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Education Department's Decades-Old Debt Trap: How the Mismanagement of Income-Driven Repayment Locked Millions in Debt

March 1, 2021

Data obtained by NCLC shows that the total number of borrowers enrolled in Income-Driven Repayment plans who have ever received cancellation is just 32.

Group Letter in Opposition to the E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020

September 10, 2020

The 35 undersigned consumer, civil and human rights, legal services and community organizations express opposition to S. 4159 (Thune), the E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020. In the guise of modernization, the bill would gut the critical requirements of the E-Sign Act that ensure that consumers actually agree to the use of electronic communications in a…

DOE Rollback of Light Bulb Standards Will Cost Consumers Billions

May 3, 2019

Press release by Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) to call on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately abandon its proposal to roll back the lighting efficiency standards adopted in January 2017 that would apply, starting January 1, 2020, to a wide range of bulbs not previously covered by any standards

Digital Divide: Millions of Americans Have Limited or No Meaningful Access to the Internet

August 1, 2019

Congress and federal agencies are considering how to make access to information easier for households in the United States by facilitating communication through email, hyperlinks, and important notices provided on the internet. It is essential that the tens of millions of people in America who are not connected digitally also be protected.

Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint in Jason Eastman v. NPL Capital, LLC

May 24, 2019

Defendant, NPL Capital, LLC (NPL), through its attorneys, respectfully submitted this Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).

Defendant ’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion Pearson v. Hodgson

August 3, 2020

Defendant Hodgeson’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Alter or Amend Order of Judgment and Motion to Certify Question of Law to the Supreme Judicial Court

Slip Opinion in Kauders v. Uber

January 4, 2021

The court concluded that there was no enforceable agreement between Uber and the plaintiffs, and therefore the dispute was not arbitrable.