Tell Congress: Medical Debt Must Get Off Credit Reports – Support CFPB Rule
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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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Los Angeles Times: Experian credit bureau sued for allegedly failing to properly probe consumer complaints
Appearing in the Los Angeles Times on January 7, 2025, Laurence Darmiento interviews NCLC Senior Attorney Chi Chi Wu for coverage of a lawsuit against Experian, one of the nation’s largest credit bureaus, filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly improperly handling consumer disputes. “It’s about time a credit bureau was held accountable…
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American Banker: Recent CFPB rules face repeal with no return under Trump
Appearing in American Banker on January 6, 2025, Kate Berry interviews NCLC Associate Director Lauren Saunders for coverage of how the incoming Trump administration is expected to seek the repeal of some regulations finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On the chopping block are rules finalized by the CFPB since August, the six-month lookback…
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USA Today: Here are your top tips for a financially healthy 2025
Appearing in USA Today on December 29, 2024, Russ Wiles interviewed NCLC Senior Attorney Carla Sanchez-Adams to discuss the CFPB’s new rule to limit costly overdraft fees and caution that it faces the risk of being overturned by Congress with simple majority votes in the Senate and House, with limited debate. Overdraft fees are “a…
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ProPublica: The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous Interest Rates. Here’s How It’s Survived.
Originally appearing in ProPublica on December 23, 2024, Joel Jacobs and Megan O’Matz interviewed NCLC Associate Director Lauren Saunders for coverage of the tribal, high-interest lending industry. Consumer advocates do not expect that the second Trump administration will do anything to crack down on abusive lending practices linked to tribes or any other form of…
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Digital Library: FDCPA: 2024 in Review
This NCLC Digital Library article examines the most significant 2024 FDCPA developments, including summaries of all reported circuit court of appeals decisions, the latest approaches to dealing with FDCPA standing problems, CFPB guidance on collection of medical debt, and important FDCPA claims relating to new legislation limiting credit reporting of medical debt.
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CFPB Sues Experian Over Failure to Remove Errors on Credit Reports
Experian Accused of Improperly Investigating Disputes, Threatening Consumers’ Access to Credit
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Digital Library: New Consumer Law Rights Taking Effect in 2025
This article lists federal and state consumer law rights scheduled to go into effect or expire during the period from December 1, 2024, through January 1, 2026.
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CFPB Rule Removes Medical Debts from Credit Reports
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to stop the harmful impact of medical debt on consumers’ credit scores.
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Tatia Gordon-Troy Joins NCLC as Chief Publishing Officer
Veteran publisher to oversee digital and print consumer law publications BOSTON – Attorney and publishing professional Tatia Gordon-Troy has joined the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) as its Chief Publishing Officer, overseeing the organization’s 21 printed legal treatises, Digital Library, and extensive catalog of consumer law materials. “Tatia brings an extraordinary combination of legal publishing talent and…
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The Washington Post: Biden administration finalizes new regulations amid GOP repeal threats
Appearing in The Washington Post on December 11, 2024, Tony Romm talks to NCLC Associate Director Lauren Saunders for coverage of new rules being announced that would limit “junk fees,” cap bank overdraft charges, and shield Americans from medical debt, as officials race over the next six weeks to finalize the remainder of the president’s…
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