Press Releases (Archived)

• CFPB Rule Restores Consumers’ Day in Court Over Financial Misconduct, July 10, 2017
• National Consumer Law Center Advocates Condemn U.S. Department of Education Blocking Important Protections against For-Profit School Fraud, July 6, 2017
• New Reforms Will Improve Credit Reporting Accuracy for Millions of Consumers, June 28, 2017
• Class Actions Matter: Consumers Mislabeled as Terrorists Join in $60 Million Verdict against TransUnion for Violating Key Consumer Protection Law, June 21, 2017
• Congress Must Defend Service Members from Predatory Financial Scams, June 21, 2017
• Department of Education Intends to Revisit Rules that Provide Relief and Protections to Students, Taxpayers from School Fraud, June 14, 2017
• NCLC Leads Consumer Groups in Urging FCC to Initiate Enforcement Action Against Navient for Violations of the TCPA, June 14, 2017
• NCLC Calls on Congress to Restore Federal Protections Against Abusive Debt Collection, June 13, 2017
• Congress Makes the Wrong Choice with Financial Reform Rollback Legislation, June 8, 2017
• NCLC Applauds CFPB Plan to Issue Regulations Protecting Consumers from Abusive Debt Collection Communications, June 8, 2017
• Court to Consider Constitutionality of CFPB in PHH v CFPB, May 23, 2017
• Trump Reverse Robin Hood Budget Would Kill Bipartisan Programs that Protect Vulnerable Seniors, Veterans, Working Families, May 23, 2017
• Racial Justice, Civil Liberties and Digital Rights Groups Urge FCC Not to Harm Lifeline Program, May 19, 2017
• FCC Must Protect Consumers from Unwanted Telemarketing and Debt Collection Voicemails, May 18, 2017
• Pushed into Poverty: How Student Loan Collections Threaten the Financial Security of Older Americans, May 17, 2017
• Big Changes Burden Taxpayers: New Law Delays Refunds, Drives Demand for Loans; Immigrant Taxpayers Face Challenges, March 2017
• PACE Mortgages Still Risky Despite New Dept. of Energy Guidelines, Nov. 18, 2016
• CFPB Report Shows Student Loan Rehabilitation Fails Many Borrowers, Oct. 17, 2016
• Advocates Applaud CFPB Action Against Bridgepoint Education for Predatory Student Lending Practices, Sept. 12, 2016
• Don’t Bet the House on a PACE Loan: Consumer Groups Urge the Department of Energy to Strengthen Protections for Homeowners in Best Practice Guideline, August 18, 2016
• A win for consumers! FCC limits robocalls for collectors of federal student loan debt, August 11, 2016
• NCLC Statement re: CFPB Final Mortgage Servicing Rules, Aug. 4, 2016
• Rule to Rein in Illegal Business Practice Gains Key Support from Congress, Aug. 3, 2016
• Advocates Applaud CFPB Proposed Debt Collection Rules but Additional Provisions Are Needed, July 28, 2016
• Why High-Rate Installment Lenders Want Borrowers Who Will Default, July 21, 2016
• Report Finds Wall Street Investment Companies Chasing Profits From Predatory Real Estate Product with Racist Roots, July 14, 2016
• Rep. Austin Scott’s (R-GA) Bills Undercut Lifeline, Limiting Economic and Education Opportunities for Low-Income Families, June 21, 2016
• CFPB Proposes Strong Rules to Protect Payday Borrowers Yet Worrisome Loopholes Need Tightening, June 2, 2016
• Advocates Urge Support for Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016, May 19, 2016
• NCLC testifies at Senate hearing on TCPA and robocalls, May 18, 2016
• FCC proposes rules to protect student loan borrowers and other consumers from collectors of federal debt, May 10, 2016
• HUD’s Sales of FHA-Defaulted Mortgage Loans Benefit the Big Mortgage Servicers and Hedge Funds While Homeowners Lose, May 10, 2016
• Press Release on Forced Arbitration: CFPB Issues Proposed Rules to Restore Consumers’ Legal Rights, May 5, 2016
• NCLC Advocates Applaud Department of Education Implementation of Its New Matching Program for Disabled Student Loan Borrowers, April 12, 2016
• Advocates Applaud FCC Vote to Modernize Lifeline to Bring Affordable Broadband Internet to Low-Income Households, March 31, 2016
• A Minefield of Risks for Taxpayers: New Report on the Perils Taxpayers Face from Unregulated Preparers, Lack of Fee Disclosure,and Tax-Time Financial Products, March 30, 2016
• FCC’s Lifeline Proposal Would Bring Affordable Broadband Internet to Low-Income Households, March 8, 2016
• Unprecedented Consumer, Environmental Coalition Calls on Top Energy Regulator to Create Office to Protect Consumers, March 7, 2016
• Paper or Electronic Statements? Why It Should Be the Consumer’s Choice, March 1, 2016
• Advocates Commend Dept. of Education Plan to Protect Student Borrowers from Predatory School Practices, Feb. 8, 2016
• National Consumer Law Center Names Attorney Persis Yu as Director of the Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, Feb. 5, 2016
• NCLC Advocates Applaud Department of Education Crack Down of Student Debt Relief Companies, Jan. 29, 2016
• First Possible Tech IPO of Year: Elevate Pushes Predatory Long-Term Payday Loans, Jan. 20, 2016
• National Survey: Strong Support for Reforming Paid Tax Preparer Industry, Jan. 20, 2016
• National Consumer Law Center Appoints Richard Dubois as Executive Director, Jan. 14, 2016

