April 2018 - Public Justice

April 20, 2018 In Updates Consumers' Rights, Forced Arbitration

Public Justice Statement on $1 Billion Fine Assessed to Wells Fargo

Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Wells Fargo has been fined a total of $1 billion for its schemes forcing customers into car insurance and charging borrowers unfair mortgage fees. The press release from…

April 18, 2018 In Blog Consumers' Rights

A Potential Game-Changer for Victims of False Credit Reports

By Lucas Rhoads, Ferraro Fellow, and Leslie Brueckner, Senior Attorney Got bad credit based on crimes you didn’t commit? If you do, you’re not alone. But a new lawsuit just joined by Public Justice may finally give consumers the power to hold credit reporting agencies…

April 12, 2018 In Blog Consumers' Rights

A Special Message from Monopoly Man!

Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney famously slandered the CFPB as a ‘sick, sad’ joke – but today, the joke is on him. That’s right: I’ll be on Capitol Hill today to welcome Mulvaney to his first-ever Senate hearing as Acting Director of the CFPB!

April 3, 2018 In Blog Food Project

Help Gina and her neighbors get clean water

“For years, I’ve been trying to figure out what was the cause of my son dying of an asthma attack. They’re saying it’s going to cost millions and millions and millions of dollars to fix the problem. . . . They let it go on…