Brief of Amici Curiae of Lewis & Clark Law School Criminal Justice Reform Clinic, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Oregon Tradeswoman, Oregon Consumer Justice, Fines & Fees Justice Center, and National Consumer Law Center in support of Appellant Kenneth Marion Duhham. Kenneth Marion Dunham is caught in a debt trap. Without expungement of his…
COVID-19 has made cancellation a necessity for student loan borrowers, writes borrower advocates, including NCLC, and legal aid organizations in a brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. By tailoring the student debt relief to reduce the prospect of widespread defaults upon a return to repayment, the Department acted well within its HEROES Act authority…
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Brief of Amici Curiae submitted by California Reinvestment Coalition, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders, Center for Responsible Lending, Texas Appleseed, and National Consumer Law Center in support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Partial Summary Judgement. In March 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)…
The National Consumer Law Center, the Consumer Federation of America, and Verizon filed a joint amicus brief in a case in which a group of robocallers is challenging the constitutionality of an exemption provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The amicus brief does not support either party in the appeal. Nor does it…
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The key question presented in this case is whether the discovery rule applies to toll the Fair Debt Collection Act’s (“FDCPA”) one-year statute of limitations. NCLC filed its own amicus brief in which we argued that debt collection, which affects millions of Americans each year, often is accompanied by deceptive or unfair practices, particularly by…
Supplemental brief of Amicus Curiae Public Justice, P.C., in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees; On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Case No. 3:15-md-02670-JLS
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Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Obduskey v. Mccarthy & Holthus LLP NCLC submitted an amicus brief in support of the consumer’s argument that non-judicial foreclosures are covered under the FDCPA, clarifying that mortgages are debts, the law firm in question was a debt collector, and the letter in question was…
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Amicus Brief in affirmation of the trial court’s order granting class certification.
Argued that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s bona fide error defense was not intended by Congress to apply to mistakes of law by debt collectors. Since the bankruptcy court’s error in confirming a Ch. 13 plan discharging a portion of the student loan debt without first finding undue hardship in an adversary proceeding was…
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