Originally appearing in NPR on July 19, 2023, Jennifer Ludden covers the Biden administration’s blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and the response of three major rental platforms that will start showing extra monthly fees that can surprise tenants. Ludden cites NCLC’s Too Damn High: New Report Examines Role of Junk Fees in Skyrocketing…
Originally appearing in USA Today on July 19, 2023, Terry Collins discusses Operation Stop Scam Calls, a new campaign intended to make it harder for fraudsters accused of scamming millions of Americans in robocall and telemarketing schemes to contact everyday Americans. The article references NCLC and the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) report, Scam Robocalls:…
A June 23 Supreme Court ruling in Coinbase creates yet another impediment to consumer litigation—that even when a consumer defeats an arbitration requirement, if the defendant then pursues an interlocutory appeal of that ruling, discovery and all other aspects of the case are automatically put on hold until that appeal is resolved. This NCLC Digital Library article,…
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WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden will announce a crackdown on rental housing junk fees that undermine housing stability. Citing a recent National Consumer Law Center report, the Biden Administration is calling attention to the significant harm that rental housing junk fees cause to tenants and outlined steps the Administration is taking to curb junk fees.…
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The hearing will begin at 10:30 AM at the State House, Room A-1 and will be available virtually at malegislature.gov BOSTON – Today, the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a hearing that includes analysis of the Fair Chance in Employment Act (FCEA): S.1144 and H.1434. Together, the bills, filed by Sen.…
Originally airing on NPR on July 14, 2023, hosts Adrian Florido and Cory Turner include a soundbite of Abby Shafroth explaining how out of 4 million eligible borrowers, only 32 have has their loans forgiven through the Income-Driven Repayment program.
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