2025 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities
NCLC will pursue common-sense regulatory and legislative reforms to ensure fairness, fight fraud, and protect consumers in 2025.
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FTC’s Click to Cancel Rule Takes on Tough to Cancel Subscriptions
A new rule finalized today by the FTC addresses the growing trend of companies trapping consumers in subscriptions with complicated cancellation terms.
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Comments to the FTC in the Matter of Rent-to-Own Store Swaps
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…
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Captive Concerns: Incarcerated People Face Obstacles to Reporting Consumer Abuses
Consumer protection laws apply to incarcerated people. But because of incarcerated people’s limited and highly regulated contact with the outside world, they struggle to report consumer problems such as identity theft and fraud, as well as abusive practices perpetrated by the private companies that they must rely on for essential services and goods within correctional…
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Broad Coalition of 104 Organizations Tell Congress to Support FTC CARS Rule
The Rule will bring some long overdue relief to car buyers who are tired of dishonest pricing, and will pave a path for the FTC to pursue future rulemakings to regulate car dealers.
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52 Advocacy Groups Endorse FTC’s Ban on Junk Fees
A broad coalition of consumer advocacy groups support the proposal to ban hidden and misleading fees across the economy.
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Consumer Advocates Applaud FTC for Moving Forward with CARS Rule
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final rule targeting deceptive conduct in the sale and financing of motor vehicles, titled the “Combatting Auto Retail Scams” (CARS) Rule.
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File Comments about Rental Junk Fees with the FTC
File comments with the FTC on rental junk fees before Jan. 8, 2024
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