2025 Funding Act Permanently Eliminates Lifeline for Certain Consumer-Taxpayers
By: Sophia Huang With tax season now underway, the impacts on consumer-taxpayers of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which became law last year, are becoming apparent. The law’s…
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Congressman Hank Johnson (Ga.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) this month reintroduced the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act to ban forced arbitration in consumer, employment, civil rights, and antitrust…
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By Christine Hines, senior policy director, National Association of Consumer Advocates The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has long kept a watchful eye on terms and conditions that accompany financial products…
Read More about CFPB walks back protections on terms and conditions in financial servicesBills threaten to disrupt, defang consumer protection agency (Part II)
By Sophia Huang, Advocacy & Outreach Associate As discussed in Part I, a slate of recently introduced bills seek to alter the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)…
Read More about Bills threaten to disrupt, defang consumer protection agency (Part II)Bills threaten to disrupt, defang consumer protection agency (Part I)
By Sophia Huang, Advocacy & Outreach Associate As the budget reconciliation process begins, the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is once again in jeopardy. The CFPB, created…
Read More about Bills threaten to disrupt, defang consumer protection agency (Part I)Gutting CFPB Risks Financial-Crisis Like Harm
Over the past 54 days, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans have been executing an often-unlawful all-out assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the only federal agency whose…
Read More about Gutting CFPB Risks Financial-Crisis Like HarmCaring About Consumers Means Caring About the Courts
We know that life shouldn’t be this hard. Consumers and their advocates fight for effective policies that address the many challenges they face in their daily lives. Unfortunately, our efforts…
Read More about Caring About Consumers Means Caring About the CourtsPennsylvania’s Highest Court Supports Award of All Available Consumer Remedies in UDAAP, Fraud Case
Pennsylvania consumers just won a remarkable victory when the state’s highest court confirmed that they have the right to recover all available remedies, including punitive damages and statutory treble…
Read More about Pennsylvania’s Highest Court Supports Award of All Available Consumer Remedies in UDAAP, Fraud CaseBeing Poor Means Paying More: Understanding low-income lives to design public policies that work for consumers
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