Because knowledge is sometimes power, The Kick Law Firm, APC has assembled these informational resources concerning consumer and human rights, political and world news, and the law.
CONSUMER RIGHTS
- Public Justice
- Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
- Public Citizen
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- National Consumer Law Center
- Brennan Center for Justice - New York University
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Nader.org
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Trade Commission - Consumer Information
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- California Attorney General Consumer Division
- American Association of Justice
- National Lawyers Guild
- American Constitution Society
- Consumer Reports
- Consumers International
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- National Association of Consumer Advocates
- United Policyholders
- Better Markets
- Center for Justice and Democracy - New York School of Law
- National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys
NON-CORPORATE NEWS SOURCES
- ProPublica
- Project Censored
- The National Security Archive
- Public Accountability Initiative
- LittleSis.com
- Center for Media and Democracy PRWatch
- Sourcewatch.org
- ALECExposed.org
- BillMoyers.com
- The Nation
- Chomsky.info
- BanksterUSA.org
- Crooks and Liars
- World-Newspapers.com
- Alternet.org
- Z Net
- Tom Dispatch
- Democracy Now!
- WikiLeaks
- McClatchy News
HUMAN
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
- Human Rights Watch
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Amnesty International
- Sisters of Social Service
- Humanrightsfirst.org
- Rescue.org
- Grassrootsonline.org
- Open Society Foundations
- Network
- Defending Women - Defending Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- United Nations Economic and Social Council
- American Civil Liberties Union
- International
Bill of Human Rights
LEGAL RESEARCH WEBSITES
- Legal Information
Institute - Cornell Law
- Supreme Court of the United States - Published Opinions
- California Code - Constitution and statutes
- California Supreme Court - Published Opinions
- Findlaw - Free legal research
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CONSUMER LAW IN THE NEWS
Consumer Law & Policy
- The Southwest Airlines Debacle
- Wells Fargo fined $3.7 billion for illegal activity including unjust foreclosures and vehicle repossessions
- Tesla buyers forced to arbitrate disputes
- "Why the U.S. Is Losing the Fight to Ban Toxic Chemicals"
- New FCRA case worth teaching: Bibbs v. TransUnion
- Emily Flitter's book The White Wall: Highly recommended for those interested in discrimination in consumer transactions
- Report urges major changes at FDA
- Judge strikes down regulation on graphic warnings for cigarettes
- Poll shows broad support for CFPB
- "Ringless voicemails" to cell phones are subject to robocalling restrictions
- CPSC issues rule to protect children from strangulation by window covering cords. Industry association sues.
- Tobacco companies challenge California law barring sales of flavored tobacco products
- Appeal tests corporate strategy to bar mass arbitration
- WSJ: Credit repairers deluging credit bureaus and FTC with false ID theft claims, impairing credit report accuracy and slowing the granting of loans
- Study finds 83% of consumers agreed to social network terms of service that obliged them to provide kidney or eyeball
ProPublica
- ProPublica Selects 13 Journalists for Investigative Editor Training
- Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined.
- Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply
- Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
- After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans
- Trump Administration Moves to Block the U.S. Travel of Mexican Politicians Who It Says Are Linked to the Drug Trade
- How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
- The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
- Connecticut Towing Companies Use Belongings Left in Cars as Leverage to Collect Fees, Drivers Say
- U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
- Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
- An Agency Tasked With Protecting Immigrant Children Is Becoming an Enforcement Arm, Current and Former Staffers Say
- He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.
- The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public
- Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push
