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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 30, 2019 National Consumer Law Center Contacts: Abby Shafroth (ashafroth@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010  Education Department Erects New Barriers to Relief for Students Harmed by School Fraud and Closures; Protects For-Profit College Industry at Expense of Students  Boston - Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced new rules [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2019 Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Andrew Pizor (apizor@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 Mountain State Justice: Jennifer Wagner (jennifer@msjlaw.org) or (304) 326-0188 Washington, D.C. - After a vote today by the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) Board of Directors, banks making home mortgages will no longer need to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 19, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Odette Williamson (owilliamson@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010  HUD Plan Would Fuel Substantial Declines in Black Homeownership The following is a statement by Odette Williamson, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) attorney and director of NCLC’s Racial Justice and Economic Opportunity Project. Today, the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 9, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org), (617) 542-8010; or Sarah Bolling Mancini (smancini@nclc.org) Washington, D.C.- Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center decried the decision announced yesterday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to remove a question about the mortgage applicant’s language preference from the Uniform [...]