Elizabeth Cabraser to Receive Consumer Law’s Top Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse, (jkruse@nclc.org) Boston - The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth J. Cabraser was selected to receive the 2019 Vern Countryman Award, consumer law’s most prestigious award. One of the nation’s most accomplished plaintiffs’ attorneys, Cabraser is a [...]
CFPB to Approve Potentially Risky Fintech Products
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2019 CONTACTS: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org, (617) 542-8010, Lauren Saunders, lsaunders@nclc.org Americans for Financial Reform: Carter Dougherty, carter@ourfinancialsecurity.org, (202) 251-6700 Center for Responsible Lending: Matthew Kravitz, matthew.kravitz@responsiblelending.org, (202) 349-1859 CFPB finalizes policy that gives companies a private channel to seek approvals of untested new products and a [...]
National Consumer Law Center Attorney Persis Yu to Testify on September 10 before U.S. House on Protecting Student Borrowers and Holding Student Loan Servicers Accountable
For Immediate Release: Sept. 9, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Full testimony of NCLC attorney Yu will be available by 10 a.m. EDT on Sept. 10, 2019: www.nclc.org/issues/yu-test-sept2019.html Boston – On Tuesday, September 10, at 10 a.m. ET, National Consumer Law Center attorney and Director of NCLC’s Student [...]
Consumer Watchdog Files Suit against “Forensic Loan Auditing” Company for Foreclosure Rescue Scam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Andrew Pizor (apizor@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Certified Forensic Loan Auditors. According to the CFPB's complaint, Certified sold consumers worthless "audits" and other documents that the defendants claimed would help save [...]
U.S. Dept. of Energy Rollback of Light Bulb Standards will Cost Consumers Billions
Consumer Groups Outraged by Trump Administration’s Assault on Energy Savings from More Efficient Lighting Products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2019 Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse, [...]
HUD’s Disaster Relief Changes Will Allow for Faster Relief, But More Flexibility is Still Needed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Alys Cohen (acohen@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 Boston – As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the U.S., advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) applaud U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for improving programs available to HUD-insured homeowners after [...]
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