Governor Maura Healey signed a bill establishing Massachusetts as the fifth state to make prison phone calls free statewide and the first state to include provisions for free calls from county jails.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs called on mortgage servicers to pause foreclosures until May 31, 2024.
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File comments with the FTC on rental junk fees before Jan. 8, 2024
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Income-Based Utility Rates Will Help Financially Struggling Gas Utility Customers Across Illinois and Offer Powerful Model for Other States CHICAGO – The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), its client, Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI), and Legal Action Chicago (LAC) today applauded three decisions issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission that, for the first time…
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100+ organizations filed a comment asking the CFPB to create a rule to restore the right of all Americans to decide to file a case in court rather than be forced into arbitration by big banks and other financial services corporations.
We are disappointed that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in its final rule implementing the preemption amendments of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, continues to thumb its nose at state efforts to protect consumers. The agency gives national banks immunity from state laws protecting consumers…
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