April 2019 - National Consumer Law Center

Report Documents Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Auto Sales and Finance; National Consumer Law Center Attorney to Testify at U.S. House Committee Hearing on May 1

Jan Kruse2019-04-30T15:49:17-05:00April 30, 2019|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 30, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Download the report, including ten charts, at: http://bit.ly/2PFsA9b National Consumer Law Center attorney John W. Van Alst testimony will be available at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 1: http://bit.ly/2V2Tb6h Boston – For many in America, a car [...]

National Consumer Law Center Attorney Margot Saunders Will Testify at U.S. House Hearing on Legislating to Stop the Onslaught of Annoying Robocalls

Jan Kruse2019-04-30T12:24:16-05:00April 30, 2019|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2019 National Consumer Law Center Contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 U.S. on Track to Hit 60 Billion Robocalls in 2019 Full written testimony of National Consumer Law Center Senior Counsel Margot Saunders is available at: http://bit.ly/2UIVXIM Washington - On Tuesday, April 30 at 10:00 am ET, the U.S. [...]

Court Decision Signals End of Faux Tribal Payday Lending

Anna Kowanko2019-04-24T12:39:07-05:00April 24, 2019|Categories: Media Center|

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 [...]

Report: Defaulted Federal Student Loan Borrowers in Communities of Color Are Disproportionately Sued

Jan Kruse2019-04-24T08:55:01-05:00April 24, 2019|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 24, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Persis Yu (pyu@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 Download the full report: http://bit.ly/2vj2uzz Boston -- Today, the National Consumer Law Center released a report which paints a troubling picture of the efforts by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to pursue defaulted [...]

National Consumer Law Center Sues U.S. Education Department to Obtain Copy of Student Loan Servicing Contract

Jan Kruse2019-04-18T09:24:46-05:00April 17, 2019|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 18, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Boston - The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) filed a federal lawsuit late yesterday against the U.S. Department of Education (ED), asking the court to compel the Department to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by NCLC on [...]

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

Anna Kowanko2019-04-11T09:14:27-05:00April 11, 2019|Categories: Media Center|

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 [...]

Student Loans Archive

Svetlana Ladan2020-11-30T11:16:03-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

Report and Briefs Issue Brief: Federal Student Loan Relief after a Disaster: Your Guide to Short-Term and Long-Term Options, January 2018 (1-page Guide to Short-Term Relief with Two Quick Calls) Préstamos Estudiantiles Después de un Desastre Natural: Su Guía Sobre Opciones de Asistencia a Corto y Largo Plazo, Enero 2018 Préstamos Federales Estudiantiles Después de [...]

For-Profit and Predatory Schools

Svetlana Ladan2021-04-19T09:44:52-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis Policy Analysis Reports & Briefs Report: How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud, January 2021; press release NCLC/CRL report: Road to Relief: Supporting Federal Student Loan Borrowers During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond, Nov. 2020; press release Report: Voices of Despair - How Seizing the EITC [...]

Private Student Loans

Svetlana Ladan2021-04-20T11:51:28-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis National Consumer Law Center and Student Borrower Protection Center Complaint to Federal Trade Commission re: Vemo Education, Inc. alleging deceptive marketing practices of Income-Shared Agreements, May 31, 2020; press release. Policy Analysis Reports & Briefs Report: How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud, January [...]

Federal Student Loans

Svetlana Ladan2021-04-13T10:19:23-05:00April 4, 2019|Categories: Student Loans|

2021 Federal Priorities for the Student Debt Crisis Policy Analysis Reports, Briefs & Videos Policy Brief: Education Department’s Decades-Old Debt Trap: How the Mismanagement of Income-Driven Repayment Locked Millions in Debt, March 2021; press release Report: How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud, January 2021; press release NCLC/CRL report: Road to Relief: Supporting [...]