NCLC and Natural Resources Defense Council comments in response to the OCS’s notice of expedited OMB review of data collection for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) reports.
Debt collection complaints reported nationally and more.
The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low-income clients and the United Church of Christ, OC, Inc., submit these comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau’s (WCB’s) request for comment on the State of the Lifeline Marketplace Report.
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Letter to FCC re: Notice of Ex Parte Presentation, Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls EB Docket No. 17-59
Presentation accompanying NARUC EV Working Group Transportation Electrification Access and Equity Webinar
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The Model Medical Debt Protection Act, now in its third edition, is a tool for advocates who are working to protect consumers who are burdened with medical debt in their states. The model act provides suggested language to improve state health care financial assistance laws, and to strengthen medical debt collection consumer protections.
Potentially thousands of extremely low-income elderly and people with disabilities have had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of them to the brink of homelessness. Lax matching standards in LexisNexis Accurint reports used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and a lack of independent investigations by SSA staff lead to improper…
The court ALLOWS in part and DENIES in part Sheriff Hodgson’s Motion to Dismiss and Securus’s Motion to Dismiss.
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Defendants’ Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings are ALLOWED, and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Count I and Motion for Class Certification are DENIED.
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