National Consumer Law Center News

U.S. Consumer Rules Would End Mandatory Arbitration Clauses That Limit Class Actions

A U.S. consumer watchdog on Thursday proposed new rules to block credit card companies, banks and other companies from forcing customers to waive their rights to join class action lawsuits and only settle disputes through arbitration. The Consumer Financial Protection …

Consumer Credit Agencies Agree to Address Errors, Medical Debt

Buying homes, getting jobs and borrowing money will be easier after an agreement by the three biggest U.S. consumer credit reporting services with New York. “This is huge,” Chi Chi Wu, an attorney at Boston-based National Consumer Law Center, said …