2015

• Deceptive Bargain: The Hidden Time Bomb of Deferred Interest Credit Cards, Dec. 16, 2015
• Press Release: Coalition Calls on Seven Major Corporations to Stop Using Forced Arbitration, Dec. 10, 2015
• States Urged to Protect Online Education Students from For-Profit Fraud, Dec. 10, 2015
• NCLC Advocates Applaud FTC Rule Banning Payment Devices Used by Scammers, Nov. 19, 2015
• Survey of State Government Payroll Cards: Thumbs Up for Cash Access and Thumbs Down on Overdraft Fees, Nov. 5, 2015
• Congress Set to Allow Robocalls to Cellphones, Oct. 27, 2015
• Press Release: New Education Rules Will Protect Students from High Fee Campus Prepaid and Debit Cards, Oct. 27, 2015
• Report: Account Screening Consumer Reporting Agencies Impede Access for Millions, Oct. 2015
• CFPB takes aim at corporate get-out-of-jail card, Oct. 7, 2015
• Consumer and Labor Groups Urge Experian to Offer Free Security Freezes to T-Mobile Customers to Help Prevent Id Theft, Oct. 2, 2015
• State Installment Loan Laws Leave Borrowers Vulnerable in New Wave of Predatory Lending, July 2015
• Press Release Opposing Section 52106 in Senate Highway Trust Fund Bill Mandating IRS to Use Private Debt Collectors, July 24, 2015
• Consumer Advocates Applaud DOD Move to Protect Troops from Predatory Lending, July 21, 2015
• NCLC & NACA Statement re: the Consumer Reporting Fairness Act, July 15, 2015
• Payday Lender Prepaid Cards: Overdraft and Junk Fees Hit Cash-Strapped Families Coming and Going, July 15, 2015
• NCLC & NACBA Statement: Dept. of Education Fails to Respond to White House Call for Student Debt Relief in “Undue Hardship” Bankruptcy Cases, July 13, 2015
• Debt Collection Communications: Protecting Consumers in the Digital Age, June 2015
• FCC Protects Consumers from Unsolicited Robocalls and Texts to Cell Phones and Moves to Modernize Lifeline Program, June 18, 2015
• Consumers to CFPB: End Forced Arbitration, June 18, 2015
• NACA and NCLC: House Moves to Weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, June 17, 2015
• Advocates Applaud HUD on New Reverse Mortgage Policy that Could Reduce Foreclosures on Surviving Spouses, June 17, 2015
• NCLC Advocates Support Broadband Adoption Act of 2015, June 1, 2015
• Statement Regarding FCC Proposals to Modernize Lifeline: Low-Income Phone Program Would Include Broadband Internet, May 28, 2015
• FCC Announces Proposed Ruling Protecting Consumers from Unwanted Robocalls and Texts to Cell Phones, May 28, 2015
• Statement on the Implementation of President Obama’s Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, May 27, 2015
• FTC Reaffirms Consumer Right to Enforce Warranty Protections in Court, May 26, 2015
• NCLC and 57 Other Groups Oppose Sweeping Effort to Gut Housing Protections, May 21, 2015

• NCLC’s Saunders testifies on Operation Choke Point urging DOJ to do more to combat payment fraud, May 19, 2015

• 78,000 Individuals and 50 Organizations Urge the U.S. Department of Education to Grant Debt Relief to Corinthian Colleges’ Students, May 19, 2015

• Department of Education Proposal Will Protect Students from High Fee Campus Prepaid and Debit Cards, May 15, 2015

• U.S. House Bill Would Suspend a Homeowner’s Right to Enforce Accurate Mortgage Pricing: Advocates Oppose Bill that Would Let Lenders Off the Hook, May 14, 2015

• Statement Regarding May 14 CFPB Hearing on Student Debt, May 13, 2015

• NACA and NCLC Support Reintroduction of Landmark Legislation to Restore Consumers, Workers, and Small Businesses’ Access to Justice, April 30, 2015

• NCLC and NACA Support the Court Legal Access & Student Support (CLASS) Act, S. 1122 (Durbin)/H.R. 2079 (Waters), April 29, 2015

• Seeking Tax Help, Getting Tax Troubles: Mystery Shopper Testing Documents Serious Problems with Tax Preparation Services, April 9, 2015

• The National Consumer Law Center Receives Grant to Help Poor Families Maintain Heat and Power, March 26, 2015

• CFPB’s Payday Proposal: Strong Start but Worrisome Loopholes, March 26, 2015

• Prepaid Card Overdraft Fees Cost Consumers over $50 Million, March 24, 2015

• U.S. DOJ Chokes Scammers’ Bank, March 10, 2015

• CFPB’s New Study Supports Need for Quick Action to End Forced Arbitration in Consumer Financial Product Agreements, March 10, 2015

• Tax Prep Services: Buyer Beware – Consumer Advocates Warn of Risks from Incompetent and Unscrupulous Tax Preparers, March 9, 2015

• NCLC Advocates Applaud Department of Education Crack Down of Five Collection Agencies, March 2, 2015

• Why the CFPB Should Ban Zombie Debt, Jan. 29, 2015

• Tax Prep Services: Buyer Beware, Jan. 20, 2015