Originally appearing in The New York Times on October 27, 2023, Ann Carrns looks at the practice of freezing your credit report, long regarded as one of the best steps to take to make sure identity thieves cannot obtain loans or credit cards in your name, and talks to NCLC senior attorney Chi Chi Wu…
Originally appearing in USA Today on November 1, 2023, Daniel de Visé talks to NCLC senior attorney Chi Chi Wu about rising credit card interest rates. “Yep. They can charge that much. Credit cards can actually charge whatever they want. It’s a little-known fact.” Chi Chi Wu, a senior attorney at the nonprofit National Consumer…
President Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence is a much needed first step in developing safeguards to ensure that this technology does not widen existing racial disparities in housing, lending, credit, and other consumer products that rely on algorithms and private consumer data. AI mines information from a wide range of sources and carries serious…
Nearly one in five Americans has medical debt. Black households are disproportionately affected, carrying higher amounts of debt at higher rates. Join host Joel Bervell on the newest episode of The Dose podcast, where he talks to Berneta Haynes, senior attorney with the National Consumer Law Center, about the history of medical debt and efforts to ease…
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NCLC presented the award at its 31st annual Consumer Rights Litigation Conference in Chicago, where three attorneys were also recognized with NCLC’s Rising Star Award.
To Date, FCC Efforts Have Failed to Achieve a Meaningful Reduction in Unwanted and Illegal Calls and Texts
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