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Jim RosicaMay 9, 2016

When there’s something strange about your Frontier Communications service, who you gonna call? Or rather, who you gonna call that can actually do something about it? In Florida, it’s not clear. On April 1, Frontier took over Verizon‘s landline, internet and cable TV service in Florida, specifically for Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota customers. Since then, […]

Ryan RayMarch 8, 2016

The House on Tuesday passed a bill designed to stop thieves from using “skimmers,” devices that steal consumer’s credit card information when they swipe their cards to pay for gas at the pump. The measure – SB 912 – was top priority this Session for Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, and he expressed his gratitude to sponsor Sen. Anitere […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 14, 2016

Consumer advocates are calling on state lawmakers to tweak proposed legislation that removes the state’s pre-insurance inspection requirement. The provision is in two bills (SB 1036/HB 659) relating to automobile insurance. Among other things, the measure allows an insurer to opt out of the pre-insurance inspection program and create its own pre-insurance program if it […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2015

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Daily fantasy sports companies such as FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings would be allowed to continue operating in Massachusetts, but with age and advertising restrictions, disclosure requirements and other new rules proposed Thursday by the state’s attorney general. Maura Healey announced what she called an aggressive, first-in-the-nation plan to regulate the websites after her office spent […]

Ryan RayApril 24, 2015

Lawyer and publisher of our friendly rival SayfieReview.com, Justin Sayfie is better known on the Internet as a host for Florida news and opinion than an author of it. Friday morning, though, Sayfie stepped out and offered a strident opinion on the issue of a telecoms regulation bill that may restrict electronic freedom of expression. In […]

Tag: consumer protection

Adam Putnam, Pam Bondi fight Frontier on spotty service

Adam Putnam thanks lawmakers for helping crack down on gas pump “skimmers”

Consumer advocates urge lawmakers to keep pre-insurance inspection requirement

Massachusetts AG proposes tighter regs for fantasy sports

Justin Sayfie weighs in against Anitere Flores’ Internet disclosure bill