FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2018National Consumer Law Center: Margot Saunders (msaunders@nclc.org); Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org), (202) 595-7847Consumer Reports: Kara Kelber (kara.kelber@consumer.org), (202) 462-6262Consumer Federation of America: Susan Grant, (sgrant@consumerfed.org)Proposal Would Establish Reassigned Number Database; Require Callers to Cross-Reference for Accuracy of InformationWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today it will take decisive [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 27, 2018National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org), (617) 542-8010 Washington, D.C. — Reverse mortgages are intended to help elders age in their homes. Yet, across the country, widows and widowers are losing their homes because of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s failure to prevent foreclosures on [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 26, 2018National Consumer Law Center Contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010H.R. 5082 Would Allow Lawyers to Abuse Consumers in Debt Collection Lawsuits, Exempt Attorneys and Firms from Federal Debt Collection Enforcement and CFPB OversightWashington, D.C. — Attorneys selected by the American Bar Association (ABA) to represent the interests of consumers wrote [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 26, 2018National Consumer Law Center Contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010H.R. 5082 Would Allow Lawyers to Abuse Consumers in Debt Collection Lawsuits, Exempt Attorneys and Firms from Federal Debt Collection Enforcement and CFPB OversightWashington, D.C. — Attorneys selected by the American Bar Association (ABA) to represent the interests of consumers wrote [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 16, 2018National Consumer Law Center contact: Stephen Rouzer, srouzer@nclc.org, (202) 595-7847NCLC Seeks to Obtain Records Concerning the Department’s Servicing of Defaulted Federal Student LoansBOSTON, M.A — The National Consumer Law Center filed a federal lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Education, asking the court to compel the Department to comply with a [...]

For Immediate Release: November 16, 2018 WASHINGTON, DC — A new bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate will address the growing problem of “spoofed” robocalls that use fraudulent caller identification information to disguise the caller’s true identity. Introduced by Senators Thune (R-S.D.) and Markey (D-Mass.), the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2018National Consumer Law Center contacts: Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org), (617) 542-8010Download NCLC infographic of big ticket holiday gifts’ cost at time of purchase and with deferred interest: http://bit.ly/2z947C7Boston – As Black Friday approaches, the National Consumer Law Center warns holiday shoppers of a lurking danger in [...]

For Immediate Release: October 26, 2018Contact: Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org or (617) 542-8010Boston – The year-long moratoriums on foreclosures and legal actions in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria are expiring. To address this potential foreclosure crisis, National Consumer Law Center staff attorneys Alys Cohen and Geoff Walsh traveled to San Juan to conduct a Foreclosure [...]