Litigation Archives

Amended Complaint in Barber v. Department of Education Case

NCLC and Student Defense, with support of the Student Borrower Protection Center filed an emergency APA lawsuit in the D.C. District Court against the U.S. Department of Education seeking to stop its garnishment of wages from defaulted student loan borrowers and to force the agency to immediately comply with Sec. 3513 (e) of the CARES Act that…

NCLC v. U.S. Department of Education

The National Consumer Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, asking the court to compel the Department to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by NCLC on October 10, 2017. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks the…

Guides to Confronting Criminal Justice Debt

September 1, 2016

This report is part of Confronting Criminal Justice Debt: A Comprehensive Project for Reform, a collaborative project by Criminal Justice Policy Program (CJPP) at Harvard Law School and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). This project includes three parts designed to assist attorneys and advocates working on reform of criminal justice debt:

United States Consumer Bankruptcy Law Attorney Fee Survey States Report: 2017-2018

January 19, 2020

This Bankruptcy Law Survey Report analyzes and reports on the Consumer Bankruptcy Law data drawn from the United States Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey for 2017-2018.

Syllabus in Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al.

June 25, 2018

Supreme Court of the United States, Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al.

Supplemental Ramirez Briefing Regarding Tewinkle v. Capital One, N.A.

July 29, 2021

Plaintiff’s Memorandum in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. BRADLEY TEWINKLE, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITAL ONE, N.A., Defendant-Appellee.

Supplemental Ramirez Briefing in Maddox v. the Bank of New York Mellon

July 26, 2021

This Court has directed the parties to address the question of whether and how the Supreme Court’s decision inTransUnion LLC v. Ramirez applies to this case, Maddox v. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co.

Supplemental Ramirez Briefing in Curry v. Money One Fed. Credit Union

July 12, 2021

Plaintiff alleges that Money One provided form notices containing the subject “Notice of Repossession of Vehicle” to Maryland consumers whose vehicles were repossessed and sold that allegedly did not comply with all of the requirements of the UCC.

Supplemental Comments Regarding Proposed Amendments to Rule 30(B)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

March 29, 2019

These comments respond to alternative proposals for the Advisory Committee on Civil Rule and it's Rule 30(b)(6) Subcommittee.

Supplemental Brief: Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods

September 10, 2021

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

Slip Opinion in Obduskey v. Mccarthy & Holthus LLP

March 20, 2019

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…

Settlement Agreement Between Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. and Liberty Bank

February 28, 2019

This Agreement resolves a Complaint filed by CFHC against the Bank on October 4, 2018, alleging, inter alia, violations of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. v. Liberty Bank, D. Conn. Case No.: 18-cv-1654 (the “Civil Action”).

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