The National Association of Consumer Advocates along with 19 other Consumer organizations prepared a letter of opposition to the Mortgage Choice Act of 2013, HR 3211. The bill undermines the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage rule, allows the current broken title insurance market to...
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August 7, 2013
| Filed under: Forced Arbitration
On August 6, 2013, NACA submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Request for Information on its proposed survey, titled ‘‘Telephone Survey Exploring Consumer Awareness of and Perceptions Regarding Dispute Resolution Provisions in Credit Card...
July 10, 2013
| Filed under: Credit Reporting
Written by NACA Executive Director, Ira Rheingold & NACA Member, Jeff Sovern
Posted by the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/opinion/to-catch-a-creditor.html...
June 10, 2013
| Filed under: Forced Arbitration
Oxford Health Plans, LLC v. Sutter, 12-135. The Supreme Court unanimously held that a court may not, under §10(a)(4) of the Federal Arbitration Act, vacate an arbitrator’s finding that the parties’ contract is best interpreted as authorizing class arbitration....
May 7, 2013
| Filed under: Credit Reporting
NACA’s Executive Director Ira Rheingold and Judy Thomas – client of Ohio NACA attorney Sylvia Goldsmith – will be testifying today at 2:30 pm ET before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance. The hearing is on “...
March 22, 2013
| Filed under: Automobiles
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Will Hold Auto Lenders Accountable For Discrimination in Auto Lending
Dealers should not be allowed to impose higher interest rates than necessary on consumers
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March 7, 2013
| Filed under: Forced Arbitration
(WASHINGTON, DC) ─ More than ever, consumers are forced to surrender their rights every time they obtain a product or service, including credit cards, checking accounts, cell phone service and even jobs. To truly honor and recognize the importance of consumer protection laws, it is time...
February 11, 2013
| Filed under: Credit Reporting
A new study indicates as many as 40 million consumers have a mistake on their credit report and Steve Kroft finds it's hard to get them fixed.
The...
December 7, 2012
| Filed under: Automobiles
Read the full article below or on the Americans for Financial Reform website here.
WASHINGTON─ Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and consumer...
June 25, 2012
| Filed under: Forced Arbitration
Consumer Attorneys report: Arbitration clauses are everywhere, consequently causing consumer claims to disappear.
A June 2012 survey by the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) demonstrates: pre-dispute arbitration clauses...