71 Groups Urge House to Reject Attempts to Jeopardize Economic Safeguards

July 22, 2024 71 Groups Urge House to Reject Attempts to Jeopardize Economic Safeguards Appropriations Bill Would Strip Federal Agency Funding Washington, D.C. – Today, a coalition of 71 civil…

The TICKET Act Promises Needed Transparency on Event Ticket Prices and Availability

…authority to enforce its provisions against violators. Statement of Christine Hines, legislative director, National Association of Consumer Advocates The TICKET Act, introduced by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Ted…

In Anti-Consumer Move, U.S. House Committee Votes to Reverse the Cap on Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees

For Immediate Release March 5, 2025 In Anti-Consumer Move, U.S. House Committee Votes to Reverse the Cap on Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House Financial Services…

Consumer Defense Clinics: Building a Courthouse Clinic from the Ground Up

…judicial law clerk for the Hon. Charles J. Peters in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and then worked for a private firm near Washington D.C. practicing estates and trusts….

NACA Attorneys Make Views Known on FTC’s Auto Dealer Rule

107 consumer attorneys, law professors, law firms, and legal aid organizations representing 27 states and Washington D.C. submitted a comment in response to the FTC’s proposed Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation…

NACA in the News: Some Businesses Ask You to Waive Your Right to Sue If You Get COVID; What You Need to Know

NBC Washington Some Businesses Ask You to Waive Your Right to Sue If You Get COVID; What You Need to Know. “But the National Association of Consumer Advocates worries sweeping…

CFPB Overdraft Fees Rule Could Save the Average Consumer Hundreds of Dollars a Year

CFPB Overdraft Fees Rule Could Save the Average Consumer Hundreds of Dollars a Year Congress Must Support the Cap on Junk Overdraft Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection…

NACA in the News: How Reverse Mortgages Backfire in Low-Income, Minority Neighborhoods

…“‘We live in a world where [reverse mortgages work] for a small group of people,’ says Ira Rheingold, executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates in Washington D.C.”…

NACA in the News: Help! My Travel Agency Shut Down and I’m Out $2000

…said Ira Rheingold, the executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. ‘The last people who will get a piece of those bones are going…