Paul Bland, Executive Director of Public Justice, has dedicated his professional life as a lawyer and consumer advocate to protecting people from corporate wrongdoers and bad Supreme Court decisions. Watch Paul's recent interview with Media Matters for America as he discusses his...
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When it first debuted a little over a year ago, it remained to be seen whether the government's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be a positive force in the lives of consumers or if it would be just another bureaucracy...
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Never underestimate the depths to which some debt collectors will sink when it comes to finding new ways to collect on a debt --whether it's owed or not. They will harrass, intimidate and levy threats all in an attempt to instill enough fear in...
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