Currently in the United States, approximately 43 million people owe over $1.4 trillion on their federal student loans. Americans owe more in student loan debt than for auto loans, credit cards, or any other non-mortgage debt.2 Student loan servicers play a critical role in these borrowers’ financial lives, from receiving and applying payments to interacting with struggling borrowers to facilitate...
The brief filed in Student Loan Servicing Alliance v. Taylor, et al. urges the court to reject the plaintiff loan servicer association’s “federal preemption” argument, which claims that existing federal law bars states and the District from engaging in any regulatory oversight of loan servicers. As the brief highlights, this preemption argument is legally unfounded and unwise. In fact, D.C.’s...
An application to file brief and brief of amici curiae, Center for Responsible Lending, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Public Citizen Inc, and Public Good Law Center in support of applelants, Eduardo de la Torre, et al.
Before the court in the above styled and numbered cause is the parties' Joint Motion for Stay of Litigation and Stay of Agency Action Pending Review filed May 31, 2018 (Clerk's Document No. 16). By the motion the parties move the court for the following: (1) a stay of this litigation pending agency rulemaking to reconsider Defendant Consumer Financial Protection...
On May 31, 2018, the parties to this action filed a joint motion asking the Court to stay both this litigation and the principal compliance date of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s regulation on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans, 12 C.F.R. part 1041 (“Payday Rule”), at issue in the case. In support of their request for...
Ten groups filed this amicus brief in support of the continued independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This brief appeals the trial court’s denial of a preliminary injunction allowing Leandra English to serve as acting director of the CFPB. The litigation regarding whether the lawful acting director is English or U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney...
This amicus brief, filed on behalf of ten consumer advocacy groups in support of English’s motion for a preliminary injunction, explains the importance of confirming English's position for the American consumer.
The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and New Economy Project filed an amicus brief in Roberts v. Capital One Financial Corporation, in support of the plaintiff, Tawanna M. Roberts, against Capital One’s misleading overdraft fee practice. In the brief, submitted earlier this month, the group urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
CRL, The Public Good Law Center, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates filed an amicus brief supporting an appeal by plaintiffs asserting that loans made by the payday lender CashCall were unconscionable and violated California's Unfair Competition Law. Courts and the common law have long recognized that excessive interest rates and prices are unconscionable and therefore "unfair" and "unlawful."...
Dear Secretary Duncan, Attorney General Holder, and Director Cordray: As advocates for students, veterans, consumers, civil rights and college access, we write to express grave concerns about the proposed sale of 56 Corinthian Colleges campuses to ECMC Group, a debt collector and loan servicer. We urge you not to waive liability for any prospective buyer of Corinthian campuses unless the...