New Report Examines the Harms of Seizing Tax Refunds to Collect Criminal Justice Debt
To Protect Children’s Financial Security and Aid Reentry, Governments Should Prevent Seizure of Earned Income Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits
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Consumers Denied Relief from Unwanted Telemarketing Calls After Federal Court Scraps Consent Rule
Advocates raise alarms over a last-minute decision to vacate a regulation that would have eliminated a large number of unwanted telemarketing calls.
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Top Six TCPA/Robocall Developments in 2024/2025
This article summarizes current Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and robocall developments.
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New Resource Empowers Consumers Battling Mounting Debt
Free Online, the 2025 Edition of Surviving Debt Provides New Resources on Student Debt, Medical Debt, and Homeowners’ Rights
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Incarcerated People Are Frequent Targets of Identity Theft
New Resource Outlines Tools to Reduce Incidence of Identity Theft Behind Bars
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On MLK Day, Remembering the Power of the People
The National Consumer Law Center remains firmly committed to Dr. King’s vision of a just economy that works for everyone, with access to safe and affordable housing, sustainable credit, and education and employment opportunities at its bedrock.
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CFPB Orders Equifax to Pay $15 Million Over Failure to Remove Errors on Credit Reports
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Equifax, one of the “Big Three ” nationwide consumer credit reporting agencies, to pay a $15 million penalty for conducting faulty and inadequate investigations when consumers disputed errors on their credit reports, in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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CFPB Rescinds 2020 Advisory Opinion on Earned Wage Advances
The CFPB found that the 2020 Opinion’s analysis of what constitutes “credit” under TILA was “significantly flawed” and that the Opinion, which was limited to completely free advances, had been misunderstood and misused to support claims that EWAs are not credit.
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NCLC Statement in Response to Department of Education Loan Relief For Additional Students Harmed By Their School
The Biden administration announced that it will provide $5.75 billion in relief to over 345,880 borrowers with outstanding loans borrowed to attend Ashford University, Drake College of Business, and schools owned by the Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE).
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Department of Education Outlines Stronger Protections for Student Loan Borrowers in Default
NCLC and New America Foundation Applaud Protection of Social Security Benefits from Seizure to Collect Student Debt
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Tell Congress: Medical Debt Must Get Off Credit Reports – Support CFPB Rule
Customize and send a message to your members of Congress today!
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Bloomberg Law: Medical Debt Struck From Credit Reports in Final CFPB Rule
Appearing in Bloomberg Law on January 7, 2025, Evan Weinberger interviews Chi Chi Wu to discuss action to scrap medical debt from consumer credit reports and how Republican lawmakers and the credit reporting industry will likely push to overturn the changes. “Medical debt has damaged the financial record of tens of millions for far too…
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