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Consumer protection is under attack. Support the work of the National Consumer Law Center to promote and defend important consumer protections in Congress, in regulatory agencies, in states and in the courts. Donations to the Consumer Law Defense Fund fuel NCLC’s rapid response to seize opportunities to advance consumer protections and fight aggressive attempts to dismantle hard won progress.

With strategic advocacy and litigation, NCLC is fighting on many fronts:

• NCLC is a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal effort to shut down the CFPB, along with labor and civil rights organizations.
  • UPDATE: U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a preliminary injunction in the case, requiring the CFPB to reinstate fired employees, stop any reductions in force, preserve data and ensure employees can perform their statutorily mandated functions.
• NCLC advocacy contributed to Senator Warren’s successful challenge to zeroing out the CFPB’s funding in the” reconciliation “big, beautiful bill.”  While ultimately CFPB funding was cut by 47%, the cuts were far lower than the 70% cut in the House bill and the total cut pushed in the Senate, an important victory.
• After advocating for thousands of veterans on the verge of foreclosure, NCLC advocates welcomed the Federal VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, which passed the U.S House and Senate and was signed into law in July.
• Congress just passed, on a bipartisan basis, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, which ends the sale of “mortgage trigger leads” containing prospective homebuyers’ contact information, leading to a deluge of unwanted, spam credit offers following a credit check.
• NCLC is supporting stronger state consumer protections, fighting efforts to preempt state actions, and developing What States Can Do toolkits for state policy makers.
  • Our work and technical expertise helped ensure the passage of 14 state laws prohibiting the credit reporting of medical debt. 
  • Our work against earned wage access products has had a major impact in shaping the law at the state level.
• With student loan collections and repayments restarted, NCLC has released a series of  student loan borrower help videos designed for borrowers struggling to navigate the student loan repayment process. 
• NCLC joined an amicus brief in Laboratory Corporation of American Holdings v. Davis, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that has the potential to hinder federal class action litigation.
  • UPDATE: In June, the court dismissed the case, ruling 8-1 that the petition for certiorari was improvidently granted, heading off new limits on class actions. 
• Along with the National Association of Consumer Attorneys (NACA), NCLC is organizing a Consumer Justice Lobby Day on November 12 in Washington, D.C., the day before the 2025 Consumer Rights Litigation Conference (CRLC).
• NCLC was a sponsor and organizer of Consumer Advocacy Week, led by Consumer Federation of America, helping over 400 advocates from across the country meet virtually with congressional offices in March.

In this challenging environment, effective consumer advocates and attorneys are essential. NCLC is committed to defending core consumer protections at the federal level and strengthening consumer laws and regulations at the state level. To equip legal aid and private attorneys to fight for consumer justice, our experts are continually updating NCLC’s Digital Library and creating timely and strategic sessions for our consumer law conferences. We are resolute in our commitment to fight for economic justice and pursue systemic reform at every level — and we need your help to prevail in the critical fights ahead.