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NCLC joined other consumer and workers’ rights advocates in this case involving equitable estoppel and forced arbitration. The amicus brief explains how an arbitration-specific version of equitable estoppel imposed by some courts to allow non-signatories to enforce an arbitration clause is wholly divorced from the traditional principles and interpretations of the doctrine, which require a…
Motion of Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Privacy Information Center, National Association of Consumer Advocates, and National Consumer Law Center for leave to file amicus brief in support of the plaintiff.
Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Obduskey v. Mccarthy & Holthus LLP NCLC submitted an amicus brief in support of the consumer’s argument that non-judicial foreclosures are covered under the FDCPA, clarifying that mortgages are debts, the law firm in question was a debt collector, and the letter in question was…
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The key question presented in this case is whether the discovery rule applies to toll the Fair Debt Collection Act’s (“FDCPA”) one-year statute of limitations. NCLC filed its own amicus brief in which we argued that debt collection, which affects millions of Americans each year, often is accompanied by deceptive or unfair practices, particularly by…
Amicus Brief of National Consumer Law Center, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Tzedek DC, The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, and Civil Justice in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Henson v. Santander.
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NCLC coordinated efforts in this FDCPA case to file an amicus brief prepared by Dick Rubin and Deepak Gupta that also was joined by Public Good and NACA. The issues presented are (1) Whether special counsel – lawyers appointed by the Attorney General to undertake his duty to collect debts owed to the state –…