
Thursday, 10 May 2012 |
Consumer agency to review mandatory arbitration in financial services
Finally, a spotlight will be shone on a widespread business practice that forces unhappy customers to settle disputes through binding arbitration â rather than by telling their story in court. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is seeking public input about mandatory arbitration clauses in the contracts of financial products and services. More important, the board has the power to limit or even eliminate the clauses if they hurt consumers. |
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Consumers expect a fair examination of forced arbitration |
Tuesday, 24 April 2012 |
Got a Credit
Card or Bank Account? Scrutiny of Forced Arbitration Is Good News
We expect that any
fair examination of forced arbitration will conclude that the practice is
devastatingly harmful to consumers. The most critical step, then, will be for
the CFPB to ban forced arbitration, ensuring that arbitration is always
voluntary for consumers â not a kangaroo court or a tool for law-breaking
corporations to insulate themselves from accountability.
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Bureau to Explore Arbitration’s Effects on Consumers |
Tuesday, 24 April 2012 |
CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION BUREAU LAUNCHES PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO ARBITRATION CLAUSES
Today the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a public inquiry into how consumers
and financial services companies are affected by arbitration and arbitration
clauses.
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Pulte Power: Pulte Cancels City Council Meeting |
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 |
Pulte Homes Reschedules Official City Council Meeting
Pulte made a last minute request to change the date of the schedule
meeting before the Clermont City Council. Pulte took matters into
their own hands and placed their own signs with their own dates. See Pulte Sign Notice.
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Fairhaven Houses Worse then Ever and Pulte Cancels Meetings |
Monday, 09 April 2012 |
Angry Schertz homeowners decry lack of progress
In the Fairhaven subdivision in Schertz, the faults are
readily apparent in this Pulte-built community: cracking walls,
sidewalks, driveways and more."We have let them in our house multiple times to fix our
problems and now ... my foundation is patched,â Hollestelle said. âThey
call it fixed."... Janet Ahmad, of Homeowners for Better Building, said builders are not held accountable for mistakes. "They get nothing when they build a bad house,â Ahmad said. âThey don't get a ticket, they don't lose their license.
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Compelling Arbitration - No Class Action |
Monday, 09 April 2012 |
Buyer
Had Adequate âClickthrough' Notice of Terms
An
AT&T customer will have to arbitrate claims individually, rather than
pursue class claims in court, after a federal court decided March 26 that an
online âclickthroughâ process provided adequate notice of an arbitration
agreement. The
plaintiff, Richard Sherman, sought to litigate an overcharge claim against
AT&T Inc. in federal district court on behalf of a class...The
online registration notice to the plaintiff did not explicitly mention the
arbitration clause, the court acknowledged. But it did say, âother conditions
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Homebuilders Mortgage Fraud and Foreclosures Still A Mess |
Monday, 09 April 2012 |
Americans brace for next foreclosure wave
Half a decade into the deepest U.S. housing crisis since the 1930s, many
Americans are hoping the crisis is finally nearing its end. House sales
are picking up across most of the country, the plunge in prices is
slowing and attempts by lenders to claim back properties from struggling
borrowers dropped by more than a third in 2011, hitting a four-year
low. |
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Pulte-Centex Labor Department Probe |
Sunday, 25 March 2012 |
U.S. Battles Home Builder Over Pay Probe
The Labor Department has stepped up pressure on PulteGroup Inc. in what has become a nasty battle between the Michigan-based home builder and the Obama administration over an investigation into the housing industry's pay practices. The department filed a petition in federal district court in Michigan on Feb. 28 seeking to compel Pulte to produce thousands of records related to its employees and subcontractors, as requested in a subpoena it sent the company last year. ...Federal officials issued the subpoena as part of a broader investigation into pay practices of at least five national home-building companies. Related article: U.S. Hits Builders With Pay Probe Pulte Homes Under U.S. Labor Dept. Investigation
The Boston Global: Pulte Homes contractors fined for failing to pay workers and taxes
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D.R. Horton Homes Built on Sewer Treatment Plant |
Monday, 12 March 2012 |
Stablewood Farms residents say builder never told about old sewer plant
Several homeowners in a southwest San Antonio neighborhood say they
were not told their homes were built over an old sewer treatment plant
and are demanding the builder buy back the homes. Residents in Stablewood Farms, some wearing radiation suits and gas
masks, were waving signs in protest on Monday outside the D.R. Horton
corporate officers.
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More Great Walls of Pulte-Centex |
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 |
Residents fear another retaining wall disaster
Residents living in the Fairhaven subdivision have been asking builder Pulte to buy back their homes for awhile now. They told News 4 WOAI they are concerned a retaining wall in their neighborhood could come tumbling down. "I feel this is unsafe, the wall is already starting to separate, " said homeowner Bruce Touve. Neighbors said the cracks and separation along the retaining walls isn't sitting well with them.
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Will Walls Come Tumbling Down? |
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 |
Fairhaven residents: Dream home a nightmare; Pulte should pay
âThe last thing we need is to have this wall come crumbling down into our bedroom," Mendoza says. âI wake up in the middle of the night. I wake up in the morning thinking about it.â Related photos: Building Pulte Walls with no Foundation
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