#Consumer Rights
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🇺🇸 Sources: DOJ opens NFL inquiry over TV deals
[USA]
The Justice Department has begun an investigation into whether the NFL has violated anticompetitive practices with their television contracts that require consumers to pay subscription costs to watch ...
Related: #Antitrust Regulation, #Sports Media -
🇺🇸 What the DOJ's NFL investigation could mean for networks, fans
[USA]
What could the federal government's investigation of the NFL mean for fans and television networks?
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🇺🇸 Good customer service has been out of reach for this reader
[USA]
An L.A. Times reader's local grocery store moved her preferred type of apple to a location too high for her to reach. When she wrote to corporate, it proved to be of little help.
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🇺🇸 John Deere Is Paying Farmers $99 Million for Allegedly Monopolizing Repair
[USA]
The tractor maker is paying for its years as the central opponent of right-to-repair. Consumer advocates say it's still not enough.
Related: #Corporate Accountability, #Agricultural Technology -
🇺🇸 Justice Department investigating NFL over subscription fees [USA]
Justice Department investigating NFL over subscription fees
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🇺🇸 Justice Department investigating the NFL over subscription fee concerns, source says
[USA]
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the National Football League is forcing football fans to pay too much in subscription fees, according to a person familiar with the inve...
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🇺🇸 A jury is about to decide the fate of Ticketmaster
[USA]
Consumer complaints about Ticketmaster are so voluminous at state attorneys general offices that Pennsylvania's comes with an explicit plea for residents lodging a grievance about the company to be pa...
Related: #Antitrust Law, #Live Entertainment -
🇺🇸 How much of your paycheck will you actually lose to wage garnishment?
[USA]
Wage garnishment can drain your paycheck before you see it, but federal law limits how much creditors can take.
Related: #Financial Protection, #Labor Laws -
🇺🇸 Which states have the shortest statutes of limitations on credit card debt?
[USA]
Some states give creditors less time to sue over credit card debt. Here's where the deadlines are shortest.
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🇺🇸 What qualifies as harassment by a debt collector?
[USA]
Debt collectors have limits under federal law and there are certain behaviors that cross the line into harassment.
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🇬🇧 Train delays: compensation claims to be easier under Great British Railways
[United Kingdom]
<p>Refund systems for individual train operators to be merged into single service under nationalised rail body</p><p>Rail passengers will be able to claim compensation for delayed trains directly from...
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🇬🇧 Train delay repay rule changes to make claims easier
[United Kingdom]
There will also be additional checks on railcards during a trial to crack down on fraud.
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🇬🇧 'I was charged double for oil I already paid for'
[United Kingdom]
Customers say "unfair practices" mean they are being charged hugely inflated prices.
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🇬🇧 ‘Shockingly bad’: Nissan Leaf drivers voice anger over app shutdown
[United Kingdom]
<p>Carmaker’s decision to drop NissanConnect EV app on relatively recent cars fuels warnings from experts</p><p>Owners of some Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are angry after the carmaker announced it w...
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🇬🇧 Bailiffs board Ryanair plane after airline refuses to pay delayed flight compensation
[United Kingdom]
<p>Austrian officials took action after airline ignored court order to pay €890 to unnamed women</p><p>Bailiffs have boarded a Ryanair aircraft after the airline refused to pay compensation to a passe...
Related: #Aviation Law -
🇬🇧 Qantas agrees to pay $74m over Covid-19 travel voucher refunds
[United Kingdom]
The case relates to cancelled flights during the pandemic, for which customers were given credits instead of cash.
Related: #Legal Settlement -
🇺🇸 What the Live Nation settlement would mean for concertgoers -- and why some say it isn't enough
[USA]
Live Nation and the U.S. government announced a deal this week that they say would give artists and venues more choice when it comes to selling concert tickets to music fans. But critics say meaningfu...
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🇺🇸 Here's what to do if a debt collector won't stop calling you
[USA]
Persistent debt collector calls can feel overwhelming, but there are some steps borrowers can take to stop them.
Related: #Debt Collection -
🇺🇸 Live Nation Employees Brag About Price-Gouging Customers, Calling Them ‘So Stupid’ in New Court Documents
[USA]
After Live Nation Entertainment reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in their antitrust case earlier this week, newly released court documents show a series of messages b...
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🇺🇸 ‘These People Are So Stupid’: Live Nation Employees Boast About High Fees in Unsealed Messages
[USA]
Two regional directors of ticketing for Live Nation amphitheaters joked and bragged about "robbing [fans] blind" with sky-high parking prices
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🇬🇧 How a lost suitcase led to a two-year compensation battle with Ryanair
[United Kingdom]
Rosie McGrane says her case never arrived when she travelled from Edinburgh to Copenhagen with Ryanair in September 2023.
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🇺🇸 Taylor Swift Fans Could Get Vancouver Concert Ticket Refunds From StubHub
[USA]
Consumer Protection B.C. investigated sales practices by the resale platform before reaching a deal to make Swifties eligible for full compensation if obstructed views were not disclosed in ticket det...
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🇬🇧 UK PlayStation users could be owed billions
[United Kingdom]
Lawyers say Sony was able to set prices without competition.
Related: #Tech Regulation -
🇬🇧 Millions of PlayStation players charged unfair download fees, court hears
[United Kingdom]
The console maker is accused of charging fans "excessive" fees to obtain software from its official store.
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🇬🇧 Ryanair insists we failed to board a phantom flight
[United Kingdom]
<p>Airline has refused refund after our flight was diverted because of bad weather and we were left on the plane for six hours</p><p><strong>I was on a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Dublin that took ...
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🇺🇸 Senator Amy Klobuchar on ‘Weak’ Live Nation-DOJ Settlement: ‘It’s Absolutely Disrespectful to Fans’
[USA]
Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has for many years been a forceful advocate for a level playing field in the live-entertainment industry, whether leading the “Save Our Stages” bill that brought som...
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🇺🇸 Consumers Paid Tariffs on Overseas Items. Now They Want a Refund.
[USA]
The Trump administration has yet to announce a process to return fees paid by companies and shoppers for tariffs now deemed illegal.
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🇬🇧 The water companies using bailiffs to collect customer debt more than 6,000 times a year
[United Kingdom]
Some water companies are instructing bailiffs as they try to recover customers' debt more than 6,000 times in a single year, new data reveals.
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🇬🇧 Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000
[United Kingdom]
<p>Most recorded visits are for smaller debts, data from England and Wales suggests, though method of recovery is a postcode lottery</p><p>Tens of thousands of people a year have bailiffs sent to thei...
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🇺🇸 Democrats urge businesses to pass tariff refund to consumers
[USA]
Top Senate Democrats urged large businesses Thursday to pass along a portion of forthcoming tariff refunds to consumers who faced higher prices as a trickle-down effect of President Trump's trade agen...
Related: #Trade Policy, #Politics
Key Entities (16)
- Live Nation Entertainment (5 news)
- Ryanair (3 news)
- Ministry of justice (3 news)
- NFL Sunday Ticket (3 news)
- National Football League (2 news)
- Great British Railways (1 news)
- John Deere (1 news)
- Ticketmaster (1 news)
- Sherman Antitrust Act (1 news)
- Qantas (1 news)
- ACCC (1 news)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (1 news)
- Nissan Leaf (1 news)
- Sony (1 news)
- PlayStation (1 news)
- Amy Klobuchar (1 news)
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