Caring About Consumers Means Caring About the Courts

…shopping exemplifies how corporations manipulate the legal system to secure outcomes in their favor and undermine fairness and justice. Lack of Professional Diversity of Judges Like most federal judges, Judge…

Helping Transgender Consumers under the FCRA

Credit and background reporting problems can be frustrating for any consumer to resolve. But transgender consumers face unique challenges when confronting these problems. They often encounter common issues with the…

NACA in the News: How to get a refund or credit on your travel and theme park season passes

ABC 10 How to get a refund or credit on your travel and theme park season passes “Ira Rheingold, executive director for the National Association of Consumer Advocates told us…

Tell Your Senators to Vote “NO” on Repealing Lending Discrimination Protections

The U.S. Senate is set to vote this Tuesday, April 17, 2018 on a measure, S.J. Res. 57 that aims to undo a 2013 indirect auto lending guidance issued by…

Reseller Liability: Consumers’ Rights and Remedies under the FCRA

…a number of pending individual and class action cases brought under the FCRA against Fannie Mae for its transmission of inaccurate information about potential borrowers through its automated underwriting system….

Tax Initiative Professional Development Package

…Tax Update 2019 Why These Videos Are Helpful Under our current understanding of tax law, attorneys’ fees may be taxable income for your clients. Understanding why this is the case,…

Spring Training

Register Today Why Attend? Join the community of consumer advocates to learn from leaders how we can work together to support and protect the vulnerable from financial exploitation and fight…

Advocates From Nearly Every State Take to Capitol Hill to Urge Lawmakers to Keep Consumers Safe

Undermine Would Leave Millions Exposed to Fraud and Ripoffs WASHINGTON – Early next week, hundreds of consumer advocates and concerned voters from 45 States and the District of Columbia will…

Bills threaten to disrupt, defang consumer protection agency (Part II)

…any act or practice to be abusive under the CFPA. Under the bill, many CFPB enforcement cases, which provided relief to thousands of harmed bank and lending customers, would have…