Consumer Law

New NCLC Practice Tools

By Jon Sheldon

The National Consumer Law Center has just released 16 new NCLC publications, is accepting web registrations for an upcoming Fair Debt conference, and will conduct a January 20 webinar on auto dealer insolvency's impact on consumers.   

1. Eight NCLC Treatise Updates: Automatic subscribers just received the Winter 2010 Updates. Others can order at www.nclc.org/updates

• Truth in Lending (7th ed. 2010) (2 volumes, 1498 pp.): new laws and rules create substantive requirements for mortgage loans and credit cards  
• Fair Credit Reporting (7th ed. 2010) (1138 pp.)
• Student Loan Law (4th ed. 2010) (694 pp.)
• Repossessions (7th ed. 2010) (860 pp.)
• Consumer Law Pleadings (Website and 2010 Index Guide) (656 pp. guide)
• Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2010 Supplement (394 pp.
• Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices 2010 Supplement (350 pp.)
• Consumer Arbitration Agreements 2010 Supplement (328 pp.)

  2. Eight Recent NCLC REPORTS Issues (contact publications@nclc.org for back issues or to subscribe):

• Consumer Credit & Usury Ed.: Nov./Dec.: FRB bans yield spread premiums, steering; remedies for TIL credit card violations; Sept/Oct: Mortgage discrimination class litigation; NCUA raises usury cap for small loans; municipalities regulate pay day lenders
• Deceptive Practices & Warranties Ed. Nov./Dec.: Importance of little-known federal record retention requirements; selecting and using a forensic document examiner Sept./Oct.: Implications of FTC's new Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule on consumer attorneys; 10 things every attorney should know about CROA
•  Bankruptcy & Foreclosures Ed.: Nov./Dec.: State law mandates of loss mitigation as foreclosure pre-condition; Social Security benefits excluded from projected disposable income in ch. 13 Sept/Oct.: Robosigning just tip of the iceberg; testimony in bankruptcy case signals trouble for mortgage industry
• Debt Collection & Repo Ed: Nov./Dec.: Important new Circuit Court of Appeals FDCPA decisions; courts dismissing debt buyer collection suits Sept./Oct: FDCPA requirements for mortgage loss mitigation process; new Senate and FTC proposals; new FDCPA cases

3. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Conference is in Seattle, March 3-4, 2011. Register online at: www.nclc.org/conferences-training/fair-debt-collection-practices-conference.html. Get up to speed on your first debt collection abuse cases and proceed to more in-depth sessions on developing fair debt collection cases and a fair debt collection law practice. Faculty includes the top Fair Debt Collections Lawyers from across the country. CLE credit.

4. NCLC Webinar Series has resumed: January 20 at 2PM: Dealers Going Out of Business, Leaving Consumers Out of Luck. Contact jhiemenz@nclc.org for this and future webinars. Go to www.nclc.org/conferences-training/webinars.html for FREE downloads of past webinars.

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on January 14, 2011 (boomark / email).