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Consumer Advocates Applaud U.S. House for Passage of Bill that Would Restore American Families’ Right to Their Day in Court

September 20, 2019

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took a big step forward in restoring justice for American families by passing the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (H.R. 1423), which would allow regular Americans the right to take a dispute with a company to court. “Forced arbitration clauses give companies who break the law…

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Federal Government Strips Legal Rights of Older Consumers in Nursing Homes

July 17, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2019 Washington – Late yesterday, the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final nursing home arbitration rule, allowing nursing homes to force residents into arbitration and depriving them of access to the courts in case of a dispute. In 2017, National Consumer Law Center and dozens of other…

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Court Decision Signals End of Faux Tribal Payday Lending

April 24, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 24, 2019 Court Decision Signals End of Faux Tribal Payday Lending Washington – The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision today against Think Finance and the officers of Plain Green Loans has made crystal clear that online tribal payday lenders must comply with state interest rate limits, licensing laws…

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Powerpoint: What the New Arbitration Rule Means for Litigating Against For-Profit Schools

January 29, 2019

What the New Arbitration Rule Means for Litigating Against For-Profit Schools

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Servicemembers, Veterans, & Forced Arbitration: How the New CFPB Rule Enhances the Military Lending Act

September 1, 2017

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new arbitration rule will promote accountability and transparency for a wide variety of consumer financial products and services offered to servicemembers and veterans. The rule allows people to band together in court and prevents companies from using fine print to take away access to the courts through forced arbitration…

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Consumer Advocates Applaud U.S. House for Passage of Bill that Would Restore American Families’ Right to Their Day in Court

Federal Government Strips Legal Rights of Older Consumers in Nursing Homes

Court Decision Signals End of Faux Tribal Payday Lending

Powerpoint: What the New Arbitration Rule Means for Litigating Against For-Profit Schools

Servicemembers, Veterans, & Forced Arbitration: How the New CFPB Rule Enhances the Military Lending Act

Support NCLC