NACA in the News: Slim down your budget by doing a subscription cleanse

…consumers might not realize they are signing up for a subscription at all. If you use a credit card, he says, you can also enlist the support of your card

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CFPB’s Proposed Rule Will Protect Consumers From Excessive, Unfair Banking Fees

…Rheingold, executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA). As the Bureau reports, overdraft used to be a courtesy service for consumers who inadvertently overdrew on their accounts,…

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​Hearing Shines Light on Forced Arbitration, Corporations Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card

February 11, 2021 For Immediate Release: Hearing Shines Light on Forced Arbitration, Corporations Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law holds a hearing on…

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NACA in the News: Borrowers skipping loan and credit-card payments without penalty could soon face a rude awakening

MarketWatch Borrowers skipping loan and credit-card payments without penalty could soon face a rude awakening “However, Ira Rheingold, executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a nonprofit consumer-advocacy…

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Groups Praise House Passage of Bill to Restore FTC’s Authority to Refund Harmed Consumers

…2668 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public interest groups, the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice at UC Berkeley, Consumer Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates and Truthinadvertising.org, today lauded the

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Ethics: Unconscious Bias Against Women in the Law

…at Cardozo Law School, where she teaches a consumer clinic seminar. Kathleen Engel, Research Professor of Law at Suffolk University, is a national authority on mortgage finance and regulation, subprime…

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CFPB Under Chopra Proved Financial Watchdog Essential to Marketplace

…on social media earlier today stating that his “term as CFPB director has concluded.” Below is the statement of Christine Hines, Senior Policy Director, National Association of Consumer Advocates. “The

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Ten Tips for the Quarantined Lawyer

…your cases and practice, you have to look nationally versus locally. For me, joining the National Association of Consumer Advocates is one of the best career moves I have made….

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Successors in Interest Cases 2024

…authority on foreclosure defense,” and an “advocate for victims of wrongful foreclosure.” In 2020, to mark its 50th anniversary, the National Consumer Law Center recognized Alembik as one of 40…

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