2017 - National Consumer Law Center

Education Department Rolls Back Relief to Defrauded Corinthian Colleges Students

ogosenseadmin2017-12-20T20:37:20-05:00December 20, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 20, 2017 || Contacts: Abby Shafroth (ashafroth@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 (BOSTON) Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it was unveiling a supposedly “improved” process for [...]

Banking Lobbyists Back FCC Petition to Shield Companies from Penalties for Text Messaging Consumers

ogosenseadmin2017-12-20T15:18:21-05:00December 20, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 19, 2017 || CONTACTS: Margot Saunders (msaunders@nclc.org); Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Robocallers want a “whoops” defense when they ignore consumers’ pleas to stop WASHINGTON, D.C. – Outcome Health has petitioned [...]

Debt Collection Rulemaking at the CFPB

ogosenseadmin2021-05-19T18:07:27-05:00December 15, 2017|Categories: Issues|

Fair Debt Collection The leading treatise on the FDCPA, the statute that dramatically alters how collection agencies, debt buyers and attorneys collect consumer debts. Subscribe Now! The CFPB's Debt Collection Rule In Dec. 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disappointed advocates with the second of its two-part final debt collection rule, impacting 68 million American [...]

U.S. House Financial Services Committee Votes to Reduce Credit Bureau Consumer Protections

ogosenseadmin2017-12-13T19:28:44-05:00December 13, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 13, 2017 || Contacts: Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 H.R. 435 Reduces Consumer Control over Personal Data collected by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion Boston – Today, [...]

Consumer Advocates File in Support of Acting CFPB Director Leandra English

ogosenseadmin2017-12-08T18:21:12-05:00December 8, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 8, 2017 || Contact: Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org or (617) 542-8010 Agency’s Independence Is Necessary to Its Mission, Groups Say WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or [...]

Congress Moves to Protect Predatory Payday Lenders’ Unaffordable 300% Loans

ogosenseadmin2019-01-04T17:32:42-05:00December 1, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 1, 2017 || Contacts: Lauren Saunders lsaunders@nclc.org or (202) 595-7845; or Jan Kruse jkruse@nclc.org or (617) 542-8010) Resolution Filed to Block Consumer Bureau’s Ability-to-Pay Rule Washington – Today, a resolution was [...]

House Education Bill Ends Key Student Protections that Will Lead to a Lifetime of Debt

ogosenseadmin2017-12-01T21:29:06-05:00December 1, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

Persis Yu, director of National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, issued the following statement.: “The Higher Education Bill introduced today by House Republicans would make it more difficult and more expensive for millions of Americans to repay their student loans. It would also demolish safeguards that prevent low-quality schools from using abusive [...]

Statement of National Consumer Law Center’s Lauren Saunders Regarding Appointment of Mulvaney as Interim Director of Consumer Bureau

ogosenseadmin2017-11-26T01:42:42-05:00November 26, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 25, 2017 || Contacts: Lauren Saunders, lsaunders@nclc.org, (202) 595-7845, Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) Washington, D.C. – Last night, President Trump announced the purported appointment of Office of Management and Budget director [...]

CFPB Director Cordray Shaped a Critical Consumer Watchdog

ogosenseadmin2017-11-26T01:24:42-05:00November 26, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 24, 2017 ||  Contacts: Lauren Saunders, lsaunders@nclc.org, (202) 595-7845, Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org Statement Regarding Richard Cordray Stepping Down Today as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Washington, D.C. – [...]

Statement of National Consumer Law Center Executive Director Rich Dubois Regarding Richard Cordray Stepping Down as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

ogosenseadmin2017-11-15T22:00:59-05:00November 15, 2017|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 15, 2017 || Contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org)Washington, D.C. – Today, Richard Cordray announced that he will step down as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at the end of [...]