Appearing in The Boston Globe on July 22, 2025, Samantha J. Gross interviews NCLC Senior Attorney Andrea Bopp Stark about how Governor Maura Healey dismayed advocates when she signed into law protections for a Boston nonprofit last year that has been battling accusations of predatory lending for years. Now her Democratic colleague down the hall,…
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Appearing in Bloomberg Law on July 15, 2025, Cole Reynolds interviews NCLC Senior Attorney Carla Sanchez-Adams for coverage of the Trump administration’s plan to stop issuing paper checks for tax refunds — a plan advocates warn could leave some taxpayers confused or without refunds. Individuals who could struggle to get electronic payments include those who…
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The massive Reconciliation Bill, Public Law 119-21 (July 4, 2025), cuts essential medical and food benefits for millions of Americans, increases costs for student loan borrowers, and eliminates incentives for energy-efficient investments, among its other provisions. This article focuses on provisions of special interest to consumer law practitioners and legal services attorneys.
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GENIUS Act’s Blessing of “Stablecoins” Heightens Risks of Fraud, Privacy Violations, and Risks to Consumer Funds
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Fund Compensates Victims of Companies that Hide Assets After Breaking the Law WASHINGTON – A proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to limit the permissible uses of the Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund may signal a plan to stop compensating victims of companies that violate the law and then say they have no…
Read More about Proposed Rule Limiting Uses of Civil Penalty Fund Feeds Lies about the CFPB
The NCLC Digital Library is not just for consumer lawyers. A new article describes the NCLC Digital Library’s practice manuals that are of special utility for attorneys practicing in areas outside of consumer law: landlord-tenant law; employment law; public benefits law; family law; criminal law; and class actions.
Complaint Alleges Jaffarian Volvo Toyota Charged Black and Hispanic Customers Higher Prices and Markups for Add-On Products and Services Than Similarly Situated White Customers BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that her office is suing a Haverhill car dealership for engaging in unfair, deceptive, and discriminatory pricing practices against Black and Hispanic customers by illegally…
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BOSTON — Today, the Boston City Council adopted a resolution in support of legislation to end debt-based driving restrictions. The resolution, filed by Councilors Liz Breadon (District 9), Henry Santana (At-Large), and Benjamin Weber (District 6), supports the Road to Opportunity Act (S.2368/H.3662), introduced by Representative Brandy Fluker-Reid (D-12th Suffolk) and Senator Julian Cyr (D-Cape…
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Appearing in the Chicago Tribune on July 3, 2025, an op-ed by Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at NCLC discusses how millions of Americans recently saw their credit scores drop 100 or 150 points when the administration of Donald Trump started reporting student loan delinquencies to the credit bureaus. Americans should not…
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Deep Cuts to Consumer Protection, Health Care, and Food Assistance to Fund Tax Cuts for the Ultrawealthy
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Appearing in Next Avenue on June 23, 2025, and sponsored by the RRF Foundation for Aging, this op-ed by Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at NCLC, discusses the Administration’s plans to collect student loan debt have collided with concerns about reducing Social Security benefits and pushing older adults into poverty. “Rather than just another…
Appearing in Bloomberg Law on June 27, 2025, Angelica Serrano-Roman, Evan Weinberger, and Alex Wolf talk to John Rao, senior attorney at NCLC, about how bankrupt student loan borrowers subjected to illegal debt collection efforts have fewer options after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s retrenchment under the Trump administration. “The dismissal of the cases is…
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