NCLC Advocates Praise Gov. Newsom for Signing SB 1477, which reduces wage seizures from workers in debt WASHINGTON – Advocates from the National Consumer Law Center applaud California Governor Gavin Newsom today for protecting workers and families by signing SB 1477 (Wieckowski). The new law will completely protect a worker who earns $20 per hour…
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The CFPB rule would have had an enormous impact on returning to consumers remedies they had lost through the widespread use of arbitration clauses with class action bans. Nevertheless, consumers have a number of ways to defeat an arbitration requirement, as set out below.
Advocates say this action is long overdue and necessary to ensure people with disabilities have access to communications while incarcerated. Today, civil rights leaders and advocacy organizations working across various issues in criminal legal and prison reform are commending the Federal Communications Commission’s order on prison communications, particularly the long-awaited action to affirm the rights…
The CFPB’s new Regulation F interpreting the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) took effect November 30, 2021. For more detail on the new regulation see Comprehensive New FDCPA Regulation F Takes Effect November 30. Based on a review of nearly sixty complaints alleging violations of Regulation F filed in federal court in the first…
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August 30, 2022 Student Defense, NCLC, Lawyers’ Committee Issue Statements on Department of Education Granting Debt Relief to 79,000 Former Students of For-Profit Westwood College Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a final decision granting relief to roughly 79,000 former students at Westwood College. In response, Student Defense, the National Consumer Law Center, and…
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