It’s that time of year again. Advertisements for Medicare Advantage plans are flooding my mailbox and email. I’m even getting phone calls about the plans. And, every time I turn on the TV, there’s another ad about Medicare advantage, with infomercials to be tolerated, too.
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $117 million for the deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices. An investigation found the company misrepresented the safety and effectiveness of the mesh and failed to disclose the risks of its use.
AutoNation, America’s largest auto retailer, is selling used vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls including explosive Takata airbags, faulty GM ignition switches, and defects with no fix available. A report found that one in nine cars have unrepaired defects.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB and the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against Katharine Snyder, Performance Arbitrage Company Inc., and Life Funding Options Inc.
As we enter into fall before winter’s blasts, baby boomers are looking at personal and company responsibility. With climate change, corporate wrongdoing, and social media privacy mistakes, baby boomer bloggers are writing about responsibility.
Do you play video games or does someone in your family play them? More than 164 million adults in the United States play video games and three-quarters of all Americans have at least one gamer in their household, according to the Entertainment Software Association.
Google and its subsidiary YouTube agreed to pay a record $170 million Wednesday to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General’s Office that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent.
With summer coming to an end and the back-to-school shopping keeping people busy, it’s helpful to have information about Labor Day sales so you can get the best deals possible. During the Labor Day sales, you’ll find lots of bargains.
Fifty-one attorneys general announced an agreement Thursday with 12 telecommunications providers on a set of principles intended to limit and prevent robocalls. The providers have agreed to incorporate these principles into their business practices.
