Large companies have recently used mandatory arbitration clauses to win legal disputes against consumers. A bill in Congress called the FAIR Act would ban these types of clauses.
Our latest commentary piece, published on July 5 in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, features insights from OCJ’s Executive Director Jagjit Nagra and Oregon Consumer League Executive Director Michelle Druce.
The Securing Consumers Against Misrepresented (SCAM) Debt Act will empower consumers with the information they need to protect themselves from debt collectors that use misleading allegations to convince people to pay debts they do not legally owe.
With payments resuming for millions of student borrowers, NOW is the time to take action and be ready for repayment.
OCJ joined 90 state and local nonprofit organizations to sign an amicus brief filed in the US Supreme Court by UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice.