FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 3, 2019 CONTACT: National Consumer Law Center: Andrew Pizor (apizor@nclc.org) or Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) (202) 595-7847 Advocates Applaud CFPB for Suing Firms Accused of Illegally Taking Upfront Fees for Credit Repair Services WASHINGTON– Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center applaud the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) legal action against Lexington [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 24, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org) Court Decision Signals End of Faux Tribal Payday Lending Washington - The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision today against Think Finance and the officers of Plain Green Loans has made crystal clear that online [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2019 National Consumer Law Center Contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org or (617) 542-8010 NCLC Attorney Margot Saunders to Testify at U.S. Senate Hearing on Stopping Illegal Robocalls on April 11; Will Urge FCC to Strengthen Key Federal Privacy Law Robocalls increase 370% since Dec. 2015 with 5.2 billion robocalls in March [...]

National Consumer Law Center Recommends Reforms to Mitigate Harms to Families by Private Corporations Administering Our Criminal Legal System For Immediate Release: March 20, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org or (617) 542-8010 Download the full report, including an analysis of harms, a sector-by-sector overview, graphic on the Private Criminal Legal System Cycle, and complete list [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2019 National Consumer Law Center:  John Howat (jhowat@nclc.org); Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) or (202) 595-7847 Despite using the least energy, households with the least means are shouldering the greatest energy burdens WASHINGTON ― A new report, “Reversing Energy Systems Inequity: Urgency and Opportunity During the Clean Energy Transition,” examines fundamental inequities [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2019 National Consumer Law Center:  Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) or (202) 595-7847 Consumer Advocates Urge Strong Consumer Protections for Borrowers of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loans WASHINGTON-- Today, advocates at the National Consumer Law Center applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for taking its first step in initiating a rulemaking to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2019 National Consumer Law Center: Jeremiah Battle, Jr. (jbattle@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010; Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc.: Erin Kemple (860) 247-4400;  Liberty Bank: Chandler J. Howard (860) 344-7200 BOSTON-- Liberty Bank, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. (“Center”) and the Center’s co-counsel, the National Consumer Law Center, jointly announced today [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2019 National Consumer Law Center: Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org), (202) 595-7845; Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org), (202) 595-7847 WASHINGTON– Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center applauded today’s introduction of the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, introduced by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-4),which would restore access to the courts for consumers, [...]