Resources

Articles and Documents

"When Banks Merge, Be Wary and Reassess Your Banker" (Bankrate.com) Read article

"Consumers Suing to Correct Bad Credit Reports" (Bankrate.com) Read article

"7 Steps to Fixing Your Credit Report" (Bankrate.com) Read article

"Who's Policing the Credit Cops?" (Businessweek.com) Read article

Richardson v Fleet, et al Read document

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Advocacy Links for Consumers

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http://www.naca.net Home site of the National Association of Consumer's Advocates, a membership of attorneys who pledge to only represent consumers, not large corporations. Where to find an experienced consumer attorney.
 
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http://www.tlpj.org Trial Lawyers for Public Justice is a national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society. TLPJ fights for justice through precedent-setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation.
 
• http://www.Guardmycreditfile.org American Consumer Credit Education Support Services (ACCESS) founded this website which includes news and information on credit and privacy issues. There is a special Fraud Alert section to inform users of new financial scams and a section on children’s privacy, which details abuses and what we can do to protect our children. This site supplies information on proposed legislation, newsletters and moderated forum. 
 
• http://www.privacyrights.org Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a non-profit organization that offers assistance to victims of identity theft, consumer information, advocacy organizations, policy watch, and privacy tips. 
 
• http://www.consumercity.org: A site with information about credit scores, credit cards, consumer protection laws, identity theft, current credit scams, insurance issues and informative articles with links to consumer complaint sites. 
 
• http://www.creditboards.com A community of people and resources featuring a great forum that has a wealth of information, live chat, peer-to-peer help, online resources, news and credit industry alerts. 
 
• http://www.creditinfocenter.com Provides information regarding consumer credit counseling, debt consolidation, bill consolidation, and rebuilding or repairing credit –great community forums. 
 
• http://www.givemebackmyrights.com Crucial information about the dangers of mandatory arbitration. 
 
• http://www.msfraud.org A site devoted to mortgage servicing fraud, which includes an informative consumer forum and a wealth of legal information. 
 
• http://www.responsiblelending.org A resource for predatory lending opponents. The Center for Responsible Lending is fighting to stop financial abuses through legislative and policy advocacy, coalition-building, litigation, and industry research. 
 
• http://www.citizen.org Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. 
 
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http://www.uspirg.org/html/consumer/  The state PIRGs created U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) in 1983 to act as watchdog for the public interest in our nation's capital, much as PIRGs have worked to safeguard the public interest in state capitals since 1971. Ed Mierzwinski, USPIRG consumer program director's blog. Ed has been a consumer advocate with the National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups (U.S. PIRG) since 1989.

 
• http://www.borrowerhelp.com A site dedicated to new approaches and informative resources for consumers dealing with important financial issues.
 
• http://www.lifelock.com LifeLock is a proactive identity theft protection agency, specializing in the prevention of identity theft rather than the reporting of it-once it has occurred.