FTC’s Click to Cancel Rule Takes on Tough to Cancel Subscriptions
New Rule Will Make it as Easy to Cancel Subscriptions as it is to Sign up for Them WASHINGTON – A new rule finalized today by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) addresses the growing trend of...
View ArticleTell the CFPB: Eliminate Junk Fees from Bank Transfers & Remittances
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is considering new rules to address hidden fees and deceptive practices in international money transfers and remittances. This is a crucial opportunity...
View ArticleThe Healthy Project Podcast: Breaking Down Medical Debt – How it Impacts...
In this episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis dives deep into the often-overlooked topic of medical debt and how it disproportionately affects under-resourced communities....
View ArticleCFPB Personal Financial Data Rights Rule Promotes Competition While...
Rule Serves as Model for Consumer Data Privacy WASHINGTON – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a comprehensive and protective final Personal Financial Data Rights Rule....
View ArticleNew Rules Provide Relief to Student Loan Borrowers Facing Long-Term Financial...
BOSTON – Today, the Department of Education announced it would be proposing new rules to provide relief to federal student loan borrowers based on financial hardship, consistent with the...
View ArticleFlorida Attorney Janet Varnell Receives Consumer Law’s Highest Honor
Illinois’ Daniel J. Schneider earns ‘Rising Star’ award ORLANDO — In recognition of her contributions to the practice of consumer law, Tampa attorney Janet Varnell today received the National Consumer...
View Article50+ Consumer, Civil Rights & Privacy Groups Urge CFPB to Eliminate Junk Fees...
Hidden and Predatory Remittance Fees Plague Immigrant Families WASHINGTON – A coalition of over 50 consumer, civil rights, academics and privacy organizations submitted a letter this week urging the...
View ArticleNursing Homes Aggressively Pursue Family Members and Friends When Residents’...
Report Demonstrates Improper Facility & Collection Practices; Consumer Advocates Propose Laws and Policies to Address Problem WASHINGTON – Even though federal law prohibits nursing homes from...
View ArticleConsumer Advocates Urge Regulators to End Predatory Bank-Fintech Partnerships
WASHINGTON — The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) submitted comments urging bank regulators to end...
View ArticleMoney: New CFPB Rule Could Make It Easier to Switch Banks
Appearing in Money Magazine on October 22, 2024, Martha C. White discusses the longer-term benefits of cash-flow underwriting with NCLC senior attorney Chi Chi Wu. “We think it’s a promising...
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