OCJ’s momentum is building. Over the past year, we have advanced our strategic goals while showing up for consumers when emergent issues arose.
Research directly informs the issues and solutions we focus on at OCJ. One way we support ongoing exploration of consumer injustice is through the University of Oregon's Consumer Protection Research Grant. Check out the latest OCJ funded projects here.
The 2025 Oregon legislative session featured an unprecedented number of consumer-centered bills that strengthen transparency and enforcement.
Our comic offers tips and insights for navigating different debt collection tactics with confidence.
Senate Bill 605, which prohibits credit reporting on medical debt, has been passed by the House and the Senate and now moves on to be signed by Governor Kotek. One of OCJ's four priority bills, SB 605 helps defend consumers' financial stability as federal protections weaken.
On May 9, we gathered policy, law, education, nonprofit, and government consumer justice advocates for continuing education and connection. We discussed the role that trauma plays in our working relationships as well as strategies to help us restore ourselves, instead of burning out.
OCJ Law, P.C., files a class action lawsuit on behalf of Oregon consumers harmed by Grocery Outlet's prohibited sales practices.
Legal rights for consumers, across the United States and in Oregon, date back to the late 1700s. Leveraging expertise across the team and our partners, OCJ Policy Intern Felix Knoebel researched and crafted a timeline to help us all better understand how culture and politics continue to influence the expansion and contraction of our consumer rights. The OCJ Consumer Protection Timeline shares milestones and legal wins, providing a context for the consumer protections we’re working to strengthen and expand.
We all deserve to keep our personal information safe and secure. In this digital age where companies track, sell, and use our information, that security is harder and harder to come by. Thanks to the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, Oregonians now have more power to limit how and when businesses collect or use our personal information (also known as “personal data”).
Here’s how to keep our data private. Spam is so common it may feel unavoidable. A phone call from someone you don’t know asking for your information? Text message promoting crypto? How do you maintain privacy when it feels like your information is just out there?
You’ve probably been here before: you receive a letter saying a company had a data breach and your information was “compromised.” But, what does that mean? And how did they even get your information?
How to guide your loved ones to keep their data private. Your grandmother answers the phone. Your grandmother answers the phone. The caller says they have your package, but need more information before delivering it. They ask for things like your name, address and more.
