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…

Class Action 101 eCourse

…as an attorney. Class actions allow individuals who might otherwise be overlooked and underserved to be compensated for the fraud that hurt them. It allows you, as a consumer attorney,…

For Attorneys

…as a forced arbitration clause and class action ban in the underlying contract? Did a court recently send a case of yours into individual arbitration? We are collecting stories about…

Turning Debt Defense Cases into a Consumer Practice

…for a consumer defendant. This webinar will help you look at your consumer debt defense cases from other angles so that you recognize opportunities to bring claims under federal statutes…

Gutting CFPB Risks Financial-Crisis Like Harm

…in Congress should worry everyone. Bills like the Taking Account of Bureaucrats’ Spending Act, H.R. 654, which would bring the Bureau’s funding under the congressional appropriations process and the Rectifying…

Student Loans and Bankruptcy

…When to resolve student loan cases using bankruptcy How undue hardship is not the ONLY avenue to discharge student loans How to find and recognize good potential dischargeability cases Presenters…

Cases 08-13510-BB and 08-13616-BB (consolidated), Bobbie Harris v. Mexican Specialty Foods, Inc. and Julie Best Grimes v. Rave Motion Pictures, Birmingham, LLC et al, In The United States Court of Appeals For The Eleventh Circuit

…individual consumers policing their own files, protecting their own privacy and financial interests, and when necessary, enforcing the FCRA’s private statutory remedies. Affirming the opinion would seriously undermine these objectives….

Chase Bank N.A. v. Vincent L. Leggio, Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana, Civil Case, Docket Number 43,567-CA

…awards against Louisiana consumers who did not consent to arbitration– including consumers who are the victims of identity theft or mistaken identity, and who do not owe the underlying debt….

Pennsylvania’s Highest Court Supports Award of All Available Consumer Remedies in UDAAP, Fraud Case

…surrendered other life insurance policies that they had previously held. In addition to the finding of common law negligence and fraud, the trial court also found that Ameriprise violated Pennsylvania’s…