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Ex Parte for Am Bankers & Other Legal Callers & NCLC to FCC: Stop Scam Messages

October 4, 2024

The American Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute, Edison Electric Institute, and other trade associations representing banks, credit unions, other financial services providers, and electric utility companies, along with NCLC joined together for this meeting because they are united in their commitment to combating criminals who attempt to defraud consumers by impersonating legitimate businesses through…

AI Infrastructure Sign On Letter to the White House

October 4, 2024

This is a sign on letter from environmental, labor, consumer and utility customer public interest groups to the White House requesting inclusive representation of climate, labor and consumer advocates in the development of the Administration’s AI Infrastructure priorities and strategies.

Consumer Advocates' Letter to CFPB Regarding Rooftop Solar Panel Sales Concerns

September 27, 2024

Rooftop solar panels and other renewable energy and energy efficiency products hold great potential to help consumers, ideally by lowering household energy burdens while reducing emissions. The solar panel market is growing at a fast pace and increasilgly expanding into low-income communities, communities of color, and disadvantaged communities. As demand grows for rooftop solar panels,…

Comments to the FTC in the Matter of Rent-to-Own Store Swaps

March 25, 2020

Comments of the National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low-income clients and Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumers League, Open Markets Institute, and U.S. PIRG regarding a case where Federal Trade Commission (FTC) uncovered evidence that three major rent-to-own (RTO) players engaged in a market allocation…

Testimony Before House Financial Services on Examining Rental Purchase Agreements and the Potential Role for Federal Regulation

July 26, 2011

Margot Saunders, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center testified on behalf of our low income clients, as well as the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group regarding rent to own contracts and whether H.R. 1588 is the appropriate vehicle for federal regulation. The topic of this…

Comment on Proposed Amendments to Wisconsin's Debt Adjustment Services Rule