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Nursing Home Debt Collection Practices Put Residents’ Family and Friends At Risk

October 30, 2024

Even though federal law prohibits nursing homes from requiring a third party to guarantee payment of their loved one’s bill, nursing homes still frequently pursue payment from friends and family. Nursing homes have been suing residents’ children, siblings, spouses, and friends for alleged debts for decades, but advocates report increased levels of aggression in recent…

Comments on EGRPRA Review of of Bank Secrecy Act Compliance and Reports of Crimes or Suspected Crimes

October 30, 2024

The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations and the regulations regarding the filing of suspicious activity reports (SARs) are outdated and need to be updated to strengthen and modernize the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) program requirements for financial institutions and other entities and to protect consumers. We support the proposed AML/CFT…

Letter to CFPB Urging Regulations on International Remittances to Reduce Junk Fees

October 28, 2024

This letter, from a coalition of over 50 consumer, civil rights, academics and privacy organizations urges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take meaningful actions to reduce and eliminate junk fees in international remittance transactions. Remittance disclosures should require that two numbers be highlighted: the total cost of the remittance (including the money sent…

Letter to CFPB Requesting Guidance on E-Sign Compliance Requirements

October 21, 2024

The letter explains how electronic media are used to further deceptions in home solicitation sales, the crucial information that consumers are not getting because of these deceptions, and how the federal E-Sign Act includes explicit requirements to prevent these problems, which are routinely ignored. Then we explain the authority that the CFPB has to issue…

CA Response of Center for Accessible Technology and NCLC Regarding a Ruling on TURN's Emergency Motion (Extreme Heat Protections)

October 22, 2024

These are comments to the California Public Utilities Commission in support of TURN’s extreme heat protection recommendations and in support of opening a rulemaking regarding extreme heat protections.

Joint Comments to the FCC Regarding Incarcerated People's Communications Services & Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act