Gathering, Preserving, and Leveraging Evidence in FDCPA and TCPA Cases

…as a Super Lawyer® by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine. NACA named him its Consumer Lawyer of the Year in 2005. His FDCPA Boot Camps have trained more than 1,000…

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NACA in the News: Sen. Markey, Rep. Clarke Reintroduce AI Civil Rights Act to Eliminate AI Discrimination and Enact Guardrails on Use of Algorithms in Decisions Impacting People’s Rights, Civil Liberties, Livelihoods

Office of Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Markey, Rep. Clarke Reintroduce AI Civil Rights Act to Eliminate AI Discrimination and Enact Guardrails on Use of Algorithms in Decisions Impacting People’s Rights,…

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NACA in the News: The $35 Overdraft Fee Is Officially Dead

Nasdaq, The $35 Overdraft Fee Is Officially Dead “Christine Hines, senior policy director at National Association of Consumer Advocates, warns that the rule could be undone by lawmakers if they…

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Consumer Justice Lobby Day 2025 Registration

Consumer Justice Lobby Day is coming back to CRLC. Join NACA & NCLC on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. We’ll use our persuasive voices to meet with our…

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Wilma L. Ruby v. Cashnet, Inc., d/b/a Cash Advance Centers, The Supreme Court of Virginia, Case No. 100287, March 22, 2010

Pursuant to Rule 5:30 of the Rules of the Virginia Supreme Court and with the approval of this Court, the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) and the Virginia Poverty…

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Virginia Circle v. Chase Bank USA, N.A., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, on Appeal from The United States District Court, Western District of Missouri.

NACA and NCLC have filed this brief out of concern that two recent Missouri appellate cases directly conflict with this Court’s decision of October 6, 2009. The two Missouri cases…

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NACA to House Committee: We Support Scrutiny & Reform of Credit Reporting System

Credit reporting, which is the leading category of complaints that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau receives from the American public, is fraught with widespread, systemic drawbacks that have had a…

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NCO Portfolio Management Company, Inc. v. Bertram Gougisha, Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, State of Louisiana, No. 07-CA-604 and 07-CA-884

…an arbitration must prove the existence of a contract to arbitrate. Filed February 28, 2008. Written by David L. Koen, Marisa C. Katz, and NACA member David A. Szwak, of…

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Kathleen Engel

…She sits on the boards of Consumer Reports, the International Association of Consumer Law, and NACA. She previously served on the Consumer Advisory Board of the CFPB and the Federal…

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