Lawsuit Seeks Relief for Bait-and-Switch Practices That Hid the True Costs of Homes from First-Time Buyers
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Task force aims to solve America’s $158 billion fraud problem.
This article advises homeowners on steps to take after natural disasters: addressing immediate needs; FEMA aid and other sources of help and grants; avoiding insurance, home repair, and municipal code problems; floodplain requirements; handling long-term financial difficulties; and preparing for the next natural disaster.
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Rigorous Supervision Is Needed to Protect People from Financial Abuse
Rule Imperils Civil Legal Aid and Low-Income People with Legal Needs Related to Healthcare, Housing, and Other Essential Services
Carla Sanchez-Adams, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), provided testimony to the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee.
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The FAIR Act would end corporations’ use of forced arbitration and give cheated consumers, workers, and small-business owners their day in court.
Read More about Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. Johnson Reintroduce Legislation to Restore Access to Justice
The unique nature of electronic contracts and electronic signatures provides grounds to challenge their enforceability.
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California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act will make buying a new or used vehicle in California more affordable and less risky.
Appearing in Bloomberg Law on September 2, 2025, Angelica Serrano-Roman interviews NCLC Senior Attorney John Rao about how the Senate is expected to consider raising Chapter 13 debt limits—a move that practitioners say would ease pressure on consumers from housing costs and student loans. A regular consumer won’t opt for liquidation or Chapter 11 —…
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Appearing in WBUR Boston on September 2, 2025, Shennan Kavanagh, director of litigation at the National Consumer Law Center, talks to Hanna Ali and Nik DeCosta-Klipa about how, starting today, businesses in Massachusetts must display the total price of certain goods and services before customers reach checkout, thanks to new state regulations against hidden costs known as…
Incarcerated people accrue debt for nearly all of their medical care, which, according to NCLC staff attorney Anna Anderson, author of an op-ed appearing in Inquest on September 2, 2025, this makes a mockery of their right to health care—and saddles them with devastating debt upon release. “Despite how expensive it is, the care provided…
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