Appearing in CBS News on September 16, 2026, Joshua Sidorowicz references NCLC’s report and issue brief, The $12 Billion Overdraft Trap: State Options to Limit Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees. According to the National Consumer Law Center, consumers paid more than $12 billion in overdraft and insufficient funds fees in 2025, despite years of efforts…
Appearing in the Los Angeles Times on August 26, 2026, Audrey McGlinchy talks to Olivia Wein, senior attorney at NCLC, about how renters say shared utility bills have soared unpredictably under formula-based systems run by third-party companies, while requests to see the underlying math go unanswered. Olivia Wein, a senior attorney at the National Consumer…
FCC Must Reject Effort to Flood Voters with AI-Powered Robocalls Ahead of the Midterms
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Bank Charter Would Have Enabled 100% APR Loans in Every State
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Prominent consumer law attorney Jim Kowalski Jr. and eminent law professor Patricia McCoy have been named to the board of directors.
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Appearing in CBS News on September 2, 2026, Megan Cerullo talks to Ariel Nelson, senior attorney at NCLC, about how financial firms are pushing buy now, pay later loans as a means for people to cover essential expenses, such as rent, groceries, electricity bills, and even medical costs. Consumer advocates warn that using BNPL loans…
States Must Create Energy Affordability Programs; Make Data Centers Cover Added Costs
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New Report Shows How ‘Heirship Affidavits’ Can Protect Family Property and Generational Wealth
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Appearing in The Seattle Times on August 27, 2026, Jessica Fu talks to Ariel Nelson, senior attorney at NCLC about how tenants across Washington state say that they face an increasingly confounding landscape of rental charges: amenity fees to access common areas, mailroom fees to receive packages, technology fees for app-enabled door locks and even…
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Appearing in The New York Times on August 19, 2026, Tara Siegel Bernard talks to Abby Shafroth, director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, about how Congress worsened terms for some existing borrowers. Now they’ll have to pay more, and for a longer term. This appears to be the first…
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State unfair and deceptive practices (UDAP) statutes offer a promising source of claims to challenge abusive “zombie” mortgages. Many junior mortgages were originated in the years leading up to the 2007 subprime foreclosure crisis. When borrowers defaulted on these second mortgages during the crisis, loan holders stopped collecting because the homes were underwater, meaning there…
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Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation—with statutory damages of $500 per violation ($1,500 if willful or knowing) per illegal call—remains one of the hottest areas of consumer law today. This article advises practitioners how best to pursue such litigation in today’s environment of constantly shifting TCPA law. A 2025 Supreme Court decision, holding that courts…
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