What's New at CFA
Press Releases
- CFA Calls on Senate and Dept. of Justice to Protect Consumers from E-Book Price Fixing, 04/11/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Group Calls on Antitrust Authorities to Block Anticompetitive Pricing, 04/10/12. (PDF)
- Speculation: a Key Cause of Rising Gas Prices, 04/05/12. (PDF)
- One Year Anniversary of CPSC Consumer Safety Information Database’s First Postings, 03/29/12. (PDF)
- CFA Statement on Lean Finely Textured Beef, 03/26/12. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds Obama Administration's Defense of Country-of-Origin Labeling, 03/23/12. (PDF)
- Senate Flip-Flops on Investor Protection, Passes JOBS Act They Know Will Harm Investors and Increase Fraud, 03/22/12. (PDF)
- CFA Member Groups Urge Release of Delayed Food Safety Proposals, 03/19/12. (PDF)
- New CFA/NCLC Report Documents Twilight of RALs as Big Business 2/29/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Urge President Obama to Defend Country of Origin Labeling, 2/24/12. (PDF)
- CFA and Other Groups Issue Principles for Multi-Stakeholder Privacy Process, 02/23/12. (PDF)
- CFA and CU Comment on Privacy Initiatives Announced By the Administration, 02/23/12. (PDF)
- New Study: Americans Pay More for Weather Catastrophes as Insurers Increasingly Shift Costs to Consumers and Taxpayers, 02/21/12. (PDF)
- Annual Savings Survey Reveals Continuing Decline in Family Finances But Also A Successful Savings Strategy, 02/17/12. (PDF)
- New Study: Americans Pay More for Weather Catastrophes as Insurers Increasingly Shift Costs to Consumers and Taxpayers, 02/17/12. (PDF)
Studies
- 2012 CFA/NCLC Refund Anticipation Loan Report: The Party’s Over for Quickie Tax Loans: But Traps Remain for Unwary Taxpayers, 02/29/12. (PDF)
- The Insurance Industry’s Incredible Disappearing Weather Catastrophe Risk,02/17/12. (PDF)
- Lower-income Households and the Auto Insurance Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities, 01/30/12. (PDF)
- CFA's Preliminary Assessment of The Consumer Benefits of the Proposed Fuel Economy Standards, 01/12/12. (PDF)
Testimony and Comments
- CFA Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee: E-Book Price Fixing Violates the Antitrust Laws and Harms Consumers, 04/09/12. (PDF)
- CFA and NCLC Comments to FHF Regarding PACE Programs, 04/04/12. (PDF)
- Consumer, Lender Groups Join in Recommendations to Assure Safe Mortgage Lending, 04/03/12. (PDF)
- Multistakeholder Process to Develop Consumer Data Privacy Codes of Conduct, 04/02/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Letter in Support of Extension of Advisers Act Fiduciary Duty as Outlined in Section 913 of January 2011 Study, 03/29/12. (PDF)
- Coalition Opposes Any Efforts to Force Compliance with Real ID, 03/21/12. (PDF)
- AFR CFA JOBS Act Media Coverage, 03/20/12. (PDF)
- Public Interest, Securities Regulators, Seniors, and Unions All Oppose JOBS Act’s Attack on Investor Protections, 03/20/12. (PDF)
- CFA and AFR Support Reed-Landrieu-Levin Amendment to the House JOBS Act (H.R. 3606), 03/15/12. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Pro-Investor, Pro-Market Changes to the JOBS Act (H.R. 3606), 03/12/12. (PDF)
- Organizations and Individuals Critical of Anti-investor Provisions in the House JOBS Act and Companion Senate Bills, 03/12/12. (PDF)
- Statement of CFA Director of Investor Protection Barbara RoperIn Response to House Passage of Anti-Investor, Anti-Jobs JOBS Act, 03/08/12. (PDF)
- CFA and AFR Support Amendments to Improve Anti-Investor JOBS Act, 03/07/12. (PDF)
- Public Interest Groups Oppose Anti-Investor “Capital Formation” Bills, 03/05/12. (PDF)
- CFA and AFR Urge No Vote on Anti-Investor JOBS Act, 03/05/12. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Full Funding for CFTC, 02/28/12. (PDF)
- Privacy Groups Urge Bono-Mack to Hold a Hearing with Google Regarding Privacy Policy Changes, 02/24/12. (PDF)
- Consumer group letter to President Obama on Defending Country of Origin Labeling, 02/24/12. (PDF)
- CFA Urges No Votes on H.R. 3606 and H.R. 2308, 02/16/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Group Comments to EPA and NHTSA on Proposed Fuel Economy Standard, 02/13/12. (PDF)
Educational Resources
- Principles for Multi-Stakeholder Privacy Process, 02/23/12. (PDF)
- CFA and CU Guide to Buying New Light Bulbs, 12/29/11. (PDF)
- CFA Guide to Navigating the Auto Claims’ Maze: Getting the Settlement You Deserve, 12/14/11. (PDF)
- CFA Auto Claims Checklist 12/14/11. (PDF)