Archive

21Apr
2015

The Feds Cracking Down on For Profit Schools

There has been recent publicity regarding the abuses perpetrated by for profit schools in this country, such as the school known as Corinthian. Corinthian and the other culprits typically have provided misleading information ...

16Apr
2015

Department of Education Wins Case Against Debt Collectors

It is well known that debt collectors hired by the federal Department of Education have often abused and harassed former students and their parents.  After reviewing the situation, the Department of Education terminated the ...

27Mar
2014

Watch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Several years back, as part of the Dodd Frank Law, Congress passed, and the President signed, the part of the law creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Bureau has many functions but one is to monitor the ...

06Mar
2014

The federal government steps in to stop predatory lending

The newly created federal agency known as the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (“CPFB”) has taken a significant step to rein in predatory lending by filing a lawusuit on February 26, 2014 against ITT ...