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12 Ways to Avoid Arbitration Even After Congress Overturned the CFPB Arbitration Rule
12 Ways to Recover Even When Lemon Used Cars Are Sold “As Is”
A Reverse Mortgage Primer: Consumer Debt Advice from NCLC
About the Public Justice Foundation
The Public Justice Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable educational and membership organization dedicated to using attorneys’ skills and resources to advance the public good. It supports the cutting-edge legal work of Public Justice, P.C., a national public interest law firm that uses high impact litigation to pursue justice for victims of corporate and government abuse, and to keep the courthouse doors open for ordinary people to have their day in court. Public Justice’s Mandatory Arbitration Abuse Prevention Project has challenged and defeated in court more abusiv
All 25 FDCPA Appellate Decisions from 2019 in a Nutshell
Bad News for Debt Collectors
Ban on Arbitration of Nursing Home Disputes Preliminarily Enjoined
Bankruptcy News: Added Veterans’ Protections; New Rules; Student Loan Dischargeability
Big Changes for Credit Reports, Improving Accuracy for Millions of Consumers
As described in this article, two dramatic changes to consumer credit reporting become effective this summer, scaling back reporting of tax liens, civil judgments, and medical debt. The result will be improved accuracy and higher credit scores for millions of consumers.
Birdseye View of All 2018 FDCPA Reported Appellate Decisions
This article summarizes all 34 FDCPA reported appellate decisions issued in 2018, reports on a pending Supreme Court FDCPA case, and describes NCLC’s digital tool to locate relevant FDCPA case summaries from summaries of over 14,000 FDCPA decisions.
CFPB Issues Final Rule Regulating Payday Loans
CFPB Proposed Rule: No Mandatory Arbitration for Class Actions
CFPB Report Details Problems, New Requirements Consumer Reporting Companies Must Implement
Checklist to Defend Enforcement of Criminal Justice Debt
Class Arbitration After Supreme Court’s April 24 Lamps Plus Decision
Class Waivers Under Attack on Another Front
The Seventh Circuit on May 26 ruled that the National Labor Relations Act prohibits enforcement of class waivers against employees. This article explains the case and its implications for challenges to arbitration of both employment and consumer disputes.