FCC must protect consumers from scam health insurance calls while facilitating HHS calls to remind Medicaid recipients to reenroll.
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Originally appearing in American Banker on June 7, 2023, Polo Rocha discusses a legal debate that brewing over whether the Colorado law leaves potential wiggle room for high-cost lenders with NCLC’s Lauren Saunders. Lauren Saunders, associate director at the National Consumer Law Center, described such debates as lawyers trying to “gin up uncertainty” even though…
Originally appearing in The Wall Street Journal on June 4, 2023, Nicole Friedman and Ben Eisen discuss long-dormant mortgages that are coming back to bite with NCLC’s Andrea Bopp Stark. “All of a sudden we saw these second mortgages come out from under the woodwork. It’s a moneymaking opportunity.” Andrea Bopp Stark, a senior attorney…
Originally appearing in The New York Times on June 1, 2023, Tara Siegel Bernard discusses a proposed plan with NCLC’s Abby Shafroth to revise the existing income-driven plan known as REPAYE, that could reduce payments for millions of borrowers by more than half. The Education Department released the proposal in January, and a final rule — which…
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Originally appearing in AP News on June 14, 2023, Cora Lewis and Adriana Morga quote Abby Shafroth in a piece about the consequences of nonpayment upon the resumption of student loan payments. “Forbearance allows you to postpone payments without it being held against you, but interest does accrue. So you’re going to see your balance…
Originally appearing in ABC News on June 8, 2023, Peter Charalambous interviews Abby Shafroth for a discussion about the resumption of student loan payments as the Supreme Court deliberates student debt forgiveness. “Anyone who has been paying attention to the student loan system sees a train wreck coming, and there’s very little time to try…
Groups urge FCC to issue guidance to confirm that the only valid consent agreements for telemarketing calls to lines listed on the Do-Not-Call Registry are those entered into directly with the seller.
Advocates applauded a new Colorado law signed yesterday by Gov. Jared Polis to protect Coloradoans from predatory lending through “rent-a-bank” schemes.
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This article explains the May 25 Supreme Court decision involving property tax foreclosures, sets out the broad implications of the ruling in states other than just Minnesota, explains rights where a process to recover a surplus after foreclosure exists but is not meaningful, and discusses the proper amount of compensation due to the homeowner. This…
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Earlier this year, NCLC welcomed Shennan Kavanagh as our next Director of Litigation. She is co-leading NCLC’s Litigation Project alongside Stuart Rossman.
Airing on May 11, 2023, Herb Weisbaum invites Margot Saunders to discuss new Federal Communication Commission rules and what more can be done to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal robocalls and texts. “The FCC needs to identify a way of regulating those texts and limiting the texts that contain those links that have not…
Originally appearing in American Banker (subscription) on May 21, 2023, Polo Rocha interviews Lauren Saunders for a look at how several large and regional banks have started offering small-dollar loans to their cash-strapped customers and at how many Americans are using the products. Banks’ small-dollar loan products are a good option as long as they…
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