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
A new California law ensures that no one in the state can be imprisoned because they owe a consumer debt.
Appearing in Payments Dive on October 16, 2023, James Pothen covers policy recommendations issued by NCLC and the Center for Responsible Lending. Boston-based NCLC called out Missouri and Nevada for passing “industry-backed” EWA laws, saying they “lack any meaningful substitute consumer protections.” The NCLC has expressed concern that the burgeoning on-demand pay industry, which includes…
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